Mines & Quarries

The Jundee Nickel Mine, Western Australia

At the Jundee Nickel Mine, extreme tyre wear and premature tyre failure had become an ongoing problem.

Tyre issues were frequent but unpredictable. Replacement tyres were often difficult to source, leaving trucks and machinery out of service for long periods of time.

The costs of lost productivity and replacement tyres were significant and unacceptable. Mine operators contacted RUD Australia seeking a long-term solution to the problem.

RUD Australia recommended the innovative tyre protection chain, the Toro X19.

This chain is specifically designed for use in severe underground applications. As a trial, the chains were fitted to the front axle of a CAT Underground R29000 bogger.

After fitting RUD’s chains, the improvements in tyre lifespan and site productivity were remarkable.

The chains provided over 5500 hours of protection to the tyres, with no tyre failures and minimal maintenance. The tyre wear rate was better than had previously been seen in any underground metalliferous mine.

After the success of this initial trial, RUD tyre protection chains were installed on all key machinery at the Jundee mine.

Speak to a RUD Australia expert to find out how our solutions can you reduce operating expenses and downtime.

RUD Toro X19 chains have surpassed all of our expectations

RUD Toro X19 chains have surpassed all of our expectations for service life and provided huge savings in tyre usage and increased production. RUD’s service and product support have been excellent. We are happy to recommend RUD to anyone who has problems with their tyre life.

What Our Clients Say About RUD Australia

Laurie Patterson

“Half the amount of gear for the same result”

Patterson Crane Hire loves a challenge and RUD lifting gear helps us solve these challenges. The weight saving gains when we use their Grade 120 ICE range really makes a difference and minimises our risk when we are managing difficult, heavy lifts. Simply put, this is why we choose to work with quality suppliers like RUD.
Graeme Jones

Operations Manager, Holcim Werribee

“Safety and expertise a key factor for Holcim”

At Holcim (Werribee) we rely on RUD Tyre Protection Chains. Their strong expertise and professionalism is on display when they fit and maintain our chains on site. The team works hard to keep us safe, enable our machines to stay in operation and minimise our costs.
Marcus Ghikas

Managing Director, Air and Allied

“Quality suppliers and supportive business partners, recommended without hesitation”

Air & Allied Sales (Pacific) has partnered with RUD Chains for the past 25 years to deliver outstanding engineered solutions. The professional and continued relationship with Ian and his team allows us to continue to support our customers above and beyond their needs.

Our recent requirements have pushed the limits of a standard supplier’s capabilities, but RUD Chains have never waivered in their scaled supply. As a result, we have been able to meet surges in demand without issue, passing on the excellent support offered by RUD Chains to our own customers.

RUD Chains are both quality suppliers and supportive business partners, and we would recommend them without hesitation.
Richard Devereux, Managing Director

ACRAN

“RUD Chain Drives provide a controlled drive solution for engineering challenge.”

As Managing Director of ACRAN, we are always excited to provide innovative and quality technical solutions to the market for industrial ventilation, filtration and noise control solutions.

Recently we completed a project where RUD chain drives provided a controlled drive solution for an Engineered lift and fulfilled the requirements. ACRAN is grateful for the technical and on-site support provided by RUD Chains and look forward to completing future projects together as a trusted partner.
Sarah Forbes

Gemilang

“Australian Made Endurequip Hoists provide a safe and reliable maintenance system to deliver new bus fleets.”

At Gemilang, we’re confident that our high-quality Endurequip-made Portalifts and vehicle stands will continue to serve us well as we build more buses for the Australian market. These provide us unparalleled underbody access, thereby giving our clients the reassurance that every single bus component, from top to bottom, is designed, manufactured, secured and inspected thoroughly by our engineers and technicians.
Gavin Witton

Project Leader, CQCN North Wagon Operations, Aurizon

“Service Levels from design through to commissioning unmatched by others”

The team at Jilalan appreciate the quality service you provided in the design, fabrication and commissioning of our platforms for our Wagon remediation project.

RUD’s attention to detail and great communications skills ensured that our project was completed to the highest standard and exceeded our expectations. From the start of the procurement process you committed to ensuring time frames could be met and delivered quality products as per agreement. We are grateful for this as no other company we contacted could make these commitments.
Jim Grima

Grima Recycling

“RUD service compliments RUD system quality”

Grima Recycling have been working the team at RUD in realising our plant expansion project. The modular RUD chain conveyor has proved to be reliable and effective for the transfer of of our recycled products from the loader hopper and up the inclined slop as part of our new process line. The regular contact and support provided by RUD compliments the RUD system quality.
Forbes Day, Operations Manager

Enco Precast Pty Ltd

“RUD Engineering support and expertise a real asset”

ENCO Precast have been involved with RUD for over 10 years now, predominantly for the supply of the Philipp Group Lifting Hoops for Prestressed Precast Concrete elements for bridges. The engineering support led by RUD’s Engineering Manager Matt Pauli is always outstanding and has kept us loyal to RUD.
The Jundee Nickel Mine

Western Australia

“RUD Toro X19 chains have surpassed all of our expectations”

RUD’s service and product support have been excellent. We are happy to recommend RUD to anyone who has problems with their tyre life.
Paul Denison

Bullivants Townsville

“The RUD team were able to design, manufacture and supply a cost effective solution”

We see our long term relationship with RUD more as a partnership than supplier and customer. RUD’s service and product support are excellent and their team of industry specialists is always on hand to answer any of our questions.

Mines & Quarries

The Jundee Nickel Mine, Western Australia

At the Jundee Nickel Mine, extreme tyre wear and premature tyre failure had become an ongoing problem.

RUD Australia recommended the innovative tyre protection chain, the Toro X19.

After fitting RUD’s chains, the improvements in tyre lifespan and site productivity were remarkable.

RUD Toro X19 chains have surpassed all of our expectations

What Our Clients Say About RUD Australia

“Half the amount of gear for the same result”

“Safety and expertise a key factor for Holcim”

“Quality suppliers and supportive business partners, recommended without hesitation”

“RUD Chain Drives provide a controlled drive solution for engineering challenge.”

“Australian Made Endurequip Hoists provide a safe and reliable maintenance system to deliver new bus fleets.”

“Service Levels from design through to commissioning unmatched by others”

“RUD service compliments RUD system quality”

“RUD Engineering support and expertise a real asset”

“RUD Toro X19 chains have surpassed all of our expectations”

“The RUD team were able to design, manufacture and supply a cost effective solution”

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