Grinding Mill Worn Liner Bolt Removal Solutions

LINER BOLT REMOVAL SOLUTIONS

RME works with our Customers and partners to develop advanced worn liner removal solutions to improve relining speed and safety.

Our extensive range includes the ever powerful, productive and reliable, THUNDERBOLT Recoilless Hammers, THUNDERBOLT Suspension Systems, and THUNDERBOLT (T-MAGS) Moil Axis Guides.

Introduced in 1990, and 1300+ sold to date, THUNDERBOLTs continue to set the standard for the fastest and safest method for liner and bolt knock-in.

And now, RME Customers are removing crew from the line of fire, eliminating hazardous risk and securing significantly faster reline times using our THUNDERBOLT SKYWAY semi-automated suspension technology.

Explore these technologies via the links below.

Mill Relining crew manually guiding a THUNDERBOLT Recoilless Hammer to knock-in a liner bolt

THUNDERBOLT RECOILESS HAMMERS

Simply the industry's fastest, toughest and safest method for liner bolt knock-in. And we have the widest range for all your worn liner removal needs.

THUNDERBOLT ELEVATING PLATFORMS

Give your crews greater, and ergonomically-safer, reach outside the mill. Plus they're field-upgradable to THUNDERBOLT SKYPORT.

THUNDERBOLT SKYPORT

Portable and modular, THUNDERBOLT SKYPORT is the lift-in version of the fixed plant THUNDERBOLT SKYWAY, RME's semi-automated knock-in technology.

THUNDERBOLT SKYWAY

THUNDERBOLT SKYWAY roboticises the operation of THUNDERBOLT Hammers to vastly improve knock-in speed and safety – consistently, repeatably, sustainably.

“When the THUNDERBOLT Hammer was introduced, it utterly and profoundly revolutionised worn liner removal. Its working title was the ‘LRT’, for Liner Removal Tool. Our THUNDERBOLT Hammer range has continued serving our Customers for 20 years."

Dr John Russell

Founder, Executive Director and Chief Engineer, RUSSELL MINERAL EQUIPMENT