[2] While the official foundation date of TAKRAF Group is given as 1948, its origins stretch back to 1725 when the Lauchhammer works for fabricating construction equipment were established, in then Prussia, together with the first blast furnace for producing iron.

These included, in 1874, the Lauchhammer works commencing high-rise and iron bridge construction in Oberhammer, and the start of fabrication of overburden and lignite mining equipment.

[5] The years following the foundation of TAKRAF, then known as ABUS, in 1948 saw supply of the first 60 meter moveable overburden conveyor bridge for the Welzon Sued lignite mine in 1973.

[15][16] In 2017, High Pressure Grinding Roll (HPGR) technology was developed for specific comminution requirements[17] and, in 2020, the MAXGen mechanism was incorporated within the DELKOR BQR Flotation Cell to optimize metallurgical performance.

The maintenance cart was provided as part of a crusher relocation project on a copper mine to facilitate the safe and efficient replacement of idlers on a steep 26 % downhill conveyor.

The contract covers the design, fabrication and delivery of an advanced and integrated IPCC (In-Pit Crushing & Conveying) and material handling system for the Simandou iron ore complex in Guinea.

The in-house minerals laboratory is equipped to conduct material tests to determine factors such as crushability and abrasiveness, while technology to increase the wear life of critical parts is continuously developed.

The new generation DELKOR BQR Flotation Cell, which is equipped with the proprietary MAXGen mechanism, was developed to enhance metallurgical performance with a view to increasing the sustainable recovery of minerals, combined with greater ease of maintenance and lower cost of ownership.

[24] DELKOR BQR cells are used in roughing, scavenging, cleaning and re-cleaning applications to process copper, zinc, Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), phosphates, graphite, slag and effluents.

Example applications include processing fluorspar at a Spanish operation and for iron ore recovery at plants in Honduras and South Africa, as well as installations at two gold mines and a nickel restart project in Australia.

Conducting maintenance on belt conveyors involves the replacement of worn or damaged idlers, work that is especially challenging on the steep slopes, in tunnels or on the elevated structures so typical of mining sites.

As a result, TAKRAF developed the ABTS, a patented measurement, control and training device for ensuring the correct overlap position at the discharge area of a tube conveyor.

If the overlap exceeds the tolerance limit, servomotors are activated that rotate the tube profile through individual idlers into the desired position via targeted tilting adjustments.