At the symposium “Ropes for Mining” (10.00 am – 2.00 pm), the industrial monument “Cable sheave Wismut” will be solemnly inaugurated at 1.00 pm by the principal of the TU Freiberg, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht.

Venue: TU Freiberg, Lecture hall RAM-1085, Rammler building, 1st floor, Leipziger Str. 28, 09599 Freiberg

If you are interested in participating, please contact the office (Sylvia Richter, phone: +49 3731/39-2528, e-mail: ) until 02 July 2018.

Event schedule:

Time:	Event:
11.00 am	Reception of the participants Prof. Dr. Holger Lieberwirth TU Bergakademie Freiberg Director Institute of Mineral Processing Machines
11.05 am	Mining reconstruction works in Saxony Prof. Dr. Georg Unland TU Bergakademie Freiberg Institute of Mineral Processing Machines
11.20 am	Shaft towers of the SAG/SDAG Wismut – an overview Dr. Stefan Mann Wismut GmbH, Chemnitz
11.40 am	Steel wire ropes for conveyor systems – state of the art and future prospects Günter Knerr CASAR Drahtseilwerk Saar GmbH, Kirkel
12.00 noon	Fiber ropes in mining usage – state of the art in research and development prospects Dr. Christoph Müller TU Chemnitz Institute of Materials Handling and Plastics
12.20 pm	Developments in the rope lubricant sector – new possibilities Michael Kronschnabl ELASKON Sachsen GmbH, Dresden
1.00 pm	Solemn inauguration of the industrial monument “Cable sheave Wismut” Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht Principal of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg

A subsequent get-together will provide an opportunity for further discussions.