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Belt conveyors are the most efficient way of bringing zinc ore to the surface. However, they need to be engineered specifically for the task. Heavy ore is sharp, abrasive, and can cause significant damage to non-reinforced conveyor components. The dust created can also negatively impact equipment performance by causing premature wear and failures.

At West River Conveyors, we are specialists in underground material handling. We have a keen understanding of how to build a mining conveyor system that will improve efficiency, reduce environmental risks, and increase your bottom line. Our expert engineers will work closely with you to design a system that exceeds your requirements.

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Confined spaces, long runs, and dust are just a few of the many concerns of underground mining. We can build a highly customized but competitively priced zinc conveyor system that will solve those challenges and more.

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Conveyor Structure

West River Conveyors offers a complete line of expertly-engineered underground conveyor structure. Our catenary, wire structure, or underground rigid comes in CEMA B, C, D, E, and E+ arrangements, and you can use them for longwall and room and pillar operations.

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Underground Conveyor Belts

Zinc mining puts immense stress on underground conveyor belts. We carry Depreux multi-ply, steel-cord, and straight-warp belts with excellent impact resistance and a long life expectancy.

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About Our Zinc Conveyors

Using a fleet of trucks to move your zinc ore is highly inefficient, costly, and presents huge environmental disaster risks. West River Conveyors will design, build, transport, and install a conveyor system tailored to your specific needs. We’ll provide you with a turn-key solution that will reduce labor requirements and allow you to achieve operational efficiency.

Custom Zinc Handling Conveyor Packages

The engineers at West River Conveyors will carefully study the required throughput, space constraints, and any other challenges of your zinc mining operation. This will allow us to determine the optimal belt speed, width, inclination, and propose an appropriate custom conveyor system.

A custom zinc conveyor can incorporate the materials, finishes, and components you require. The structure can be stainless steel or powder-coated. Motor and drives are selectable to suit your preferences or standards for voltage, size, and mounting location. By choosing a custom zinc conveyor, you get the exact system you need.

Custom packages commonly include the following components:

Zinc Conveyor Accessories

There’s more to a conveyor system than belts and structure. West River Conveyors offers accessories engineered to improve productivity and reliability. Available as individual products or part of a package, these include:

We’re more than happy to incorporate other accessories if they help your operations improve safety, productivity, reliability, or simplify maintenance.

Call 800-332-2781 to discuss these or any other special requirements.

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What Our Customers are Saying

“I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude for the exceptional support provided by Russ during a recent troubleshooting effort. His availability, technical expertise, and proactive approach were instrumental in resolving the issues efficiently and effectively. Russ’s dedication to fostering and maintaining strong, long lasting professional relationships surpasses the typical sales mentality I have grown used to dealing with elsewhere. His commitment to his customers and consistent follow through has built a foundation of trust that I professionally continue to rely on. Having someone so dependable and relationship focused adds tremendous value, and it speaks volumes about the culture and professionalism of West River as a whole. Please extend my appreciation to Russ for his outstanding work and continued partnership.”

– Regina Tuberville, Sr. Mine Engineer

“I have had excellent success with everything I have purchased from West River. The service is great! I have called after hours and received the same top-notch service. The pulleys that I bought have been top-quality and are doing very well. I recently had some alignment work done on our slope belt, with the same high quality workmanship. I would recommend West River to anyone needing gearboxes, pulleys, alignment, or other conveyor components.”

– Steve Bjork, Preparation Plant Maintenance Chief

“West River is a friend to the mining industry, supplying quality components at a competitive price!”

– Barry Tackett, Operations Manager, Mountain Aggregates

“From the beginning, we wanted to standardize our conveyor equipment. We knew we wanted to minimize the number of spare parts and pulleys. This has been the only time in my career I’ve been able to accomplish this task. The good relationship that we’ve developed with West River is attributed to the genuinely good people that run the company. In my experience, many vendors are primarily interested in maximizing their profit margin but I truly believe the team at West River has the best interest of the customer at heart.”

– Brad Rigsby, General Manager, Black Panther Mining

“West River’s conveyor systems have given us a great level of reliability. In the years that we have been using them as our supplier, we have not had a single breakdown, no quality issues, and no under-design problems. West River’s dedication to excellence in customer service is exceptional. All phone calls and emails are replied to in a timely manner and deadlines are always met even when they may seem unachievable.”

– Coley Burgess, Mine Engineer, Mosaic Company

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