Tunnelling/Mining
Rittal's research for tomorrow's mining industry
The search for raw materials to supply the world's economy is running at top speed. More and more, mining companies are digging to even greater depths to find valuable ores, salts or coal. The requirements placed on infrastructures and safety are increasing at a similar rate.
Rittal is making a major contribution to improving safety in mining in the context of the MINTOS (Improving Mining Transport Reliability) project, which is supported by the European Union. Rittal is using of a research tunnel at the "Fortuna" mine. This mine, to the north of Solms-Oberbiel, is one of the many mines near Wetzlar. It was closed down in 1983. Iron ore in the form of red (haematite) and brown (limonite) ore, with a very high iron content (40 to 65 %), was mined there. In the meantime, the mine is open to visitors.
The main points of emphasis are: new technologies for locating people, material and machines in deep-mining environments, as well as efficient systems for the emission-free supply of energy by fuel cells. Because of its special characteristics, the Fortuna mine offers an ideal environment for researching and testing new technologies. In industrial Germany, innovative technologies for use in future world-wide mining can be developed, tested and demonstrated.
Exhibition mine "Fortuna" (Geman website) »
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