NOISE MANAGEMENT

Sound Attenuation

MINETEK is a globally recognized leader in the provision of sound attenuation and noise management solutions enabling OEMs and mining operations to have the world's quietest machinery. With over 1,200 installations across more than 90 different OEM-approved models, our solutions keep your equipment moving quietly and within regulatory and community expectations, all without compromising machine integrity, airflow, maintenance or operating ability. MINETEK's sound attenuation solutions have been developed for over 25 years. We've delivered the world's quietest mining machines with a global site install team delivering noise reductions of up to 50%.

What is Sound Attenuation:

Sound attenuation is a damping of sound, an interruption that diminishes the volume and quality of the sound wave. This reduces how far sound travels.

Why do we need Sound Attenuation:

By reducing the sound output of mining machinery, several benefits can be achieved:

The machinery can work closer to the sound monitors on the mine sites boundaries.
The reduction in mining noise keeps communities onside.
Increased mining operating times
Operator safety

How does Sound Attenuation work:

Sound Attenuation can be achieved by combining these principles:

Blocking sound frequencies
Absorbing the sound
Isolating vibrations
Reactive (noise cancelling frequencies)

SOUND ATTENUATION FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY

Our sound packages are technically engineered to maintain or increase airflow whilst achieving the desired regulatory noise requirements. With our extensive experience in the mining and mineral processing industries, MINETEK continues to design highly effective sound attenuation packages that facilitate access for operators and maintenance personnel while addressing restrictions on individual noise levels to ensure compliance. Sound attenuation packages also include independent certified noise data for all machines that are that have certified MINETEK sound packages installed.

Our experience and innovative technology help us identify significant noise sources and measure the exposure levels. Reducing noise levels on machinery provides the most effective way of protecting workers' hearing and improving operating conditions. MINETEK's modular acoustic packages are designed for most types of mining equipment and are easy to be installed worldwide because of their mobility. We maintain offices across the world so that our experienced team can easily travel to your company's site for certification and installation of our sound attenuation packages.

Our Capabilities

Onsite Acoustic Analysis

MINETEK has broad capability to measure a range of industrial noise challenges in the most complex industrial settings enabling operators to understand and mitigate sound control issues.

Turn Key Projects

Across more than 1,200 installations we've proven ourselves as a global leader in the provision of advanced sound management solutions.

Engineering Capabilities

MINETEK's flexibility to adapt our solutions to meet the most challenging operating environments in the world is stemmed from deep-domain experience and the backing of a highly-skilled engineering team.

Service Support

MINETEK has built a strong reputation based on delivering outstanding service with an unmatched commitment to quality, communication and timeliness.

The relatively small fans allowed us to utilise our existing bulkhead, where we were severely limited by space, which allowed us to use our existing infrastructure and dramatically reduce downtime in the mine during the change out. The installation was completed safely... and allows us to scale our ventilation flow with their pressure on demand system to suit our production profile.

Saracen Thunderbox Underground Manager

The ability to deliver equipment on time has been a feature of our dealing and we haven't had a situation where a variation has been requested. The quality of their workmanship has been good and the capability of hardware has been as expected or better than quoted”

CS Energy Kogan Creek Power Station Services Superintendent

Kipoi have successfully utilized MINETEK WATER evaporators on our process water pond to remove mine water and has contributed to help with our water balance. We are currently in the process of moving these units to where the catchment area is larger giving us better utilization of the evaporators.

Tiger Resources Process Superintendent

MINETEK will continue to be a favoured technical resource and supplier to the New Hope Group and are recommended as a professional, respected and competent supplier of technical services, equipment and products for noise abatement and other industrial products.

New Hope Group Project Superintendent

MINETEK's installations have been very successful and prompted the contracting of MINETEK to conduct a full mobile fleet and fixed plant noise monitoring assessment at the Acland mine site.

New Hope Group Project Superintendent