Dimetix and lifting of mining equipment: control and safety notes for engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

First reported on Australian Mining
30 Second Briefing
Relocating draglines, bucket-wheel excavators and other large surface mining machines demands millimetre-accurate control of lift height, slew angle and centre-of-gravity during jacking and transport. Dimetix laser distance sensors, such as the D-Series with long-range, non-contact measurement on dark, dusty steel surfaces, are being integrated into lifting frames and strand-jack systems to monitor displacement in real time. For mine engineers, this enables tighter lift tolerances, better control of structural deflection and reduced risk of overstressing foundations, booms and crawler assemblies during moves.
Technical Brief
- Adoption of such sensor-based displacement monitoring aligns with modern mine safety management systems and lift plans.
Our Take
Safety-tagged product pieces in our database increasingly focus on engineered controls for lifting and load-handling in Australia, signalling that operators and contractors are moving beyond procedural fixes towards instrumentation-based risk reduction.
For Australian projects, articles that combine the Product, Safety and Projects tags often coincide with tighter client specifications from majors and Tier 1 contractors, meaning solutions like Dimetix’s are likely to be adopted first on large EPC or shutdown scopes before filtering down to smaller contractors.
In our coverage of Australian Mining-branded product features, technologies that can be retrofitted to existing lifting equipment tend to see faster site uptake than those requiring wholesale fleet replacement, which is a key commercial consideration for vendors like Dimetix and AMS.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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