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Australian-made Wattrix refuge chambers.
Somewhere to go when the worst happens underground.
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Our refuge chamber range grew from practical experience servicing and rebuilding equipment underground. We connect product development, manufacture and ongoing support, with the needs of users and maintainers shaping the design. Your chamber does not have to be a Wattrix model. We also assess service needs for existing fleets, confirming the equipment, required work and our capability before agreeing the scope.
The product range.
Three chamber sizes built to one standard.
Three sizes: RC4, RC12, RC20. Each specified to your site, your crew size, and applicable mine safety guidance. Built to the Wattrix operations manual WTX-OG-01 and validated at commissioning.
RC4
Four-person base. Six-person upgraded.
Smallest in range. CO scrubber, O2 backup, communications, lighting, battery backup. Built for narrow vein and development crews. The upgraded variant carries six on extended duration.
RC12
Twelve to fourteen person.
Mid-range. Same standard features plus extended duration and specialist communications options. Sized for production crews and ERT secondary refuge.
RC20
Twenty-person fleet chamber.
Largest in range. Extended duration as standard. Primary ERT staging and long-duration emergency scenarios. The chamber site managers spec when the worst case has to be planned for.
RC4 · six-person configuration. Australian made.
Why the Wattrix chamber.
Designed by the people who maintain them.
Before developing the Wattrix range, Adam Farrugia worked underground servicing and rebuilding refuge chambers. That experience helped identify what could work better for the people using and maintaining them. Product development carries that understanding into the design, manufacture and support of the equipment.
Serviceable from the front
Every serviceable component sits at the front of the chamber, so routine underground service is done from one position. The manual handling comes out of the job.
Removable battery module
Disconnect it, swap in a standby unit on the spot, or lift the module out with an IT loader and service it in the workshop. The crew stops carrying batteries over broken rock, and the chamber is back in service sooner.
Bearcat wheel mounts standard
Standard on the fixed range. The chamber moves with an IT loader instead of being dragged.
Interchangeable parts
Interchangeable parts across the range. One spares shelf, whatever the mix on site.
Easier to use and easier to maintain is not a convenience. It is what keeps a chamber emergency ready at all times, and being ready is what gets people home. That is the standard we hold the range to. Put it next to the others and judge it on the job: it stands on its own.
Chamber walkthroughs.
See the chamber before it reaches site.
Full interior and exterior walkthroughs of the Wattrix range, so you can see the chamber inside and out before it is specified.
Choose a chamber to walk through it inside and out.
Multi-brand chamber service.
Care for the fleet you already have.
Wattrix services its own refuge chamber range and supports other makes where the equipment and required work are within our confirmed capability. Bring us your fleet list so we can establish the service scope. One service relationship, with service history and findings kept together. This is chamber custodianship: your team keeps control while we stand alongside you to carry the regime, follow through the work and keep the record connected for the life of the asset.
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Annual
Post-event
A structured inspection regime runs from pre-shift checks through to annual strip-down and post-event verification, every step against the Wattrix operations manual, every result in one record whatever the brand. The detail, the forms, and the cadence built to your site come with engagement.
Talk to us about your fleet →Who relies on this.
Built for the people accountable underground.
Getting every person home is the whole point. Four people carry that responsibility. Wattrix gives each of them what they need.
Project manager
Delivered to program.
Specified to your site, your crew size, your guidance. One point of contact from order to commissioning. No surprises at handover.
Underground manager
Ready before the shift.
Every chamber checked on cadence, daily through annual, never skipped. You know the refuge is ready before your people are in front of it.
Electrical superintendent
The regime documented.
Battery load, charger output, earth continuity. The electrical inspections on file, signed, and traceable.
Corporate safety manager
Audit-ready, every brand.
One record across the whole fleet, whatever brand the chamber is. When the regulator asks, the evidence is ready.
Australian made in Victoria.
Wattrix refuge chambers are manufactured in Victoria by WTX Mining Pty Ltd, trading as Wattrix. WTX Mining Pty Ltd holds Australian Made and Owned AMCL Licensee ID 9223. Built to your site and applicable safety guidance, with the licence holder identified on the record.
Wattrix chambers are manufactured in Australia and deployed across a growing international footprint. The service regime and connected evidence travel with the asset wherever it is put to work.
AustraliaManufactured in Victoria
InternationalDeployed across multiple mining regions
One standardService and evidence travel with the asset
ExpandingNew markets and sites
Syntra for chambers.
Your chamber fleet, clear in Syntra.
See each asset, its current position, upcoming work and available evidence without searching through spreadsheets, inboxes or separate service folders.
Customer fleetFleet overview
The assets that matter. The next action beside them.
Current position2 chambers · both ready
Ready
ReadyRefuge chamber
RC12-0902
- Next
- Quarterly inspection · October
- Evidence
- Service history available
Sample data · fictional site. Illustrative snapshot: 1 October 2026.
Talk to Wattrix Mining. One number. The right person on the line.
1300 928 874 Request a quote →