Products in Action
Here you’ll find a collection of refuge chamber case studies from our clients and stories from individuals. Explore how your peers have deployed refuge chamber servicing underground, conducted impactful research in our controlled environment infrastructure, and solved on-site challenges.
Examples of what you’ll discover include case studies, client stories, and ERT insights.
Air-Conditioning in Refuge Chambers
In underground mining emergencies, refuge chambers are designed to provide a temporary safe haven when workers cannot immediately evacuate. While many people associate air conditioning with comfort, in this environment it becomes a critical life-support system. When occupants are sealed inside a refuge chamber, the heat generated by their bodies and the moisture from breathing quickly increase both temperature and humidity. Without proper environmental control, these conditions can rapidly escalate into dangerous heat stress. Air conditioning systems therefore play a vital role in maintaining survivable conditions by regulating both temperature and humidity for the duration of chamber occupancy.
AGM vs Lithium Batteries in Refuge Chambers
Let’s break down the key differences between AGM and lithium-ion systems and explain why AGM remains the most dependable and safest solution for refuge chamber UPS applications today.
Servicing Refuge Chambers: Because Lives Depend on It
A refuge chamber sits silent for months, even years – until the moment it becomes everything. Keeping that promise of protection requires more than occasional maintenance; it demands expert, OEM-level care.
Delivering Safety on Time: Balfour Beatty Selects the CARBO 60 for Hinkley Point C
Balfour Beatty, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure groups, selected MineARC Systems to provide self-rescuers that were fit-for-purpose and readily available for their workforce that had quickly tripled in size. The result? Balfour Betty’s workforce at Hinkley Point C received the large quantity of DEZEGA CARBO 60 self-rescuers within a two-week turnaround. The CARBO 60’s were lighter weight, offering improved comfort and safety.
Enhancing Safety and Monitoring at Oyu Tolgoi
Oyu Tolgoi, one of the world’s largest copper mines, partnered with MineARC Systems to revolutionise underground safety monitoring. The result? A cutting-edge GuardIAN system featuring real-time worker tracking, RFID technology, and integrated emergency response that transformed this underground mining operation into a global safety leader.
Lost in the Dark? How Refuge Chamber Lighting Guides Miners to Safety Underground
Discover how LED navigational lighting for refuge chambers enhances safety in underground mines. Learn how MineARC’s illuminated chambers guide miners to safety during emergencies.
Custom TunnelSAFE Ensures Worker Safety at the Himeji Tunnel Project
The 1km long Himeji flood drainage tunnel project required a unique safety solution to protect 10 workers in case of an underground emergency.
CSBP Continues its Ammonia Safety Focus with ChemSAFE
This chemical shelter with fixed wheel and tow kit allowed on site personnel to move the safe haven onto the port during ammonia imports.
Modular Laboratory Custom Built for North American Client
This North American client wished to replace its existing laboratory with a more considerable, customised modular lab. The major driving factor behind a pre-built solution was to avoid a prolonged civil construction project on-site.
Medicinal Cannabis Lighting – Consistency is a Necessity
Medicinal cannabis lighting consistency is not just a luxury but a necessity. Using Heliospectra lights helped Sanoid Isolates achieve this
Increased Crop Yields with Heliospectra’s ELIXIA
Greenbelt Microgreens turned to Heliospectra LED lighting to deliver fresh, flavourful and highest quality arugula and microgreens to more than 400 retail stores across Toronto, Canada.
Filling the Light Gap – Optimised Production Year-Round with Heliospectra’s MITRA
Bridge Farm Group was looking for a way to standardize the quality and yield of their crop week over week, enabling them to grow consistently year-round. After testing several LED suppliers, Bridge Farm Group ultimately decided on Heliospectra’s highly efficient and modular MITRA fixture.
Custom Central Control Room Shelter for Chlorine Gas Release
Tronox in Kemerton Industrial Park, Western Australia, install custom chemical Safe Haven with remote plant access and chlorine gas monitoring.
Rio Tinto Yarwun Custom Ammonia Chemical Shelters
Rio Tinto in Yarwun, Queensland, install multiple custom refuge chambers to protect from Ammonia gas risks.
Tissue Culture Room Helps Smash Research
University leads game-changing research into propagation using plant tissue culture initiatives with the help of Biora Grow Rooms.
Low Maintenance Mine Toilet Saves Time at Anglo American
Anglo American tackles maintenance challenges with self-contained portable mine toilet
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