IBS GmbH - Roadheading and Tunnelling Machines

Since 1971, IBS, a German company, has been operating with their own product line. Since 1994 they have been operatomg under the management of IBS Industriemaschinen-Bergbau-Service. IBS is a medium-sized company and specialised in the areas of roadheaders and mining equipment and wear and tear and conveying technology.

IBS offers customised solutions according to customers' requirements and is able to offer full quality and process control as sales, development and manufacturing are consolidated. The in-house welding operation and the access to a state-of-the-art machine park of its sister company MSB & Co KG for mechanical manufacturing, enables the corporation to react flexibly to all customer requirements.

Roadheaders and mining equipment

IBS has been operating in the mining and tunneling industry for many years. We manufacture, overhaul and repair roadheaders made by ourselves and by other companies. IBS manufactures 70% of its machines together with the sister company MSB, which includes the constructional steelwork gearbox and cutting heads.

For electric and hydraulic components, for motors and equipment as well as components for a complete heading system, the company has suppliers with whom it has been working alongside for many years. As a whole there are approximately 100 operating roadheaders in various areas of applications worldwide. We deal with the following:

• Roadheaders (small and medium weight class of 25t to 55t)
• Complete heading systems
• Conveying systems
• Gears for roadheaders
• Complete overhaul of machines and components
• Excavator attachments

Wear and tear and conveying technology

Wherever material will be conveyed, and wherever there is high strain, the products of IBS will be used. Through their sophisticated design and robust manufacturing they contribute a great deal to the extension of the tool life in different production areas.

When there is high wear and tear, build-up welded wear plates in various qualities are being used, manufactured in own production. Furthermore all customary wear and tear materials are being processed. We deal with the following equipment:

• Conveyor chutes for conveying material from one belt to the next or into a bunker
• Belt cleaning system
• Complete belt conveying systems
• Highly wear resistant wear plates and wear resistant linings
• Conveyor machines, Bunker feeds and escapes
• Feeding table and dust lining
• Re-location constructions
• Processing of highly wear resistant steels in all required thicknesses and various alloys

IBS belt cleaning system

IBS is presenting an innovation in the market for cleaning systems – a technological state-of-the art cleaning system consisting of primary and secondary cleaner. The advantages of the IBS belt cleaning system are extremely low surface pressure, low wear and tear of cleaners and belts and a significantly improved cleaning performance with almost maintenance–free operation.

The primary diagonal cleaner PDC will be installed at the head drum underneath the discharge zone. This cleaner will be clamped diagonally above the head drum and creates a space curve. The individual, built-in scraping hardmetals will be pressed against the belt with a low contact pressure in order to remove on average 85% to 95% of the adhesive material. Also the second new development works diagonally to the running direction of the belt.

The secondary diagonal cleaner SDC (fine material cleaner) will be mounted at the position where the belt leaves the head drum. If this is not feasible, it can also be mounted with pressure rolls at the return run of the belt. This cleaner removes the remaining material deposits.