Our Expertise
We are a specialised engineering group that focuses on niche areas of expertise that are founded on our core skills. Paterson & Cooke's key capabilities and facilities include:
- Process, hydraulic and mechanical design of long distance concentrate pipeline systems
- Process, hydraulic and mechanical design of conventional, thickened and paste tailings pipeline systems
- Analysis and design of deep mine high pressure dewatering systems
- Design and engineering of hydraulic, paste and rock fill preparation plants and underground distribution systems
- Pipeline stress analysis
- Hydraulic transient analysis
- Site commissioning, upgrading and troubleshooting of operating mine backfill systems
- Site audits and process improvements and optimisation
- Construction management
- Commissioning and start-up of process, pump and pipeline systems
- Plant design, specification and optimization
- Project and engineering management
- Backfill laboratory services, including material characterisation and strength testing.
- Slurry test laboratory services, including pipe loop and viscometer testing