Underground coal mines are a hostile environment and miners themselves expect their gear to be effective, considered and bullet proof. Often, requirements are very site specific so suppliers need to be nimble enough to provide low volumes with custom solutions. 

Our team developed a range of innovative features including removable end caps that allowed miners to swap to a left or right handed cable mount. In addition, these end caps hide a power ‘hot seat’ fitment to add additional modules like proximity tags in custom scenarios. This feature alone is an industry first. 

Significant time was spent understanding industry use cases to ensure product drop points were properly protected, cable management was optimised, bespoke charging stations developed and even a custom belt clip designed to replace age-old leather tool bags. Products were prototyped, tested and refined to validate them before production to minimise development risk and assist with complex industry product approvals.