Russell Mineral Equipment (RME) is a technology company whose personnel identifies opportunities (problems) in the mining and mineral processing industries, invent solutions for those problems, then design and manufacture the subsequent mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic systems necessary to solve those problems.
RME was the first to identify the economic potential for advanced grinding mill relining systems which convert maintenance downtime cost into operating hours cash.“There are many unidentified and unmet needs in the mining industry sector. In developing our Mill Relining Machine, our focus was on the process of replacing wear parts within grinding mills. We wanted to make it quicker and safer, and to improve overall plant availability” said Mr John Russell, RME’s Managing Director and Founder.
“RME’s Mill Relining System has easily halved the time taken to complete a reline. Our latest Twin Machine Systems promise to further reduce this to one quarter the time taken before the availability of RME’s Mill Relining Systems” he said.
RME markets our Mineral Grinding Mill Relining Systems, or individual elements of the System, which include:
· RUSSELL TWIN 8 Mill Relining Machines
· RUSSELL 7 and RUSSELL 8 Mill Relining Machines
· RUSSELL 3 Mill Liner Handlers
· RUSSELL MillMast in-mill erected Liner Handlers
· THUNDERBOLT Recoilless Hammers
· O-ZONE Worn Liner Lifting Tools
· RUSSELL Feed Chute Extraction and Transport Technologies
· Services including on-site training, equipment commissioning and maintenance
· Spare Parts support
RME’s Mill Relining System (and associated services) is recognised worldwide as the premier brand and one which dominates this market niche. “The recent mining boom set in place a huge demand for RME’s Mill Relining Systems, most of which utilise our conventional RUSSELL 7 and RUSSELL 8 Mill Relining Machines, THUNDERBOLT 450, 750 and 1500 Recoilless Hammers, Feed Chute Transporters and O-ZONE Worn Liner Lifting Tools” said Mr Russell.
“RME is a one-stop-shop for hard-rock metaliferrous mine operators, who know all too well that when the grinding mill stops turning, the mine stops earning. Regardless of commodity prices, the need to maximise mine and plant productivity is crucial. These products and services combine to produce an extremely beneficial outcome for mine owners, typically an extra 1-3 percent extra production for a relatively small investment” he said.
RME’s technology products will enable Brazilian mining companies to realise increased plant throughput and profits. We have equipment in several operations throughout Brazil and support these products from our Latin America Service Centre in Chile.
As the Brazilian mining industry expands over the coming years and the installed fleet of RME equipment grows we intend to establish a Service Centre in country to more effectively provide service to our customers.
In 2008, RME was honoured to have been awarded Australia’s best Large Advanced Manufacturer Export Award. Today, over 80 percent of the company’s revenue is export derived. In 2005, RME established an office in Chile, recognising the importance of the Latin American market to the company, and RME also exports worldwide to Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. RME is experiencing ongoing demand from most commodity and geographic market sectors. RME believes that all mill operators, including those in Brazil, are looking to maximise the performance of their processing function, regardless of the prevailing market conditions.
A key to the success of RME’s Mill Relining System is it’s applicability to most sizes of mills.
“RME’s worn liner removal, new liner placement Mill Relining System has removed any constraint to liner size. RME’s THUNDERBOLT Recoilless Hammers can knock out any liner remnant. An RME Mill Relining Machine can place any sized liner to millimetre precision, necessary for easy liner bolt placement. One, five tonne liner places as quickly as a one tonne liner and replaces the additional four liner placement manoeuvres.
Interestingly, RME has also developed a product for the smallest mills in the world. RME MillMast, the in-mill-erected liner handler of between 200-400kg capacity, solves the back-breaking problem of manually hefting liners inside small mills” said Mr Russell.
The company is currently completing a new $AU8Million assembly and office facility in Toowoomba (Queensland, Australia), which will further enhance it’s future ability to meet the ongoing demand for it’s Mill Relining System. The majority of it’s 195 staff will be located at this facility by the end of 2009.
Source: Russell Mineral Marketing Department, July 2009.
