Cape Lambert Port A-Dolphin (Australia)

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Project description mageba scope Highlights & facts Rio Tinto owns an integrated portfolio of For this project in total 36 RESTON® iron ore assets in the Pilbara region of SPHERICAL bearings with uplift restraint mageba products: Western Australia including 16 mines, 4 in- were produced and installed. Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL dependent port terminals, a 1,700 km rail The bearings were designed to perform in bearings network and other related infrastructure. harsh environment, therefore their fabri- Feature: Uplift restraint One of its facilities is the Cape Lambert cation had to follow a strict quality control Installed: 2020 iron-ore port which is located about process. 1,250 km north of the Western Australian In order to ensure that the quality of the Structure: capital of Perth. steel used for the production of the bear- City: Port Walcott (WA) The Cape Lambert “A” wharf has been in ings is the highest, at the procurement Country: Australia operation since 1972, but its original 17 stage, each steel plate’s mechanical and Type: Wharf dolphins were either demolished or de- chemical properties were tested in a third Owner: Rio Tinto commissioned in 1999. The existing and party ILAC accredited Lab to ensure their Contractor: Austral Construction still operational dolphins were installed compliance to the AS3678 requirements. Pty Ltd between 2001 and 2002. In addition, mageba also commissioned Structural designer: Aurecon During a recent structural integrity inspec- the same lab to perform an ultrasonic test- tions of the entire system, structural de- ing on each steel plate to meet with AS fects were identified. With some of these 1710 – Level 2. defects reportedly reducing the structural After their fabrication was completed, the capacity of the existing dolphins, the re- bearings were tested to the designed load placement of the deteriorated dolphins in mageba’s NATA accredited lab in Sydney was proposed. as per MRWA Spec 861 & AS5100.4.

The wharf is located approx. 2.5 km northeast A bearing is prepared for testing in mageba’s NATA Installation of RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings on the offshore of Cape Lambert at Port Walcott certified lab superstructure manufactured in Shanghai

Cape Lambert

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