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The Oil Sands of Canada are located in some of the harshest environmental conditions in mining, so when a customer was in need of a new set of sideframes for their 495HF shovel, L&H’s newly upgraded and engineered design was the best for the job. Designed for durability These new sideframes include thicker plate to…

Modern machining technology on the next level is what the recently installed Okuma double column machining center will bring to L&H’s capabilities. Preparing for the new machine started back in October 2014 and over the past nine months the Gillette machine shop has been hard at work preparing and installing the massive machining center. A…

From the initial quote submitted by L&H in October of 2012, to manufacturing and installing over 1,300 parts in 2013, and rebuilding 16 propel transmissions in 2015, L&H has played a big role in the upgrade of the Crawler Transporter located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. In March of 2016, the final testing of the crawler transporter took place, as the…

For the past 50 years, L&H has always looked for ways to improve machine uptime and operation’s productivity. Field tested L&H designs have proven increased life, better safety and decreased downtime and maintenance. One of our most significant engineered solutions is currently being redesigned into the next generation of engineered upgrades using new technology improvements.…

Machining for industries in need of critical parts for their machines and operations is not something L&H takes lightly. We are committed to consistently providing precision manufacturing for customers around the world in mining, oil and gas, power generation and the railroad industries. It’s important that our customers can count on us to provide the best products in the industry; that’s why our expert tradesmen are…

Removing and installing large components from mining machinery takes time and can create safety hazards. Draglines, specifically, are full of massive transmissions, drums, gearing and other components that have to be removed from the machine for rebuilds or replacements. Removing these components is typically done by opening large, heavy, mechanical doors on the machine that…

L&H Industrial has repaired, rebuilt and manufactured mining parts for over 50 years. Understanding how parts break and what makes them fail is what we know best, and improving them is our specialty. The 495 handle upgrades The OEM handle design for 495 shovels is a recent example where L&H felt improvements could be made…

The world’s largest moving land vehicle needed an upgrade, NASA’s crawler transporter at the Kennedy Space Center was a 60 year old machine originally designed by Marion Power Shovel. Beginning with the lower roller assemblies in 2013, L&H manufactured and installed over 1300 parts in order to increase the payload of the giant shuttle transporter.…

Keeping the Power Plant Producing Power plants are a major foundation for providing energy to the world, so it is important to those facilities that production is efficient. Maintenance of components and systems in power plants must be completed regularly to ensure maximum production and to reduce downtime. For one coal-fired power plant in Wyoming’s…

Repairing equipment for a mine’s fleet is crucial to operations, often times hundreds of pieces of equipment is working at a mining operation per day. Ranging from blasthole drills, shovels, excavators, draglines, loaders, haul trucks, graders, dozers, water trucks, crushers and mills; and list goes on, you know the downtime it can create and the…