MANUFACTURING & REPAIRS
1996 - Newcastle Engineering - Repairs to a steam turbine housing on the OM Vertical Borer
1996 - Newcastle Engineering - Repairs to a steam turbine housing on the OM Vertical Borer
1992 -Newcastle Engineering - Machining a forging for a gear rim on VB5 Vertical Borer.
1992 -Newcastle Engineering - Machining a forging for a gear rim on VB5 Vertical Borer.
1993 - Newcastle Engineering - A finished Bell Rod which activated Bell in Hopper for the Steam Powered Blast Furnace at the BHP steelworks.
1993 - Newcastle Engineering - A finished Bell Rod which activated Bell in Hopper for the Steam Powered Blast Furnace at the BHP steelworks.
1993 - State Dockyards Carrington - Machining the seat for the Bell Hopper on Craven Vertical Borer at Dockyards.
1993 - State Dockyards Carrington - Machining the seat for the Bell Hopper on Craven Vertical Borer at Dockyards.
1995 - Newcastle Engineering - Machining a Grinding Media Barrel using a Galaway Lathe headstock and floor borer as the toolpost.
1995 - Newcastle Engineering - Machining a Grinding Media Barrel using a Galaway Lathe headstock and floor borer as the toolpost.
1993 - Newcastle Engineering - Machining white metal bearings on Vertical Borer VB5
1993 - Newcastle Engineering - Machining white metal bearings on Vertical Borer VB5
1998 - Newcastle Engineering - A Steam Turbine.
1998 - Newcastle Engineering - A Steam Turbine.
1988 - Newcastle Engineering - Screw cutting grove on a rope drum on Poreba Lathe L1 - Ken Pierpont
1988 - Newcastle Engineering - Screw cutting grove on a rope drum on Poreba Lathe L1 - Ken Pierpont
1988 - Newcastle Engineering - Machining a Crank on Poreba Lathe L1 - Bill Warburton
1988 - Newcastle Engineering - Machining a Crank on Poreba Lathe L1 - Bill Warburton
1995 - Newcastle Engineering - Rebuilding of the Punch that puts holes in steel fence posts.
1995 - Newcastle Engineering - Rebuilding of the Punch that puts holes in steel fence posts.
2013 - Rebuilding Underground Diesel LHD Loaders.
2013 - Rebuilding Underground Diesel LHD Loaders.
2018 - Coal Mine Services - Lock wire on Gearbox bearing keeper plate.
2018 - Coal Mine Services - Lock wire on Gearbox bearing keeper plate.
2018 - Integrated Reliability Solutions - Inspection of a Diaphragm Pump.
2018 - Integrated Reliability Solutions - Inspection of a Diaphragm Pump.
2014 - Rebuilding Underground Diesel LHD Loaders.
2014 - Rebuilding Underground Diesel LHD Loaders.
2018 - Hardy Spicer - Inspection of a drive shaft.
2018 - Hardy Spicer - Inspection of a drive shaft.
2018 - Hardy Spicer - Wending Driveshaft components on a rotator.
2018 - Hardy Spicer - Wending Driveshaft components on a rotator.
1991 - Newcastle Engineering - Manufacture of track wheels for Com Steel.
1991 - Newcastle Engineering - Manufacture of track wheels for Com Steel.
2018 - Macquarie Manufacturing - Assembly of rollers for mono-rail trolleys used on Longwalls.
2018 - Macquarie Manufacturing - Assembly of rollers for mono-rail trolleys used on Longwalls.
UNDERGOUND MINING
2014 - Intergra - A QDS Crib Table - A Crib Room consists of this table, a bin, first aid kit, Mine Plans and a phone.
2014 - Intergra - A QDS Crib Table - A Crib Room consists of this table, a bin, first aid kit, Mine Plans and a phone.
2014 - Intergra - A QDS Man Basket - Used to work at heights underground to hang pipes, cables, etc.
2014 - Intergra - A QDS Man Basket - Used to work at heights underground to hang pipes, cables, etc.
