Modified Shipping Container Made a Difference
Operating machinery underground is difficult enough, but when you are crammed in a small, hot, airless room while you get it done definitely makes the job worse. A modified shipping container has been a huge asset to remove this problem.
For heavy machinery remote device operators working 300 metres underground, it was just a part of the job.
Now two companies have gathered to develop new teleremote cabins which are making these miners’ lives easier.
Remote Controle Technologies (RTC)
Remote Control Technologies (RCT) and shipping container company Royal Wolf have teamed together to develop new teleremote operations cabins housed inside mini-cube containers, making work safer on-site.
RCT has modified shipping containers into teleremote cabins by fitting them with heavy-duty electronics, air conditioning, plus an inbuilt barrier system, transforming the mini-cube into a remote control station for operators to utilize both in above and underground mining applications.
Mini-cube Containers
“Each mini-cube is approximately 2.3 metres by 2.3 metres,” Royal Wolf’s WA regional sales manager Dion Clifford explained.
“Compared with other competitor (containers or teleremote cabins) which use standarised wood based flooring, every one of the Royal Wolf mini-cube containers are manufactured from steel, which offers a significantly great deal of protection to the mining operators controlling the digging machinery,” Clifford said.
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