Modern Mining August 2016

COVER STORY

kidney loop provides continuous filtration, ensuring consistently clean oil and dependable hydraulic system performance. Safety and support The Cat 6015B is designed in accordance with the very stringent Australian MDG 15/41 Mining Machinery Design guideline. The 6015B has a best in class standard lighting package as well as updated access and egress, walkways and handrails. Optional features include a 45-degree powered access stairway, cameras for right and rear, LED light- ing and heated mirrors. Wire and hose guarding facilitate safe maintenance. The pressurised HEX operator cab keeps dust out and offers excellent all-around visibil- ity of the work environment. Features include automatic climate control and ergonomic electro-hydraulic controls with adjustable joy- stick console height, independent of the seat, to suit operator preference and provide precise manoeuvring. Barloworld Equipment’s specialist and simulator training facilities and planning and application skills, combined with high tech on- board Cat technology offerings, are designed to drive productivity for Cat machine owners. Support packages for mining customers’ machines and fleets aim to reduce cost per tonne and can range from basic service agree- ments to MARC (Maintenance and Repair Contract) agreements that enable mines to completely outsource all their surface and underground mobile equipment maintenance and repair requirements. Barloworld is an industry leader in parts logistics and maintenance, training and spe- cialised repair facilities, all critical elements of equipment management. People skills in both the operation and maintenance of sophis- ticated mining machines are hard to find and Barloworld Equipment can supply and train the necessary skills as part of its equipment management programmes. Technology On-board technology readily available on most Cat earthmoving machines today enables both Barloworld Equipment and its customers to monitor performance and identify functional problems on machines using satellite, cellular or broadband radio communication. Problems can be identified before even seeing the machine, unscheduled component failures are minimised and resources planned more effectively. Barloworld Equipment has a dedicated technology group that works with the regional

operations to develop sustainable and scalable equipment management solutions incorporat- ing relevant technologies to optimise cost per tonne for customers. Working with Caterpillar’s Technology Group, the technology team sup- ports all Barloworld Equipment’s Southern African territories. The 6015B incorporates advanced Cat tech- nology solutions for improved productivity, maintenance and equipment management. All these technology solutions are available through Barloworld Equipment. They include Cat MineStar System, the industry’s broadest, most comprehensively- integrated mine operations and mobile equipment management system. It consists of a number of capability sets – including Fleet, Terrain, Detect, Health and Command – that can be used alone or as building blocks to next generation autonomous mining. 

The Cat 6015B’s standard heavy duty bucket is also one of the largest in this machine class with a capacity of 8,1 m³.

A complete range of hydraulic shovels Many Barloworld Equipment mining customers will recall the Cat 5110 as a flagship in Caterpillar’s 5000 series hydraulic excavators some 15 years ago and some may even remember this 123-tonne machine being the cen- trepiece of Barloworld Equipment’s display at Electra Mining back in 2002. Following an agreement between Caterpillar and Terex to market Terex hydraulic mining shovels through the Cat dealer network, Caterpillar dis- continued its 5000 series product line. Barloworld Equipment and its fellow Cat dealers continued to support all owners of Cat 5000-series shovels. Terex sold its mining business to Bucyrus International in 2010 and Cat- erpillar announced its acquisition of Bucyrus the following year. The rest is history and today Caterpillar has a complete range of Cat hydraulic shovels designed and built to pair with the Cat 700 series trucks and others of simi- lar capacity. Starting with the Cat 6015B, the ‘Versatility Class’ range of Cat hydraulic shovels also includes the new 6020B, with the ‘Productivity Class’ of mining shovels starting from the 6030 right up to the 980-tonne 6090 FS. 

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