Owen Slim Line Swing Pedal

When we were designing the Owen Slim Line Pedal we took the challenges the mining industry was having with their existing pedals and addressed them. 

This unit can also be fitted with either encoders, resolvers and extra switches if required.

Benefits of the Owen custom pedal

• Easily accessible in the cabin – no more cherry pickers, gas masks or the maintenance crew climbing into cavities. The danger element in respect to maintenance is completely removed.
• Designed with ease of serviceability in mind. If there is a need to change over a unit for servicing or replace any of the electrical components, simply unplug the cables, unscrew four bolts and the unit is out!
  
  
• Able to be retro-fitted to an older dragline that is not using a current console. For example after a B.E. Gear Box is removed, an adjustable mounting frame can be bolted to the floor using the existing mounting holes. This sets the height and position the same as the existing B.E. Pedal with the advantage of less ankle movement and three position tilt. The pedal can be retro fitted into electric face shovels as well.
  
  
• Can be mounted directly onto one of the new type consoles, with support arms that have built in tilt adjustment, and the conduit for the cables is ducted through.
  
  
• Virtually maintenance and trouble free for many years, due to the minimum of moving parts in the unit.
  
  
• Doesn’t lose calibration. Units fitted in 2007 have never needed re-calibration.
  
  
• Cost effective and saves many thousands of dollars in lost production due to breakdowns and cumbersome servicing techniques.
  
  
• The pedal was also designed ergonomically with the comfort of the operator in mind. In the Bowen Basin in Queensland Australia, Goonyella Riverside, Norwich Park, Lake Lindsay, Peak Downs, Ensham and Coppabella are currently using these pedals with either the adjustable mounting arms or the adjustable mounting frame….both with three position tilt.
  
  
• We just recently designed and manufactured custom built arms to suit the Bucyrus console being fitted to the new dragline being built for Peak Downs Mine. In this instance we were approached to design and manufacture arms to attach the pedal to this console, to enable it to operate as one unit.

As this is a completely different principle to any other pedal, Owen Custom Products have a Patent pending on the design.