Mine Hoist Roping & Conveyance Services

Comprehensive services for mine hoist roping and conveyance, from design, supply, installation and emergency response

Fortis is renowned throughout the world as experts in mine hoist roping and conveyances. Built upon a foundation of expertise and reputation in Saskatchewan and throughout Canada’s mining industry, Fortis continues to expand globally. With innovation through experience, Fortis develops cutting-edge designs and custom equipment to safely and efficiently install and replace mine hoist ropes and conveyances. 

You can expect Fortis to offer every service from procedure development, design and supply to installation and replacement services, early involvement in mine hoist rope-up planning, equipment selection, and consulting services. Fortis is the industry-leading mine hoist rope and conveyance handling contractor, leveraging a diverse group of professionals with international experience and an unparalleled industry advantage by having another NSGC company, Northern Strands, supply all the necessary mine shaft wire rope and attachments.

  • Consulting

    • Mine Hoist Conveyance Replacement
    • Mine Hoist Rope Change / Rope-Up
    • Preventative Maintenance Planning
    • Engineered Lift Plan Development
  • Installation Services

    • Mine Hoist Conveyances
    • Mine Hoist Rope Change / Rope-Up
    • Friction / Drum Hoist and Sheaves
    • Hoist Rope Tensioning (Stage Hoists, Drum Hoists, Blair Hoists, Emergency Hoists, etc.)
  • Design and Supply

    • Mine Hoist Rope Attachments
    • Custom Mine Hoist Rope Change / Rope-Up Equipment
    • Equipment Requirements and Selection Support
  • Support Services

    • Shaft / Hoist Commissioning
    • General Project Managment and Consulting
    • Mine Shaft / Hoist Rope Emergency Response
    • Mine Hoist Rope / Conveyance Troubleshooting

    Related Projects

  • Service Cage Replacement

    Fortis was contracted to assist our client with the replacement of their service cage in their shaft. Fortis personnel work together with the client’s shaft and maintenance crews to complete the removal and the installation of their multi deck 28,000lbs service cage that runs on ridged guides....

  • Skip Change Out

    A client contracted Fortis to complete their production shaft skip change out. The scope of work was to remove the two existing 30-ton skips and replace them with two sacrificial 30-ton skips. The execution plan for this project included banking the existing head and balance ropes in the shaft to...

  • Head Rope Change

    A client contracted Fortis to assist in replacing all six head ropes on the ground-mounted hoist in their production shaft. The procedure used to complete this rope change was to use a Timberland puller tensioner (bullwheel) at the surface to install the new head ropes from the surface....

  • Shaft Rope–Up

    Fortis has recently completed the successful rope-up of the production and service hoists internationally, which was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. The shaft consists of two tower-mounted Koepe hoists, which were roped up utilizing a Siemag Tecberg multi-rope friction winch and Clamping Lifting Device (CLD)....

  • Rope-Up & Cage/Counterweight Installation

    The scope of this project was to rope-up a new Koepe hoist. As this shaft was a bare shaft, the scope of work included the installation of all new guide ropes, balance ropes and head ropes along with the installation of a new cage and counterweight. One 65,000 lbs. stage...

  • Shaft Furnishing, Conveyance Install And Rope Installation

    Fortis was contracted to execute the furnishing of a shaft. This large-scale project included the pouring of a 480m concrete divider wall, installation of shaft services such as electrical cable, water lines, high pressure slurry lines as well steel sets and ridged guides in the shaft. Along with the furnishing...

  • Shaft Rope And Skip Replacement

    Fortis was contracted in the united states to complete a head rope replacement and skip replacement in a shaft during a long wall shutdown. Phase one of this project was to remove the four existing head ropes from their ground mounted hoist. This consisted of chairing the three balance ropes...

  • De-Rope, Rope-Up & Skip Change Out

    Fortis was subcontracted by a client to complete the rope installation phase of a mines production shafts new hoist system install. The first phase of the scope of work for this project was to de-rope the existing balance ropes and head ropes from the Koepe hoist as well as remove...

  • Rope-Up And Skip Change Out

    Fortis was contracted by a client to complete their rope-up and skip change out during their summer shutdown. The first phase of the scope of work included removing the existing balance ropes and head ropes and the removal of the existing 30 ton skips in the production shaft. Once de-rope...

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