COMPANY INSIGHT

Shake it good!

The fluidity of your system flow goes far beyond vanity.

here’s nothing more frustrating than tilting the truck bed and standing there because the material has compacted and your cargo won’t budge.

For many years, the necessity to store, move and manipulate material in bulk has been a difficult task: the clogging of the material impacts not only the production and transportation of the product, but also creates an environment susceptible to.injuries and health risks for the employees.

Historically, techniques such as water and air lances, silo cleanout equipment, shotgun blasts and even dynamite have been used to eliminate material blockage. The most common means of material removal over the years is the use of a sledgehammer.

Adding one of Martin’s Truck Vibrator not only saves you money on costly repairs to your trucks, it increases productivity by eliminating carryback. Our Cougar® Truck Vibrators, for example, give you more payloads per cycle and fewer cycles per job – fewer cycles’ lower labor and fuel costs and decrease vehicle wear. Material is evenly distributed during spreading. Cougar® Truck Vibrators eliminate bed cleanout time and the need for workers to climb into the truck beds to manually remove material, resulting in lower workman compensation claims.

That means you can unload truck loads faster and get drivers back on the road more quickly.

In addition to our electric truck vibrators, we also offer hydraulic vibrators capable of delivering more power relative to the size of the unit, as well as low-noise options for use at indoor unloading facilities. For spreader trucks, these products will help you unload your cargo evenly.

Our Piston Vibrators are an economical solution that requires minimal maintenance or lubrication when powered by filtered compressed air and the Roller Vibrators are available in a variety of sizes and strengths, delivering a high level of vibratory force and are ideal for unloading railcars and compacting both concrete and refractory.

Our technicians and engineers are available to provide expert advice and assistance on these products and all of your bulk material handling questions and problems.

Check our Truck Vibration Selection here.

Let Martin® help you!

Contact information

Martin Engineering Australia
20 Ern Harley Drive
Burleigh Heads, QLD 422

Web: www.martin-eng.com.au

Email: mea@martin-eng.com

Tel: +61 7 5522 0841

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SHAKE IT GOOD!

For many years, the necessity to store, move and manipulate material in bulk has created a problem: how to get it out of the storage vessel without losing any product?

Typical problems include bridging, ratholing, clinging and arching. Once a pluggage exists, it becomes necessary to remove it in order to continue with production. One of the first things an operator will do is try to dislodge it in some manner, usually, it is done manually, offering huge hazard risks.

Historically, techniques such as water and air lances, silo cleanout equipment, shotgun blasts and even dynamite have been used to eliminate material blockage. The most common means of material removal over the years is the use of a sledgehammer.

Martin® manufactures a wide range of transfer point options specifically engineered to prevent the clog of material and maintain the production flow.

Learn how Martin® can help you with flow issues here.

Unloading should be trouble-free!

Martin Engineering’s truck vibrators get bulk materials moving quickly and thoroughly by energizing the load and breaking the friction between particles. That means you can unload truck loads faster and get drivers back on the road more quickly.

Cougar^® DC Truck Vibrator: Rugged and economical, the Cougar^® DC Truck Vibrators provide power to improve the speed and efficiency of unloading dump trucks and other mobile equipment. Models are available to suit your truck and your typical load.

Know more about our Cougar® Vibrators here. And, also, see how we have helped a salt company here.

Quickly sort loose items by size

We manufacture both electric and hydraulic vibrators designed to install on a metal screen for separating a wide range of bulk materials, including gravel, plastic pellets, small parts, pharmaceuticals, silica/sand and food products. By using a series of screens with progressively smaller mesh openings, you can quickly sort loose items by size. Screen vibration can also be used to sift mining products like coal, gold and other elements, as well as any type of bulk material that can form clumps or compactions.

Check out more details our industrial screen vibrators here.

Air is power!

From shaking the air bubbles out of poured concrete to emptying railcars, these vibrators are a flexible, portable solution.

Our pneumatic vibrators are available in models that deliver varying levels of vibratory force, which allows you to choose the one that is ideally suited for your application. Depending on specific needs, customers can choose from portable motor-driven, roller or turbine vibrators, each of which generates vibration from a rapid unbalanced rotation of the moving part inside the vibrator’s casing.

Learn more about our Pneumatic Vibrators here: Piston Vibrators and Roller Vibrators.

Do you want us to help you boost your material flow?

Our specialists are available to provide expert advice and assistance on all of your bulk material handling questions and problems.

