Sturda uses specialty materials to develop innovative products to reduce cycle times and improve safety for the underground mining industry. We are committed to seeking new and innovative solutions to the problems that have plagued the underground mining industry for over a century. We keep your miners safe!
Sturda Weir
Sturda Weir is the patented solution you’ve been seeking to solve some of your biggest mine dewatering issues. The Sturda Weir is an easy to install, engineered and stamped slime decanting fence which is fabricated using high density steel and durable geotextile materials. The Sturda Weir allows for process water to be recycled and reused, making this product an environmentally-friendly solution.
Benefits:
- separates the water from your slimes ensuring that the water in your sumps is clean and won’t clog or damage your pumps.
- limits wear and tear on your pumping equipment
- reduces the need for replacement and repairs
- saves time and money
- possibility to reclaim minerals found in decanted slimes
Sturda Backfill Barricade
This patented decanting fence (or wall) is good for both paste and hydraulic fill. The Sturda Backfill Barricade reduces shotcrete use by up to 80%. The reusable fill fence is a quick-and-easy, scaffold-style method of installation, comes on a pallet, is easy to move, and can be installed in one shift, without any drilling. Our Sturda Deployer greatly improves productivity and safety when installing the Sturda Backfill Barricade.
Benefits:
- enhances worker safety
- eliminates the need to mine through backfill
- diminishes the amount of fill spill through cracks and fissures
- reduces pump maintenance and related costs
- less dust
Sturda Void
Sturda Void is an innovative product designed to reduce mining costs by eliminating the need to drill, blast and muck fill to access the mineable stope behind your fill fence. These durable plastic industrial grade bladders are super strong, easily inflatable, lightweight and reusable.
Benefits:
- access stope without the need to mine back through any fill or rehabilitate
- reduced fill costs
- reduced man hours and machine use required
Sturda Vent Wall
Sturda Vent Wall is a modification of the Sturda Backfill Barricade that can be used to regulate ventilation in your underground workings. The Sturda Vent Wall utilizes removable rubber gasket sealed aluminum panels to create an air-tight wall that can reduce ventilation leaks.
Benefits:
- reduces ventilation leaks
- reduces amount of shotcrete required
- can use with Sturda Deployer to eliminating the need for workers at the brow
- customizable
Contact Nevcan’s General Manager John West at 775-385-2395 or jwest@nevcan.bricenet.ca or visit www.sturda.com to find out more!