Mining

Alimak elevators can be installed inside or outside chimney stacks without the need for a shaft or machine room, offering virtually unlimited lifting heights. They provide reliable access for inspection and maintenance of aircraft warning lights and air pollution control systems, ensuring efficiency and reducing downtime in demanding environments.

Alimak industrial elevators support the productivity of conveyors by providing reliable access for maintenance and service, to ensure downtime is kept to a minimum.

The rugged design of the Alimak elevator ensures long-term performance on mining crushers with vibrations – which are a normal part of the crushing process. They provide convenient access to control rooms and vital equipment for service and maintenance.

Reliable access to de‑watering areas is essential for maintaining stable mine conditions. Quick vertical movement for personnel, tools, and maintenance teams supports timely servicing of pumps and drainage systems, reducing downtime and ensuring consistent water removal across multiple levels of the operation.

Elevators enhance efficiency and safety around flotation areas by providing quick, reliable vertical access for operators, maintenance teams, and equipment. In an environment where tanks, platforms, and piping systems require frequent inspection, elevators reduce travel time, improve workflow, and support safer, more consistent operation of critical flotation processes.

Alimak mining elevators provide reliable, efficient access to grinding areas, where machinery operates continuously and requires frequent inspection and maintenance. By enabling quick vertical movement for personnel, tools, and parts, elevators reduce downtime, enhance safety, and improve overall operational efficiency in the demanding environment surrounding grinding mills.

Located above the underground mine shaft, the headframe, or winder tower, is a structural frame used to support the winding mechanism of the mine’s hoists. Providing access to the underground mining facility, these hoists are vital in the movement of ore out of the mine for processing.

Alimak industrial elevators can provide maintenance access to underground mine headframes, allowing workers to complete operation, servicing and inspections of hoist winder equipment on several levels. They also improve safety of operations on the mine site, providing a means of emergency access and evacuation, should an injury occur on the headframe.

Efficient access to ore stockpiles is essential for maintaining reliable, continuous operations in mining. Elevators provide reliable vertical transport for personnel and equipment, improving inspection efficiency, reducing travel time, and supporting safer maintenance activities around stockpile areas where terrain, dust, and steep inclines can otherwise limit accessibility.

In underground mines, Alimak industrial elevators are ideally suited for providing the secondary, emergency vertical access required by mine safety regulations.

Alimak industrial elevators are used to provide personnel with fast and reliable vertical access for essential maintenance and service at different levels. This supports keeping downtime to a minimum to boost productivity.

Smelters require intensive access during shutdown periods. Permanent Alimak elevators provide fast, repeated access across multiple levels and help reduce outage times.

Suitable for indoor and outdoor applications, the range of elevators is suitable to transport personnel, parcels, trolleys and pallets. Customised solutions are also available to transport extra-large loads.