Melcher Brothers offers design solutions including complex products for the mining and tunneling industries.  We have a long history of serving the mining and tunneling industry.  Our shop can produce mine size machinery and fabrications.  We also have a in-house technical department with autocad capability.

 

 

Components for Vertical and Incline Shafts

• Skips, Cages, and Incline Cars
• Slope Rollers
• Loading Pockets, Chutes, Gates
• Dump Scrolls for Automatic Systems
• Sinking Buckets
• Wire Rope Thimbles: Offset and Standard
• Head Frames: Single or Multi-compartment
• Shaft Sinking Machinery
• Almak raise climber consumable accessories
  (examples shown here)

            

 

Rail Transportation (mining)

• Mine and Tunnel Cars of Every Type and Size: Bottom Dump, Side Dump, Rocker Dump, Telluride, Granby, Lift-off, and Special Design
• Wheels and Axles Built to Your Specifications
• Worn Wheel Rebuildng Service
• Specialy Cars: Powder, Timer, Concrete Agitator, Man Trip, Flat, Lowboy, and Drill Jumbo
• Car Dumpers: Rotary, Camel Back and Bottom Dump
• Custom flat cars and heavy haulage rail trucks

 

Rail & Track

• Rails with Splice Bars and Bolts
• Switches and Complete Turnouts (unit shown is 24 gauge,  40 lb rail - will build to your spec)
• Steel Ties
• Switch Stands
• Guard Rails
• Turn Tables
• Car Transfers
• Car Passes

 

 

Conveyor Systems: Surface & Underground

• Bulk Handling Bins, Feeders, Conveyors, Chutes and Transfers
• Sub-surface Belt Conveyor Systems with Low Profile Dive/Take-up Modules Designed to Advance with the Progress
• Dodge/Rockwell Products
• Low Profile conveyer Drive (see image on home page)

 

Equipment Repair & Refurbishing

• Mucking Machines
• Ore Cars
• Slushers
• Conveyor Systems

 

Special Products

• Steel Sets: Standard Size or as Needed
• Timber Hitches: Common Styles or Built to Order
• Steel Raised Ladders
• Steel Clips & Brackets
• Bulk Handling Bins