Bulk Material Handling, Rail Veyor at Vale Underground Mine,Sudbury

[@kroakie4]

This is really cool footage. I just wish I could see an old mine train in operation.

[@markkrul3429]

At the Vale T1 mine in Thompson, we still use an electric locomotive, pulling 19 ton cars back and forth between chutes and the bottom dump ore pass on 3600 level. It probably hauls just as much...but employs two people and pays bonus...I wonder if the screen jockey monitoring this process gets any bonus???

[@klbird]

An ingenious idea offering both efficiency and safety in bulk material handling. I wish them success in its deployment into the respective industries.

[@jacec5855]

Conveyor belts are very efficient, they will take the grade change but for every corner you have to have a tranfer. The rail may be better option for this mine but it's hard to beat a belt

[@marcl13]

Wow! What a clever and great handling system!

[@lazypad6706]

Pretty neat Coaler Coaster!

[@trailwayt9H337]

Thankyou for your this greate efforts for giving this video of amazing and different of experience from mining zone

[@railpast]

Pretty awesome. Makes for a great ride except for the last part :-)

[@fritz46]

I can see possible applications in the amusement park industry.

[@JCmilwaukee]

Lol at the end weeeeee CRACK dead

[@asafgl4281]

One of most interesting jobs i had is being a miner ...

[@ShebiaAyunda]

Great video... thanks for sharing

[@michasiedlecki8279]

How does the train flip back?

[@larrydunlop378]

Looks like a maintenance nightmare after some good hours are on it. An awful lot of double tire drives and how many casters that will all need rebuilds? Wow...

[@railveyor]

It's actually a maintenance dream! Life of most equipment is 20 years. Tires about 2 years. If you'd like a presentation on all the innovations we designed into the train system, we'd be happy to demonstrate it to you.

[@RolandMitchell]

this is what I call a Mine : Having worked underground within an English where almost Every Conveyor Belt Had to be Manned By a Button Man; where he Had to sit within a Manhole at the side of the Conveyor just simply to Press in or pull out a Button whenever the belt needed to be stopped or started; and Even being wrapped up in Plenty Clothes; One would start to shiver; The Noise of a high pitched Electric Motor would cause Ear damage

[@arogyappamudbal1839]

Hi

[@1122geoff]

He was also supposed to clean any spillage up as well

[@AuntySlayer3000]

whats the tonnage/tram like as well at tonnage/hour on average?

[@railveyor]

Wow. Sorry I'm just getting to see this comment. Each system is engineered to meet the specifications of the mine... both in tonnage and speed. And the speeds are variable. Loading at one speed, tramming at another speed, unloading at yet another speed, and return to loading... yup, another speed.

[@afterthefox7]

A very nice rollercoaster

[@1122geoff]

Some dirt was still left in the travelator

[@melissamay5785]

I live in Sudbury... I don't think this is Sudbury..... Sudbury Ontario?

[@priestpilot]

Yes it is. As far as I know, this is just a prototype for now. I can't remember at which mine it is located at though. But the company's office is on Fielding Road near Lively. It's an entire brand new mining method that is made in Sudbury. :-)

[@ayehgghpaw7067]

gtz

[@melissamay5785]

Oh! I see

[@marcverdon4774]

The company is from sudbury but none of our mines use this. This mine is in val dor.

[@waynejohnstone3685]

@@marcverdon4774 this is north mine in Sudbury. I’ve never seen it used but it’s there. Close to the smoke stack.

[@IKS-Exploration]

wow great video

[@railveyor]

Thanks for the positive feedback IKS Production Team!

[@blazehead-me9kl]

Vale t1 has a bigger system which is cooler always cool to see different operations

[@RangieNZ]

So I guess the wheels switch rotation-direction when the carts are approx vertical?

[@zerofox7347]

No because they go up side down the track must twist at some point to re orientate them.

[@RangieNZ]

@@zerofox7347 No, the carts are upside down for quarter of a mile (so they can all dump), then the whole 'train' reverses and it goes back underground..

[@jaydengreensill9467]

Why use this over a traditional conveyor

[@sammurabi4743]

Seems like the rails would be more modular than pre-built conveyor segments, and maneuver awkward curves and inclines easier.

[@billybonewhacker]

will my crew need mcnuckel farley wrenches, to repair the convoy sprocket bushings? pretty important info if you have rented a 6 ton cannon mucker for the day. but im sure you knew that lol.