2014 - Intergra - A Wirth Roadheader, used in tunnelling through rock up to 100 MPA.
2014 - Intergra - A Wirth Roadheader, used in tunnelling through rock up to 100 MPA.
2014 - Intergra - A Continuous Miner used to tunnel through coal and soft rock..
2014 - Intergra - A Continuous Miner used to tunnel through coal and soft rock..
2014 - Intergra - A Breaker Feeder - The Shuttle card loads out into hopper where coal is crushed and then fed onto the conveyor.
2014 - Intergra - A Breaker Feeder - The Shuttle card loads out into hopper where coal is crushed and then fed onto the conveyor.
2014 - Intergra - A LHD loader - used as a front end loader, to tow equipment and has a QDS attachment which implements such as man baskets, dusters and lifting jibs can be fitted to.
2014 - Intergra - A LHD loader - used as a front end loader, to tow equipment and has a QDS attachment which implements such as man baskets, dusters and lifting jibs can be fitted to.
2014 - Intergra - Shuttle Cars parked up on the surface as part of decommissioning of the mine.
2014 - Intergra - Shuttle Cars parked up on the surface as part of decommissioning of the mine.
2014 - Intergra - A pipe trailer. It fits about 25 pipes and the hydraulic arms pick up and position the pipe for installation.
2014 - Intergra - A pipe trailer. It fits about 25 pipes and the hydraulic arms pick up and position the pipe for installation.
2014 - Intergra - A Auxiliary Ventilation Fan. Used to extrct dusts and gases to ventilate a production area.
2014 - Intergra - A Auxiliary Ventilation Fan. Used to extrct dusts and gases to ventilate a production area.
2014 - Intergra - QDS attachments - A TRS (Temporary Roof Support), Bolt Pod, Ducks Bill and Cable Boat.
2014 - Intergra - QDS attachments - A TRS (Temporary Roof Support), Bolt Pod, Ducks Bill and Cable Boat.
2014 - Intergra - Seat arrangement in some shuttle cars. you spend all night changing seats every time you change directions.
2014 - Intergra - Seat arrangement in some shuttle cars. you spend all night changing seats every time you change directions.
2014 - Intergra - Looking down on the tail conveyor of a continuous Miner.
2014 - Intergra - Looking down on the tail conveyor of a continuous Miner.
2014 - Intergra - A 1000V Flameproof DCB (Distribution Control Boards) used to power sections underground.
2014 - Intergra - A 1000V Flameproof DCB (Distribution Control Boards) used to power sections underground.
2014 - Intergra - To flit shuttle car to the surface, the canopy is usually removed. Re-fitting the canopy.
2014 - Intergra - To flit shuttle car to the surface, the canopy is usually removed. Re-fitting the canopy.
2014 - Intergra - Cleaning Roof Chocks during a Longwall relocation.
2014 - Intergra - Cleaning Roof Chocks during a Longwall relocation.
2014 - Intergra - The Porthole at Integra.
2014 - Intergra - The Porthole at Integra.
2014 - Intergra - A chock trailer used to transport Longwall Roof Supports.
2014 - Intergra - A chock trailer used to transport Longwall Roof Supports.
A Shuttle Car being loaded. Note Vent Tubes on left and pump on the right wall.
A Shuttle Car being loaded. Note Vent Tubes on left and pump on the right wall.
The Shearer at the longwall face.
The Shearer at the longwall face.
Installing roof support bolts.
Installing roof support bolts.
A continuous miner underground.
Coal Handling & Preparation
MT Arthur - Replacing a coal valve on export stoke pile.
MT Arthur - Replacing a coal valve on export stoke pile.
MT Arthur - Replacing a coal valve on export stoke pile.
MT Arthur - Replacing a coal valve on export stoke pile.
MT Arthur - Lifting out old coal valve.
MT Arthur - Lifting out old coal valve.
MT Arthur - The Stacker at Export Stock Pile.
MT Arthur - The Stacker at Export Stock Pile.
