SHINING BRIGHT FOR MINE SAFETY

A PIONEER IN ELECTRICAL COUPLING, AUSPROOF CONTINUES TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT BRING MINES GREATER SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY.

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A single light can mean the difference between danger and safety in high-voltage mining environments. For AusProof, this light is embodied by its Live Line Indicator, which utilises neon bulb technology to alert underground workers of a coupler connected to a live high-voltage line.

The Live Line Indicator was first introduced in 1998 but has been reinvented decades later for today's mining needs. Following two years of extensive research and development (R&D), AusProof released its new LED Live Line Indicator in 2020, marking a significant leap forward in both performance and safety.

"We wanted to give our customers the peace of mind that they could use our couplers confidently without having to worry about the safety risks," AusProof managing director Aston Marks said.

"Other companies have attached transformers, power supplies and circuitry which reads from the line to determine whether it's live, but they are all prone to failure.

"You can't 100 per cent of the time count on those external readers; there's always a chance that they fail and (in the event) they do you can't guarantee the safety of workers operating near these lines."