[@noisespektrum5416]

billybonewhacker no, mcnuckel farley wrenches are not compatible, your crew will need an adjustable veeblefetzer as the bushings are encased in fallopian tubing.

[@billybonewhacker]

NoiseSpektrum ahhh a traditionalist well its good to know they're still out there. Well I've got to get back to putting cotter keys on my walnuts before the big wind storm hits here in who ville. Thanks for the help

[@davefroman4700]

What this unit needs is an engineer from a roller coaster designer. There is no reason that rail could not corkscrew those cars right side up and have them head back down in a continual motion instead of having to back it up and waste energy. You already have it half way there.

[@pauljason632]

The guy left the lights on the four wheeler,I hope the battery did not die before he was done with his business inside that building.

[@ThePrasta]

Hallo from underground mining 👷‍♂️👋👋👋

[@club16nethub84]

It is very interesting and nice 👌

[@CoreyKinley]

Great video

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Has there ever been an out of control Rail-Veyor?

[@markkrul3429]

Yeah...my question too! What happens when a track switch fails or a rail breaks...and the thing derails? Who cleans that up?

[@jeffreyboarman4032]

A state-of-the-art mine

[@sooline3854]

How many tons of coal can this system carry per load?

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

Sudbury is a copper mine. It's been in operation for a little more then a century.

[@cmac9029]

Jonathan Langlois Actually, it’s primarily a nickel mine.

[@JayJr2007]

Now that is cool!

[@Railfan-px9fd]

That's so cool I'd just want to ride it instead of watch through a computer screen though. But I'd jump off before it'd dump its load

[@user-kolhoz100let.]

Здравствуйте!Что добывают?

[@cazek445]

Very interesting!

[@AlexNunes-z6v]

Wow interesting 🤔

[@rs2143]

just like a admusement park for rock

[@hashimjaved980]

Nice

[@papabits5721]

Very cool

[@rahul-td3mv]

Nice 👌👌👌

[@jayalaxmi9011]

I need

[@pauljason632]

That's one long.long,long hopper car.

[@loriayre4468]

this is cool

[@jkrider585]

❤🇮🇳

[@JCmilwaukee]

Iron snake

[@TimeLapseCANADA]

The use of real cameras would make a better video. Do no tuse cell phones to record or gopro nonsense.

[@RaushanKumar-zx2gu]

Ritik,raj

[@vijaykumarpanika932]

Vijay Kumar

[@billconserva1461]

The Disney World of mining!

[@diema179]

Amazing!

[@thirupathiyoutubechannel2524]

హాయ్

[@mallukonkane2048]

ಮಲ್ಲಪ್ಪ

[@ralphaverill2001]

The video is a demonstration that even if power plants convert back to coal from natural gas, (they won't,) and even if all the regulations concerning the mining and burning of coal are removed, (ditto,) the thousands and thousands of coal mining jobs that used to be are not coming back. It's all been automated. The same for manufacturing. Better get back to school. If you want to pay through the nose for your schooling, vote Republican. If you think education is an investment we all should make to each other, vote Democrat.

[@markkrul3429]

You are wrong in your basic assumption. Coal will go away...but so will industry. The reason is because "green" energy can not supply the industrial power needs of an industrial society. Every jurisdiction that has tried to go green, like Germany for example, has hit their citizens with energy poverty and the most vulnerable have to choose between food and heat...many have DIED. It was very telling to see diesel generators at the Bonn climate conference in Germany...so much for renewables eh?. And so what will these highly educated people do when there is no industry to design high tech equipment for...or no industry to regulate as a highly educated bureaucrat? And because there will be no industry, there will be no wages going to buy high tech consumer goods either The only jobs available will be working for the Sierra Club, or Tides foundation as an activist. As far as education goes, education is not a right...it's something you should have to earn. Those that struggle to be in school, try harder to succeed in school, and become the best in their chosen field...when you let anyone and everyone in, you have automatically lowered the standard of education and therefore, the quality of education as well. Right now we have people with Masters degrees driving cab...in the future, most McDonald's employees will have PHD's.

[@ralphaverill2001]

Mark, where ever you're getting your information from, find a few more different sources. You will be better informed.

[@ralphaverill2001]

Mark, you need to stay up to date on current events. Coal is on its way out because natural gas is so much cheaper. It has nothing to do with "green" energy or environmental rules. Coal used to be the cheapest; not any more.

[@benterbieten9540]

you're not very bright politically

[@cmac9029]

This is a Nickle mine though….

[@wilsonsaghy4171]

Great video