A magnetite iron ore mine in WA, Australia working in hard abrasive conditions experienced reduced machine availability due to unplanned G.E.T related downtime, along with labour restraints regarding hot work onsite. The customer needed a reliable G.E.T retention system which would alleviate the need for planned hot work for bucket protection and provide increased wear life for the application.

Enter the mechanical heel shroud system, engineered, and designed by 2MT Mining Products. Over a 6-month trial period, the mechanical shroud system provided unmatched reliability accounting for nil lost G.E.T events, and in addition the customer saw a wear life increase of up to 41%. The mechanical heel shrouds were able to be replaced during opportune maintenance resulting in eliminating hot work, resulting in a 75% reduction in the labour cost per change out.

Mine maintenance personnel expressed their preference for 2MT mechanical heel shroud system over the conventional weld-on systems. Site Management recommended the mechanical heel shroud as a site safety initiative and has continued to run the system & roll out across their dig fleet after the trial period.