Condition and Performance Control of Mine Hoist LKAB's Kiruna Mine

Service reference case description Condition and performance control of mine hoist LKAB’s Kiruna mine

ABB delivered its first complete mine Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) is an international high-tech minerals group, one of the world’s leading hoist in 1937. Since then, more than producers of upgraded iron ore products for the steel industry 600 units all over the world have been and a growing supplier of industrial minerals products to installed. High speed and heavy loads other sectors. with high safety and performance, Most of the iron ore products are sold to European steel- demand advanced technology for drive, works. Other important markets are North Africa, the Middle control and brake systems. Qualified East and Southeast Asia. Industrial minerals are sold mainly maintenance personnel and fast in Europe but also to growing markets in Asia and the USA. LKAB has around 3,700 employees, of which about 600 are access to competence is necessary to outside Sweden. maintain high safety, high performance and availability. ABB offers mine hoist Both LKAB’s mines in Kiruna and Malmberget are among the world’s most modern, thanks to investments in advanced services for condition and performance technology and large-scale production systems. control to maintain the equipment in the “as commissioned” condition. The production at Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost city, is fully automatic from loading to unloading pocket in the head frame. The yearly output of the plant is 30 million tons of iron ore products.

ABB has a unique capability to engineer, deliver, install and provide after sale service for entire mechanical and electrical mine hoist systems of all types. The global presence means that ABB is always close to its customers. − − − − Benefits − − − − − − hoist: mine for services Other − − − − − − − − control: and measurement – services Optional − − − − − − − − − − − − control: and measurement – services Basic supply of Scope experience. long with service engineers qualified highly by performed is work The Argus, the logger. with data made signals of analysis and with hoist registrations all mine each to adapted is service the of extent The − − − − − mine includes of hoists control performance and condition for offer ABB The benefits customer and supply of Scope − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − Prioritized as a contracted customer contracted a as Prioritized upgrades and improvements for needs of Identification competence to access fast Secured availability high and safety high Maintained parts spare of Stocking hours and resources Pre-booked graphing Thermo units rotating of analysis vibration and Inspection systems drives DC / AC of Analysis time response guaranteed support, Phone internet / modem via Connection bolts foundation of control Torque drum drive and gearbox motor, alignment of Control loading and unloading balance, batteries, of Control software Backup cables control of and power- of Control system drive the of logger fault the of Analysis cycle hoist of control Performance protections of Testing analysis stop emergency / test Brake valves brake of Setting sharing load to respect with lenghts rope of diameters Control equal to respect with liners friction of Control control PG/TG system drive for settings of List operation normal / current Motor functions related safety of Testing stop start/stop/emergency curves Braking curves Retardation profiles speed Hoisting applicable as actions and improvements for recommendations with reports observations and recordings of analysis and measurement inspection, required as settings control brake of adjustment loops control position and speed of turning functions related safety of control

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