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levelok® Largest Cage System
Conveyance chairing and emergency braking
levelok® CAGE HOLDING SYSTEM: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 


This 36 ton Levelok Cage Holding System is installed at the Phalaborwa Mining Company in South Africa and is the largest Levelok cage holding system installed worldwide.

Features of this particular mine are:

  • 1300m depth of shaft.
  • 35 ton payload.
  • cage size 9m x 3m x 9m.
  • 4 x 9 ton Levelok clamps.

The pictures here show the Levelok® system in more detail.

The twin shafts at PMC
 

The main cage in the vertical shaft
The spare cage is shown with the openings at the side of the cage near the top where the Levelok clamps are installed.
 


The clamps installed inside the cage


A spare 9 ton clamp
 


Note the clamps protruding onto the guides


The highly modified powerpack for this application
 


A close up of where the clamp shoe makes contact with the guide

 
   
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