Project Case Studies

We rubber lined a set of steel pipes with a thick 12mm layer of AU 40 Red natural rubber for a mining customer in Limpopo. The increased thickness extends service life on routes where the customer wants to minimise the maintenance interval.

A snapshot of AU rubber sheeting rolls being prepared in our Boksburg warehouse and loaded for customer delivery. We hold stock of black 40-shore, red 40-shore, and pink A38 sheeting in standard widths for fast turnaround.

A look inside the manufacturing run for AU's A38 premium pink rubber sheeting. The compound is calendered to thickness, then rolled into the finished sheeting rolls we stock and supply.

AU's A38 premium pink rubber compound is one of our flagship formulations — a higher-grade natural rubber blend for demanding wear and chemical environments. Pink colouring also acts as a wear indicator under operation.

Ceramic embedded rubber wear panels for chute and transfer-point lining. The alumina ceramic tile face delivers extreme abrasion resistance while the rubber matrix absorbs impact and damps vibration.

AU 40 shore black natural rubber is our most widely supplied compound — a classic 40-durometer natural rubber tuned for abrasion resistance in mining slurry duty. Used across our lining, sheeting, and fabricated rubber product lines.

Behind-the-scenes look at AU 40 shore black rubber sheeting on the production calender. The compound is rolled to gauge, cooled, and wound into finished rolls before being trimmed to customer-specified widths.

AU Industries lined a set of steel pipes with AU 40 Red natural rubber for a platinum mine in Mpumalanga. The red colourant gives an obvious visual contrast against the steel substrate, making liner inspection straightforward without strip-down.

A combined supply of rubber lined steel pipes and HDPE pipes for a copper mining customer in Limpopo. Mixing the two pipe types in one circuit lets the customer use rubber lined steel where impact and temperature demand it, and HDPE where corrosion and cost-per-metre dominate.

We delivered rubber lined fittings finished in AU's premium 60-shore compound for a Mozambican mine. The harder 60-shore lining trades a small amount of resilience for improved cut and tear resistance in coarser slurry streams.

AU Industries fabricated a set of ceramic embedded rubber hoses for a mining operation in Mozambique. Embedding alumina ceramic tiles into a flexible rubber matrix combines the impact tolerance of rubber with the abrasion resistance of ceramic — ideal for the most aggressive slurry duties.

AU Industries fabricated and supplied a set of HDPE pipes and fittings for a customer in Mozambique. HDPE is the modern alternative to rubber lined steel for water, mild-chemical, and tailings duties — corrosion-proof, lightweight, and butt-fusion welded into long continuous runs.

We supplied a set of red rubber lined fittings for a titanium mining operation in Mozambique. Titanium-bearing slurries are highly abrasive on standard steel pipework — the rubber lining package was specified to extend service life on the affected lines.

An earlier batch of AU Red rubber lined fittings supplied to the same Mozambique titanium operation, including a large-diameter fitting and a set of reducers. Lining package and curing process matched the customer's existing standard for the circuit.

AU Industries fabricated rubber lined pipes and chutes for a titanium mining operation in Mozambique. The scope combined our pipe lining and chute fabrication offerings into a single package delivered to site.

AU Industries supplied a batch of flanged pipe fittings rubber lined with AU 40 Black natural rubber for a mining operation in Namibia. The 40-shore black natural rubber lining is the workhorse compound for abrasive slurry service across Southern African mines.

AU Industries supplied a complete set of rubber lined pipes and fittings for a uranium mining operation in Namibia. The lining package was specified for a leach-circuit slurry line carrying uranium-bearing ore.

AU Industries developed and supplied a bespoke rubber compound for a customer's process in West Africa, then lined a set of pipes with that compound. Custom compounding lets us match unusual chemistry, temperature, or wear profiles that off-the-shelf liners cannot.