Body upgrade for haul trucks

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Body upgrade for haul trucks A program is underway to further optimise and maximise haul fleet payloads at one of Western unscheduled body repairs, an outcome of the replaceable floor in the JEC body which eliminated the need for heavy, lower maintenance costs – all targeted to maximised payload, improve cycle efficiency and significantly reduce total Australia’s key gold mines. New Ultima maintenance-intensive wear line plates. cost of ownership. truck bodies by Austin Engineering are Now, depending on the outcome of the A ‘V’ profile floor, designed to actively being trialled on a number of the mine’s trial, the long-serving JEC units are in channel the load to the centre of the 240t haulers with the potential for a line to be replaced by the unique Ultima tray, improves machine stability and fleet-wide body upgrade to continue the bodies which, due to further advances safety. The floor design also reduces program started in 2014, when Austin in the payload capacity v body weight dump cycle times (empty is achieved at fitted their JEC bodies and increased equation, will lift payload to 240t per 3/4 tipping). payload by more than 20 tonne per load. load and still meet all OEM dump truck Although the new tray is lighter and

The new Ultima body will take the specifications. stronger than current OEM bodies - payload up to 240 tonnes per load The Ultima haul truck body has the which translates to a 10-15% weight and further maximise the haul fleet’s potential to be a significant gamesaving without sacrificing payload - its availability and productivity. changer in haul fleet operation due to its design reduces overall tray wear which

The JEC bodies were fitted to the haul advanced steel and design technologies. significantly increases availability and fleet after the mine identified a series A lighter-weight module design, improves productivity of the mine’s of production-oriented challenges – it features improved structural load-haul cycle. including weight of the OEM bodies, the integrity for superior impact and wear The miner’s expectation of the Ultima high cost of maintaining the bodies (and resistance, extended fatigue life and body is for 240 tonnes per load and, subsequent non-availability of the haul according to the manufacturer, when truck) and non-achievement of target matched with the appropriate loading payloads - impacting on performance and productivity of the load-haul fleet. Initially eleven bodies were ordered and ultimately the mine’s load-haul fleet was retro-fitted. “Ultima haul truck body by Austin Engineering has tool - such as the 32m3 bucket on the mine’s shovel excavator - this load figure will be consistently and efficiently achieved. Just as it did for the JEC units, Austin The customised bodies lifted payload capacity to 230 tonne per load – an the potential to be will maintain a condition monitoring program for the new bodies and advise increase of around 20 tonne per load over the OEM bodies – an outcome a significant gamethe mine on any maintenance issues. The miner is also using Austin bodies of the weight differential between the OEM tray and the JEC body. Along with increased payload the body change-out improved haul fleet availability and changer in haul fleet operation” in their other operations around the world. Specialised hauler bodies have been customised to add significant value and reduce operational costs in performance – the result of less frequent underground mining operations.

NEW MONITORING SYSTEM PROVIDES REMOTE ACCESS TO BACKSTOP OPERATING CONDITIONS

Marland Clutch recently introduced the Smart Marland Monitoring System that provides up-to-the-minute access to critical backstop operating conditions including vibration, temperature and oil level.

The IoT solution allows users to remotely monitor the condition of their equipment from anywhere using a computer or cell phone.

The system can monitor up to 6 backstops from a single gateway. Users can perform statistical analysis to identify maintenance and repair needs, set desired report intervals and receive alarm notifications. System reporting capabilities include current measurements, historic trending and vibration analysis.

Industrial Internet of Things