Bend-tech Group offers efficient, innovative and sustainable solutions to many mining problems.
Comprised of four divisions, Bend-tech Group is a design, engineering and manufacturing leader.
Those four divisions come together to create a company committed to supplying innovative and sustainable solutions across its divisions, making maintenance on-site safe, efficient and easy.
CDEC – Consultation, design, engineering and construction
Bend-tech’s CDEC division delivers small- and large-scale projects to mining and heavy industries in Australia and globally. Projects include access platforms and scaffold elimination, vehicle and pedestrian shedders, access and inspection doors, conveyor maintenance products, work stands, along with shutdown-enabling products such as guarding, railing, bollards, handrails and gates.
“We come to you and visit your site to get a hands-on feel for your project,” Bend-tech said. “The aim of our consultation is to listen and understand your requirements. If the project requires it, our 3D scanning capabilities will streamline measurement and data capture.
“This approach enables us to discuss any problems on-site, possible solutions, and the benefits we can offer.”
Bend-tech’s 3D reality-capture solution captures areas of site, plant or machines in 3D, helping to improve efficiency and productivity in the field and behind the scenes through fast, accurate and portable hardware and software.
“3D laser scanning has enabled us to manage complex projects with ease and transform the way we solve problems and develop solutions,” Bend-tech said.
After a consultation, the company goes back to its design team to begin the development of a custom solution. The team designs in CAD Design complete with all drafting documentation, working to ensuring an advanced manufacturing process.
“Once the design phase is complete, we provide clients with concept drawings and a visualisation of the solution for discussion and approval,” Bend-tech said. “Once the design is approved, we begin the engineering process.”
This process is designed to ensure the right material grade is used for a project.
“We provide full certification that includes WLL (working load limit), load ratings, integrity reports, as well as certification plates and identification,” Bend-tech said. “We design and engineer all solutions to ensure full compliance with Australian Standards.”
Bend-tech’s engineering department includes nine draftsman and 15 engineers, all of whom are experienced in the design and development of complex mechanical engineering analysis and solutions.
Then comes construction.
“Our industry-leading 10,000m2 facility in Welshpool, Western Australia, is armed with highly qualified consulting, drafting, engineering and fabrication personnel dedicated to manufacturing precision, engineered high performance industrial solutions,” the company said.
Grizzly Workshop Gear
This division is dedicated to supplying intelligent workshop solutions that maximise safety and efficiency, fast.
“The Grizzly division is at the apex of the engineered manufacturing industry,” Bend-tech said. “Enabling you to evade danger through proactive, engineered tough solutions that create safe maintenance scenarios. Grizzly Workshop Gear is safety, on your side.”
This range includes products such as steel trestles, workbenches, workstations, equipment and material racking and rigging and lifting equipment. Like all products manufactured by the Bend-tech Group, Grizzly Workshop Gear is certified and compliant with Australian Standards. The range is always evolving, and the company works closely with maintenance personnel to understand what it can add to the growing range to enable safe, more efficient maintenance.
ROX
ROX is Bend-tech’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) replacement parts division, dedicated to eliminating downtime and maximising efficiency through improved designs and stocked machine parts. ROX’s key advantages lie in its extensive design, engineering, and construction expertise, supported by dedicated teams across research and development (R&D), fabrication, project management and support.
Every ROX part is engineered and certified to replace OEM components, often incorporating design improvements that enhance durability, maximise safety, and boost efficiency.
The range includes fuel tanks, handrails, external fenders and guards, doors, hydraulic tanks and front-end replacements, with a further 130 open projects in R&D. A wide range of parts in stock around Australia and North America helps to ensure downtime is kept to a minimum when a part is required.
BT Metals
This is Bend-tech Group’s cutting and material processing division.
“Our expansive 10,000m2 fabrication facility is equipped with industry-leading material processing machinery,” Bend-tech said.
“BT Metals is at the forefront of material processing capabilities, dedicated to supporting Australian manufacturing with specialised laser services such as tube lasering and flatbed laser cutting.
“Our laser cutting and pressing techniques offer precision methods for processing metallurgical components.”
These services support a variety of industrial applications:
- Cutting simple and complex components with a flat bed laser
- Cutting complex geometries with a five-axis tube laser
- Producing detailed components with precision
Bend-tech utilises the latest computerised systems to accept drawing information from clients in multiple formats: CAD files, fully dimensioned drawings, or by reverse engineering samples.
“Our processing equipment comes with internal systems designed to allow clients the flexibility to easily change part geometry without the need for tooling changes,” Bend-tech said. “Moreover, we store clients’ processed material data so we can recall the latest revision of any job and reproduce it with 100 per cent accuracy, every time.”
Bend-tech offers an end-to-end in-house solution, all the way from consultation through to design, engineering and manufacturing.
“Our divisions offer solutions to many of mining’s problems, and each provides safe, efficient, innovative and sustainable outcomes for our clients,” Bend-tech said.
This feature appeared in the October issue of Australian Mining magazine.