Martin Engineering Australia
www.martin-eng.com.au

+61 7 5522 0841

www.martin-eng.com.au

+61 7 5522 0841

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COMPANY INSIGHT

Easy ESG - For the Board and Shareholders

Appreciation of the effect of changing regulations enables mine operators to proactively assess and respond to their relative exposure. A proactive response enables the operator to retain control of change processes in advance of a regulatory direction enforcing the change, the resource demand and the timeframe.
By way of example, Aspect Environmental looks at the requirements of the NSW Mining Amendment (Standard Conditions of Mining Leases – Rehabilitation) Regulation 2020 and how operators can respond and retain process control.

takeholder expectations continue to evolve for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting. Organisations are expected to tangibly demonstrate their commitment towards sustainability and to proactively manage their operational and financial strategies accordingly. Our team has prepared a series of discussion papers to enhance understanding of ESG value to the mining sector.

Due to perceived complexity, almost 1/3 (30%) of Australian companies believe that they are underperforming in their ESG reporting commitments.

ESG reporting is tailored to disclose how organisations have managed their ESG risks to investors and stakeholders and demonstrate their ethical performance against each of these elements.

//Figure 1: ESG principles (source: http://www.jhinvestments.com)

An ESG report that aligns closely with organisational operation and financial strategies can have a positive impact on the value of that company, not only from investor’s perspective but from regulators and the communities they operate within. An aligned ESG program reduces operational risk and risk/incident exposure – thereby providing enhanced value to investors and stakeholders.

Whilst in Australia there are no specific legal requirements for companies to report on sustainability, there are certain obligations to report both financial and non-financial information. Obligations under the ASX Listing Rules, sections of the Corporations Act 2001 and the G100 Guide include requirements for discussion and analysis of key financial and non-financial, social and environmental performance indicators. Sustainability reporting places additional value on intangible assets such as human resources, customer and supplier relationships and innovations.

Further, it facilitates a consistent and accepted approach to risk management and mitigation profiles to assist stakeholders to make decisions.

Organisations who have significant interests in or are involved with infrastructure projects can adopt the Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) Rating Scheme to reduce the complexity of ESG reporting and provide recognised, measurable outcomes.

What is the IS Rating Scheme?

The Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) is Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand’s member-based body that advocates sustainable performance by building sustainability into each stage of the infrastructure lifecycle. The IS Rating Scheme evaluates economic, environmental, social and management performance across the planning, design, construction and operational stages of infrastructure development.

//Figure 2: ISC Rating Scheme (Source: https://www.iscouncil.org/)

The IS Rating Scheme’s four themes (governance, economic, environmental and social) are divided into sub-categories, and each sub-category is rated against a specific aspect of sustainability performance. This may relate to a mitigation or improvement initiative, or a process that supports achievement of sustainable outcomes.

With core ESG elements aligning with IS Rating Scheme credits, organisations are provided a simple and efficient way to report their performance against relevant sustainability criteria.

Benefits to Receiving the IS Rating

Achievement of IS ratings for infrastructure translate to public acknowledgement including local and international market recognition as a sustainability leader.

//Figure 3: Benefits of the IS rating scheme (Source: https://www.iscouncil.org/)

Sustainable corporate performance has been shown to correlate strongly with financial performance. Stock prices of companies with high sustainability or ESG ratings tend to be less volatile. Social awareness of a company's sustainability performance is becoming increasingly available to the wider public, who provide some pressure to companies to focus on, manage and be accountable for environmental, social and governance sustainability.

Social awareness, stakeholder engagement and management of climate change impacts have become forefront of the global business and political spectrum.

Asset Types addressed by the IS Rating Scheme

The IS Rating Scheme is applicable to a wide range of Infrastructure asset types.

//Figure 4: Asset types subject to the ISC Rating Scheme (Source: https://www.iscouncil.org/)

Each IS Rating will be tailored to each different asset type to incorporate their individual sustainability criteria.

Mining Applicability and Where To?

The ISC framework is applicable to infrastructure asset components associated with mining developments, design and operations. It facilitates the ability for mining organisations to proactively demonstrate their commitment to sustainable efficacy in terms of environmental, social, economic and management elements.

Adding the IS framework does not change ESG reporting, but enhances the sustainability reporting capabilities. Future papers will focus on application of the framework to mining operations and alignment to global sustainability metric frameworks. Our end goal is to clearly and simply identify how an organisation’s value can be increased in the eyes of regulators, the community and investors.

Contact information

Aspect Environmental

Aspect Safety Group

Suite 117 / 25 Solent Circuit
Baulkham Hills

NSW 2153

Tel: 0439 455 975

Web: www.aspectenvironmental.com.au

Email: info@aspectenvironmental.com.au

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