MT Arthur - Inside the export reclaim tunnel..
MT Arthur - Inside the export reclaim tunnel..
MT Arthur - Secondary Crusher. There are 4 dovetails and each .dovetail contains 48 x 29.5 kg crusher shells. That is 192 shells to be removed with a sledge hammer and 5664 kg to lift off + 5664 in replacement shell for each shaft.
MT Arthur - Secondary Crusher. There are 4 dovetails and each .dovetail contains 48 x 29.5 kg crusher shells. That is 192 shells to be removed with a sledge hammer and 5664 kg to lift off + 5664 in replacement shell for each shaft.
MT Arthur - Looking down from the train loader at 2 trains waiting to be loaded.
MT Arthur - Looking down from the train loader at 2 trains waiting to be loaded.
MT Arthur - Looking down at repairs to train loader storage bin. Note confined space ventilation tubes.
MT Arthur - Looking down at repairs to train loader storage bin. Note confined space ventilation tubes.
MT Arthur - The ROM (Run of Mine) where trucks dump their load.
MT Arthur - The ROM (Run of Mine) where trucks dump their load.
MT Arthur - The ROM (Run of Mine) Stock pile stacker and reclaimer.
MT Arthur - The ROM (Run of Mine) Stock pile stacker and reclaimer.
Mt Arthur - Roller Screens are used as part of the sizing process.
Mt Arthur - Roller Screens are used as part of the sizing process.
Mt Arthur - A Conveyor Drive Head.
Mt Arthur - A Conveyor Drive Head.
Hunter Valley Operations. - Classifying hydrocyclones.
Hunter Valley Operations. - Classifying hydrocyclones.
A Centrifuge used to separate water from product.
A Centrifuge used to separate water from product.
Hunter Valley Operations. - Magnetite is added to water to make coal float and impurities sink. The Magnetic Separator is used to reclaim the Magnetite at the end of the process.
Hunter Valley Operations. - Magnetite is added to water to make coal float and impurities sink. The Magnetic Separator is used to reclaim the Magnetite at the end of the process.
HVO - Classifying water tank.
HVO - Classifying water tank.
Hunter Valley Operations - A screen being replaced.
Hunter Valley Operations - A screen being replaced.
Hunter Valley Operations - Installing a new drive head system.
Hunter Valley Operations - Installing a new drive head system.
Hunter Valley Operations -Splicing a cable on a cable conveyor.
Hunter Valley Operations -Splicing a cable on a cable conveyor.
Open Cut Mining
Removing parts for repairs and to gain access to swing gearboxes in the house..
Removing parts for repairs and to gain access to swing gearboxes in the house..
A P&H 4100XPC Shovel. Note heavy lift jacks.
A P&H 4100XPC Shovel. Note heavy lift jacks.
Heavy Lift jacks support the shovel allowing work to be conducted on the tracks.
Heavy Lift jacks support the shovel allowing work to be conducted on the tracks.
Repairs to the cabin where a dump truck has reversed into.
Repairs to the cabin where a dump truck has reversed into.
The view from the top of the dragline at Benalla Mine
The view from the top of the dragline at Benalla Mine
The view from the top of the dragline at Benalla Mine
The view from the top of the dragline at Benalla Mine
A P&H 9020 Dragline at Bengalla Mine.
A P&H 9020 Dragline at Bengalla Mine.
This size dragline is too big for tracks and uses the feet picture to walk.
This size dragline is too big for tracks and uses the feet picture to walk.
The Drag and Hoist rope drums.
The Drag and Hoist rope drums.
To change Hoist gear, the shaft needs to be pressed out on the other side of rope drum.
To change Hoist gear, the shaft needs to be pressed out on the other side of rope drum.
Lowering the new gear into place on the rope drum.
Lowering the new gear into place on the rope drum.
Bearing on bearing warmer ready to be fitted to Drag rope drum.
Bearing on bearing warmer ready to be fitted to Drag rope drum.
