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THE CHALLENGE 1 Changing the underground mining truck’s lifting mechanism to reduce costs and decrease unloading time. 2 Identifying other areas surrounding the structure of the truck for possible cost reduction without affecting the working parameters. COST REDUCTION – UNDERGROUND MINING Case Study | Industrial Heavy Machinery The client wanted to increase the load capacity of one of their underground mining trucks by redesigning the dump body, truck body and ejector. More. Faster. Better. THE COMPANY The world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. This global corporation, with a distribution network of nearly 200 dealers serving 182 countries, is based in the United States.
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THE CHALLENGE
1 Changing the underground mining truck’s lifting mechanism to reduce costs and decrease unloading time.
2 Identifying other areas surrounding the structure of the truck for possible cost reduction without affecting the working parameters.
COST REDUCTION – UNDERGROUND MINING
Case Study | Industrial Heavy Machinery
The client wanted to increase the load capacity of one of their
underground mining trucks by redesigning the dump body,
truck body and ejector.
More. Faster. Better.
THE COMPANYThe world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. This global corporation, with a distribution network of nearly 200 dealers serving 182 countries, is based in the United States.
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THE RESULT
Increase in load capacity without increasing costs
10%
Phase 1 – Start– Created a scalable team of engineers and project
managers offshore and onsite.
–Determinedprojectspecificationsthroughrequirements management.
– Achieved the desired lifting capacity using efficiencyoptimizationstudies.Thisledtoa dual-stagecylinderconfigurationthatkeptcoststo a minimum.
Phase 2 – Design– Redesigned the dump body to increase its load
capacity and changed the mounting locations of the lifting cylinders in order to support the new loadcapacityandoptimizethetruck.
– Achieved the reduction of unloading time requested by the customer.
Phase 3 – Simulation–Performedmechanismsimulationstofindoptimal
articulation locations. By keeping the hydraulic system pressure near the existing value, the hose lengthswereoptimized,clippingpointswerereduced and production costs were lowered.
THE SOLUTION
Uncovered production cost savings of $100,000 per year
Redesigned the truck body and reduced the ejector part count by 30%
