KAM Mining

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The KAM Mining Track Tensioner Design
The KAM Mining track tensioner is designed, machined and fabricated in Toowomba, Queensland by highly certified tradespeople.The company used finite element modelling techniques recognised by Australian Standards to fine-tune their design. The shaft is made of one casting with excellent tensile strength properties and can be positioned in reverse if it wears on one end (in the keyway) doubling its operational life. The track tensioner comes with stress relief features.

Dowels can be used to locate the shaft and support the assembly which reduces the stress typically put on the bolts. The track tensioner itself is split into two pieces and is held together as an assembly with 10 bolts, making it easy to service. In the first design of its kind, the risk of the uncontrolled release of energy from the spring assembly has been eliminated. The spring assembly is sealed inside the track tensioning shaft which provides a physical barrier between personne