To lower the boom, the Hoist Rope drum is use. the cable to do so is stored on the pictured rope drum.
To lower the boom, the Hoist Rope drum is use. the cable to do so is stored on the pictured rope drum.
The boom lowered to the ground for maintenance.
The boom lowered to the ground for maintenance.
View form the top of the dragline looking towards the boom and A Frame which have been lowered for maintenance.
View form the top of the dragline looking towards the boom and A Frame which have been lowered for maintenance.
Energy
Insulators on top of a transformer at the Tallawarra Power Station NSW
Insulators on top of a transformer at the Tallawarra Power Station NSW
Servicing the Main Isolatiors at Bayswater Power Station.
Servicing the Main Isolatiors at Bayswater Power Station.
Oil Tanks used to store oil out of Transformers whilst they are under maintenance at Bayswater Power Station.
Oil Tanks used to store oil out of Transformers whilst they are under maintenance at Bayswater Power Station.
The blast screen around a Transformer at Bayswater Power Station NSW.
The blast screen around a Transformer at Bayswater Power Station NSW.
Removing an Insulator from a Transformer at Bayswater Power Station NSW.
Removing an Insulator from a Transformer at Bayswater Power Station NSW.
A 680 MW steam Turbine at Bayswater Power Station NSW.
A 680 MW steam Turbine at Bayswater Power Station NSW.
Replacing Covers on the Condensator after refurbishment at Stanwell Power Station Qld.
Replacing Covers on the Condensator after refurbishment at Stanwell Power Station Qld.
Part of the Condensator cleaning system at Stanwell Power Station Qld.
Part of the Condensator cleaning system at Stanwell Power Station Qld.
Access cut into the boiler tubes at Liddell Power Station.
Access cut into the boiler tubes at Liddell Power Station.
500 MW steam turbine in turbine house at the Liddell Power Station.
500 MW steam turbine in turbine house at the Liddell Power Station.
A Riffle Box, part of the PF Fuel delivery system at Liddell Power Station.
A Riffle Box, part of the PF Fuel delivery system at Liddell Power Station.
A mill used to grind coal into pulverised fuel at Liddell Power Station..
A mill used to grind coal into pulverised fuel at Liddell Power Station..
PF Tubes (pulverised fuel) feeding the burners into the boiler at the Liddell Power Station.
PF Tubes (pulverised fuel) feeding the burners into the boiler at the Liddell Power Station.
The Liddell Power Station.
The Liddell Power Station.
Coal Feeders at the Liddell Power Station.
Coal Feeders at the Liddell Power Station.
Looking towards Bayswater from the Liddell Power Station.
Looking towards Bayswater from the Liddell Power Station.
The old Playford Power Station at Port Augusta.
The old Playford Power Station at Port Augusta.
350 MW steam turbine at the Port Augusta Power Station.
350 MW steam turbine at the Port Augusta Power Station.
Working on the De-Asher conveyor at the Port Augusta Power Station.
Working on the De-Asher conveyor at the Port Augusta Power Station.
Looking over water Inlet / Outlet to the Spencer Gulf at the Port Augusta Power Station.
Looking over water Inlet / Outlet to the Spencer Gulf at the Port Augusta Power Station.
Looking Towards the Flinders Ranges from the Port Augusta Power Station.
Looking Towards the Flinders Ranges from the Port Augusta Power Station.
Port Augusta Power Station SA.
Port Augusta Power Station SA.
Steel
Newcastle Rod Mill - Wire paying out on Stelmore conveyor for cooling.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Wire paying out on Stelmore conveyor for cooling.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Billet Yard from crane.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Billet Yard from crane.
MolyCop Waratah - Billets being cut to length after leaving the caster in steel making section.
MolyCop Waratah - Billets being cut to length after leaving the caster in steel making section.
MolyCop Waratah - Changing a failed bearing in Grinding Media section.
MolyCop Waratah - Changing a failed bearing in Grinding Media section.
MolyCop Waratah - Installing the forge press in grinding media section. Used to make balls 75 mm to 150 mm.
