UNDERGROUND LOAD & HAUL
RRC, enabling the loader to be manoeuvred and
controlled remotely.
The HOI video system provides operators with
a wider overall view of what they are doing,
which in turn supports more efficient loading.
The solution improves safety and operational
efficiency by removing loader operators from
potentially hazardous areas where loaders
operate. This is especially relevant in areas
where rocks are unstable.
This versatile system is used to operate
several different types of machine without design
changes, with customers installing the system on
new machines, and retrofitting existing
equipment.
Cavotec has extensive experience of developing
control, automation, and electrification
technologies for mining applications worldwide.
DUX will be delivering its long-time model DT-
33N with US EPA Tier 4 Final Cat ® C9.3B
industrial engine set at 309 kW (415 HP)
@2,100 RPM later this year. This narrow-version
2,745 mm wide, 33 t low profile end dump truck
will also feature DUX’s cab suspension system
for operator comfort, as well as knock-down
construction so unit can be lowered through
1,372 x 1,830 mm mine shaft opening for
assembly underground. In addition to the DT-
33N, DUX continues to enjoy success in South
America with its 1,830 mm wide model DT-12
with 11 t payload capacity, which is especially
well suited for narrow-vein mining.
communication, for operators of loaders used in
mining applications deep underground. The
solution, which first entered service in 2016, has
generated substantial safety and efficiency gains
at a mining application in Russia.
The system comprises three cameras, a media
base unit (MBU), an antenna on the LHD and a
Radio Remote Control (RRC) unit and tablet
device for operators. The MBU connects the three
cameras on the loader and transmits live video
over a wireless network (Wi-Fi). The live feed is
displayed on a tablet device mounted on the
RCT Guidance Automation at Jaguar
RCT’s Automation technology is providing
innovative automation solutions at Independence
Group (IGO)’s Jaguar operation, located 60 km
north of Leonora in Western Australia. Jaguar, a
high-grade zinc-copper-silver mine that IGO has
managed since 2011, is no stranger to RCT’s
Smart Technology, with the ControlMaster®
Teleremote deployed on their Caterpillar 1700G
loaders for the past few years.
In November 2017, IGO upgraded to RCT’s
state-of-the-art Guidance Automation Solution in
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