1956
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Manufacture of the first steel-cord conveyor belt. |
1975
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Phoenix supplied the world's first self-extinguishing conveyor belt, type PHOENOCORD St 4000. |
| 1986 |
The world's strongest conveyor belt - with a breaking strength of 8,200 N/mm - was installed in the Prosper-Haniel mine by Phoenix. This 1,400 mm wide, PHOENOCORD St 7500 could hold the weight of 3 Boeing 747s (Jumbo jets) without tearing. |
| 1995 |
Phoenix supplied a 20 km long steel-cord conveyor belt for the El Abra copper mine. The delivery and commissioning of this 1,600 mm wide PHOENOCORD St 6800 presented a challenge for man and material. A total of 56 splices were made under extreme climatic conditions in order to commission and endless splice the belt.
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| 1999 |
Phoenix was again able to demonstrate its outstanding performance worldwide, for the highest strength conveyor belts. The 24 km long and 1,800 mm wide PHOENOCORD St 7800 with PHOENOTEC transverse reinforcement runs in two tunnel systems of the Los Pelambres copper mine. Up to 25 MW of energy is generated by the downhill conveyance of the ore.
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