Mining

Electrical safety solutions in underground mining

Shaft tower

Safely up and down and up again

The shaft tower is required to take the miners up and down the shaft. The drive is a large electric motor powered by a frequency converter. To ensure maximum security, the IT system is used as the network system here. It is monitored via an ISOMETER®.

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Ventilation

A reliable supply of air

Ventilation of underground mines is a crucial criterion for their operational safety. An interruption to the ventilation is potentially life-threatening for the miners, includes an increased fire risk and failure of the production system. This means continuous residual current monitoring using RCMS is vital, as it detects any hazardous changes to the power supply immediately.

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Drainage

Water - a life-threatening risk underground

Drainage of underground mines is incredibly important. Any interruption to the drainage system increases the risks of shafts filling up with water and people being put in danger. From this perspective, continuous monitoring with ISOMETER®s or RCMS residual current monitoring systems is essential. They immediately recognise hazardous changes in the power supply.

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Conveyor Belts

Getting from A to B quickly but safely

Electric motors are generally employed for conveyor belts used in mining, which are driven by soft starters or frequency converters. However, these generate critical harmonic vibrations and DC currents which would not normally be present in the feeding AC system. With regular RCD or simple insulation monitors (e.g. 3 lamp method or 2 voltmeter process), this cannot be monitored with the requisite precision. There is a need for modern monitoring equipment which can recognise and report these problems quickly. Some standards even require a quick shutdown, which can be achieved using Bender insulation monitoring devices.

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Mobile equipment

Safe mobility underground

Mining vehicles are electrically powered. These cordless vehicles need monitoring of the earthing conductor in the cable (pilot wire monitoring). For this application, Bender offers a range of monitoring options, depending on the requirements for wire monitoring or fault current/earth conductor monitoring. 

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Downloads

NameCategorySizeLanguageTimestampD-/B-Number
Product Overview - Residual Current Monitoring Product Overviews 6.2 MB EN2023/11/0909.11.2023
Mining Market Segment Brochures 2.6 MB EN2021/08/2626.08.2021
Electrical Safety in Control and Auxiliary Circuits Technical article 632.6 KB EN2023/04/2121.04.2023

Products

Measuring and monitoring relays

RC48C
RC48C

Residual current/loop monitoring device

Communication

COMTRAXX® CP9xx-I Serie
COMTRAXX® CP9…-I series

Condition monitor with display and an integrated gateway

Powerscout
POWERSCOUT®

Recognising connections – optimising maintenance

Neutral Grounding Resistance (NGR) Monitoring

LINETRAXX® NGRM700

The advanced Neutral Grounding Resistor Monitor for sophisticated applications

Residual current monitoring

LINETRAXX® SmartDetect RCMS410

Four-channel DC, AC and pulse current sensitive residual current monitor for earthed AC, AC/DC and DC systems

LINETRAXX® RCMS460-D
LINETRAXX® RCMS460-D

Multichannel AC, pulsed DC and AC/DC sensitive residual current monitor

LINETRAXX® RCMS460-L
LINETRAXX® RCMS460-L

Multichannel AC, pulsed DC and AC/DC sensitive residual current monitor

LINETRAXX® RCMS490-D
LINETRAXX® RCMS490-D

Multichannel AC, pulsed DC and AC/DC sensitive residual current monitor with one alarm contact per channel

LINETRAXX® RCMS490-L
LINETRAXX® RCMS490-L

Multichannel AC, pulsed DC and AC/DC sensitive residual current monitor with one alarm contact per channel

Current transformers

LINETRAXX® CTUB100 series

AC/DC sensitive measuring current transformer (Type B)

Insulation monitoring

ISOMETER® iso685…
ISOMETER® iso685…

Insulation monitoring device for inverter applications and large industrial plants

System components

AGH150W-4
AGH150…

Extension of the nominal voltage range of ISOMETER® iso685 series to AC 0...1150 V, DC 0...1760 V

AGH520S
AGH520S

Extension of the nominal voltage range of ISOMETER® to AC 0...7200 V

AGH204S-4
AGH204S-4

Extension of the nominal voltage range of ISOMETER® iso685 series to AC, 3(N)AC 0...1650/0...1300 V

AGH676S-4
AGH676S-4

Extension of the nominal voltage range of ISOMETER® iso685.../IR420-D64 series to AC 0...12 kV

Measuring and monitoring relays

RC48C
RC48C

Residual current/loop monitoring device

Details

Communication

COMTRAXX® CP9xx-I Serie
COMTRAXX® CP9…-I series

Condition monitor with display and an integrated gateway

Details
Powerscout
POWERSCOUT®

Recognising connections – optimising maintenance

Details

Neutral Grounding Resistance (NGR) Monitoring

LINETRAXX® NGRM700

The advanced Neutral Grounding Resistor Monitor for sophisticated applications

Details

Residual current monitoring

LINETRAXX® SmartDetect RCMS410

Four-channel DC, AC and pulse current sensitive residual current monitor for earthed AC, AC/DC and DC systems

Details
LINETRAXX® RCMS460-D
LINETRAXX® RCMS460-D

Multichannel AC, pulsed DC and AC/DC sensitive residual current monitor

Details
LINETRAXX® RCMS460-L
LINETRAXX® RCMS460-L

Multichannel AC, pulsed DC and AC/DC sensitive residual current monitor

Details
LINETRAXX® RCMS490-D
LINETRAXX® RCMS490-D

Multichannel AC, pulsed DC and AC/DC sensitive residual current monitor with one alarm contact per channel

Details
LINETRAXX® RCMS490-L
LINETRAXX® RCMS490-L

Multichannel AC, pulsed DC and AC/DC sensitive residual current monitor with one alarm contact per channel

Details

Current transformers

LINETRAXX® CTUB100 series

AC/DC sensitive measuring current transformer (Type B)

Details

Insulation monitoring

ISOMETER® iso685…
ISOMETER® iso685…

Insulation monitoring device for inverter applications and large industrial plants

Details

System components

AGH150W-4
AGH150…

Extension of the nominal voltage range of ISOMETER® iso685 series to AC 0...1150 V, DC 0...1760 V

Details
AGH520S
AGH520S

Extension of the nominal voltage range of ISOMETER® to AC 0...7200 V

Details
AGH204S-4
AGH204S-4

Extension of the nominal voltage range of ISOMETER® iso685 series to AC, 3(N)AC 0...1650/0...1300 V

Details
AGH676S-4
AGH676S-4

Extension of the nominal voltage range of ISOMETER® iso685.../IR420-D64 series to AC 0...12 kV

Details

Standards

DIN EN 1889-1

Maschinen für den Bergbau unter Tage - Anforderungen an bewegliche Maschinen für die Verwendung unter Tage - Sicherheit - Teil 1: Gummibereifte Gleislosfahrzeuge für den Bergbau unter Tage

DIN EN ISO 19225

Bergbaumaschinen unter Tage - Mobile Abbaumaschinen im Streb - Sicherheitsanforderungen für Walzenlader und Hobelanlagen 

DIN EN 50178

Electronic equipment for use in power installations

DIN VDE 0168

Errichten elektrischer Anlagen in Tagebauen, Steinbrüchen und ähnlichen Betrieben

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