RIVERLAKE Successfully Completes Critical Bearing Replacement at Australia’s Royal Hills Iron Ore Mine

Project Images Project Introduction The North-South Commuter Railway, also known as the Clark–Calamba Railway, is a 147-kilometer urban rail transit system under construction on the island of Luzon, Philippines, primarily in the Greater Manila Area. The project will utilize the Japanese railway system that uses energy-efficient and reliable trains.  RIVERLAKE supplied a pile load testing system consisting of 2 units of 1000-ton hydraulic cylinders and 1 unit PLC-controlled electric hydraulic power unit. The system will perform pile load testing work up to 1569 tons in the NSCR Extension Project. RIVERLAKE PLC controlled hydraulic jacking system is designed for pile load tests up to 2000 tons where the load is to be applied in different stages and displayed accurately in real-time. The plc pile load test jacking system provides 6 default tonnage options, user can preset the loading tonnage and holding period of time for each option. During pile load test operation, the whole process is run automatically, just select one of the preset tonnages and press the auto-run button. the hydraulic jack will raise to its full stroke, upon reaching the preset load, the jacking system will stop automatically and hold the pressure for the preset period of time. The

Project Manager Mr. Igor from our customer in The Czech Republic came to the RIVERLAKE factory workshop for quality inspection of 96 units of 150-ton CLRG series double-acting hydraulic cylinders. Detail tests were carried out to measure the cylinder dimensions, inner and external cylinder appearance, and static and dynamic load testing on a test bench. Everything went smoothly and both parties signed an acceptance protocol.

From July 15 to August 1, 2025, RIVERLAKE engineers, led by Mr. Bob, deployed to Australia. Working in close collaboration with our exclusive Australian dealer, STRUXIT PTY LTD, the team provided expert training and guided the successful bearing replacement operation at the world-class Royal Hills iron ore mine. The complex procedure was executed using RIVERLAKE’s advanced 8-point synchronous lifting system, ensuring precise alignment and control throughout. The entire operation proceeded smoothly and achieved outstanding results, minimizing downtime for this critical Australian mining asset. This successful project at Royal Hills – a major integrated iron ore mining, rail, and port operation – underscores RIVERLAKE’s expertise in delivering innovative and reliable heavy lifting solutions for the global mining industry. See the project in action! Videos and images from the operation are available below:

RIVERLAKE ZJ9 pile load testing power pack is a plc controlled pile load testing system,which can control,display,record and download the real-time pressure of the cylinders,real-time tonnage of the output force,real-time pressure of the power pack,real-time load testing time.In this project,our ZJ9 power station worked with 9 units HCRL30012 double acting lock nut hydraulic cylinders to generate a Max. total output force of 2700 tons.Beside above features,we can even built in bluetooth load cell and bluetooth dial gauge sensors to our pile load equipment to display and record the real-time load data from load cells and real-time pile displacement data from the dial gauge.