MolyCop Waratah - Installing the forge press in grinding media section. Used to make balls 75 mm to 150 mm.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Lifting fan into place on cooling tower.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Lifting fan into place on cooling tower.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Fitting fan too a cooling tower that cools process water.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Fitting fan too a cooling tower that cools process water.
MolyCop - Rollers used to form bar into grinding media.
MolyCop - Rollers used to form bar into grinding media.
MolyCop - Bar heating blocks used to heat bar for grinding media by induction.
MolyCop - Bar heating blocks used to heat bar for grinding media by induction.
MolyCop - Element Coils that heat the bar used to make grinding media. They are set in refractory cement and water cooled.
MolyCop - Element Coils that heat the bar used to make grinding media. They are set in refractory cement and water cooled.
MolyCop - Grinding media being formed.
MolyCop - Grinding media being formed.
MolyCop - The lid off the electric arc furnace in the steel making section.
MolyCop - The lid off the electric arc furnace in the steel making section.
MolyCop - The furnace control room in the steel making section.
MolyCop - The furnace control room in the steel making section.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Changing the cam shaft on the billet skids that feed the furnace.
Newcastle Rod Mill - Changing the cam shaft on the billet skids that feed the furnace.
MolyCop - Inside the Rotary Furnace used the heat the "Cheeses" so they can be pressed into track wheels. at the railway products section.
MolyCop - Inside the Rotary Furnace used the heat the "Cheeses" so they can be pressed into track wheels. at the railway products section.
Newcastle Rod Mill - The gearboxes that drive the rolls that roll the bar into rod and wire.
Newcastle Rod Mill - The gearboxes that drive the rolls that roll the bar into rod and wire.
Other Photos
Conveyor Gantry at Newcastle Coal Loader.
Conveyor Gantry at Newcastle Coal Loader.
Port Waratah Coal Loader.
Port Waratah Coal Loader.
Orica Kooragang Island.
Orica Kooragang Island.
Tampering Machine used to align rail
tracks.
Tampering Machine used to align rail
tracks.
The Tampering arms - This machine can level 4 kms of track per hour.
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The Tampering arms - This machine can level 4 kms of track per hour.
Lake Macquarie Council - Repairs to fire boat trailer.
Lake Macquarie Council - Repairs to fire boat trailer.
Lake Macquarie Council - Fitting a fire pod to forestry vehicle.
Lake Macquarie Council - Fitting a fire pod to forestry vehicle.
Lake Macquarie Council - Fabrication of gates and other park equipment.
Lake Macquarie Council - Fabrication of gates and other park equipment.
Lake Macquarie Council - Repairs to tractors and portable equipment.
Lake Macquarie Council - Repairs to tractors and portable equipment.
Lake Macquarie Council - cracked tank in fire truck to be welded.
Lake Macquarie Council - cracked tank in fire truck to be welded.
Lake Macquarie Council - Repairs to rural fire vehicles and equipment.
Lake Macquarie Council - Repairs to rural fire vehicles and equipment.
Lake Macquarie Council - Repairs to council vehicles and equipment.
Lake Macquarie Council - Repairs to council vehicles and equipment.
MCCS Community Transport Car
MCCS Community Transport Car
Planting Sugar Cane on a friends farm at Home Hill Qld
Planting Sugar Cane on a friends farm at Home Hill Qld
Feeding alligators at Wyndham Crocodile Park WA - 1998.
Feeding alligators at Wyndham Crocodile Park WA - 1998.
Myself at the controls of a Dragline at Bloomfield Collieries on School Work Experience 1986.
Myself at the controls of a Dragline at Bloomfield Collieries on School Work Experience 1986
My first flight - Rex's Lookout Cairns Qld 1998 whilst helping a friend with his hang-gliding business.
My first flight - Rex's Lookout Cairns Qld 1998 whilst helping a friend with his hang-gliding business.
Erecting a colorbond fence with my father's business.
Erecting a colorbond fence with my father's business.