Capital Equipment News March 2020

TROLLEY ASSIST

The commercial rollout of the Cat trolley assist system comes after the conclusion of a nearly two-year pilot project at Boliden’s Aitik mine in Sweden.

Trolley assist system for Cat electric mining trucks

Following a successful two-year pilot project at Boliden’s Aitik opencast mine in Sweden, Caterpillar has commercially rolled out its Cat trolley assist system for Cat electric drive mining trucks to the global market, writes Munesu Shoko .

T hanks to Boliden and Caterpillar’s recent trial at the Aitik open-pit mine in Sweden, the subject of trolley assist systems is back on the mining industry’s agenda. Offering significant productivity benefits, trolley assist technologies have been considered for decades. At the peak of the oil crisis of the

1970s, numerous studies investigating applications were completed and miners made preparations accordingly to reduce their reliance on diesel. Despite this, widespread industry uptake of the technology has not happened. While there have been a couple of installations in the world, with southern Africa being one of

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