Aries cameras aid Chilean miners

Inspection equipment maker supplies deep-well units that helped locate 33 trapped in mine

Aries Industries, a manufacturer of pipeline inspection and rehabilitation equipment, supplied the camera system to the Chilean government to locate the 33 miners trapped underground for the past month.

Government rescuers used the camera to find the miners 2,200 feet below ground. The camera system is 1.375 inch in diameter and can go to distances up to 5,000 feet. Aries manufacturers a mine disaster camera system that has been used many times in the Virginia coal mine disasters. However, the borehole drilled in Chile was not large enough for that equipment.

Aries swept into action and sent the smaller camera system to Chile. All 33 miners were found alive and well. "We are very pleased to be able to offer our assistance in helping the families of these miners offer some hope in knowing that they are OK and that hopefully they will be getting out in a safe manner,” said Jim Lenahan, president and CEO of Aries. “It makes us feel really good to know we are helping save the lives of others in a very difficult underground environment.”



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