HOF Citations 2016 Underground Production - Hermann Paus | Page 2

UNDERGROUND
PRODUCTION

vehicles for the transportation of Hemscheidt roof
supports in the potash mines of Belaruskali in the
1980s that was a revolutionary moment for Paus
in the Soviet market. Paus machines in the former
USSR were distinguished by high reliability and
an individual approach to each customer. All this
was achieved thanks to the personal qualities of
Hermann Paus, an outstanding engineer and as a
person who was able to establish a personal
relationship of trust with Soviet specialists.”

Paus has developed diesel driven machines for
mechanised underground mining and more than
150 units were built in cooperation with
Sachtleben but also used in other mines in
Germany, Thailand, Canada, China and
elsewhere. In all those years we have been
working together, we got to know Hermann Paus
as an innovative and committed partner who
understood the forthcoming tasks underground
and who always supported us.”
The equipment included trucks with payloads of 5
to 25 t (heavy duty mine trucks with concept for
one drive, either by diesel engine or electric
motor), EL-trucks, one to three-boom drilling
equipment, backfill carriers, support equipment,
slinger belts, lifter units for different jobs and other
units used for various mining activities.

A statement from former Belaruskali Director
General and Laureate of the State Prize of the
Republic of Belarus (Candidate of Technical
Sciences), AN Bashura says: “Representing the
companies Paus and JSC Belaruskali, we are
bound together by decades of joint work. During
this time, we solved many problems such as the
provision of vehicles for delivery of miners in the
mine, loaders of different modifications, telescopic
towers and dinting machines. A huge role in this
was played by the head of the company Hermann
Paus. This man is an engine of technological
progress, decency and responsibility. I want to
also note the high quality of the supplied
equipment, which has proved itself again and
again. I want to express my deep gratitude to him
for 20 years of work and collaboration.”
Another statement from Eberhard Drews, Dipl-Ing,
Chief Engineer and Produc t Manager for
Mechanic Equipment at mining group Sachtleben
Bergbau GmbH, and proxy holder in charge of
mining machines from 1967 up to 1989 said: “In
1974, Sachtleben Bergbau GmbH of
Lennestadt-Meggen started the production of
several types of mining machines in cooperation
with Metallgesellschaft and Paus. Since then,

A final statement by Professor Dr Hans Jacobi,
the former Mine Director at RAG Walsum coal
mine says: “Together with the Walsum mine the
company Paus has accomplished many
pioneering infrastructure developments for
German coal mining from 1983 to 1990. The
Walsum mine prepared a new mining field in a
way that personnel and material transportation
could be executed with the newly developed
rubber tyred vehicles. The diesel powered
personnel and material transporters and
especially the roof support carriers with
flameproof protection were key innovations which
have contributed significantly to performance
increases seen in the mining industry. Hermann
Paus himself pushed this development with huge
commitment and the willingness to take risks. To
him we owe an appreciable innovation in the coal
mining industry due to his personal skills, his
commitment and his reliability.”

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