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SmartROC D65 has been upgraded to enable direct communication with the rig’s control system.

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When the surface drill rig SmartROC D65 was launched in 2010 it was immediately recognized for its power and productivity, which is considerable, but also for its intelligence and communications capability provided by its unique, computer-based Rig Control System (RCS).

At that time, drill plans prepared in the mine or quarry office were installed into the rig’s control system via a USB memory stick. Now the SmartROC designers have enabled the rig to download this data directly via the worksite’s own local area network (LAN) or wireless network WLAN.

“ This is an ethernet application module for SmartROC D65 rigs working in a fixed installation in mines and larger stone quarries ,” explains Olav Kvist, Product Line Manager at the company’s Surface Drilling Equipment division.

The new interface not only makes data transfer simpler and faster. It is also more user-friendly as it allows planners to more easily make changes and last minute adjustments.
In addition, Kvist points out, it paves the way for mines and quarries to install wireless systems and also offers SmartROC D65 owner-contractors a competitive advantage in that they can “plug” straight in to their customers’ networks.

The application was developed by Atlas Copo during the summer 2011 and has been test-run in Australia with excellent results.

SmartROC D65 shares its intelligent platform with all rigs in the SmartROC family, including the Atlas Copco PitViper series. The rig communication standard is all based on the International Rock Excavation Data Exchange Standard (IREDES) enabling total management and operation control.

For further information please contact:

 

• Olav Kvist, Product Line Manager, Surface Drilling Equipment
  Phone: +46 (0)19 670 7422 – Mobile: +46 (0)76 645 7565
  e-mail: olav.kvist@se.atlascopco.com
• Hellen Ekefalk, Communications and Brand Manager, Surface Drilling Equipment
  Phone: +46 (0)19 503 1329 – Mobile: +46 (0)73 271 2425
  e-mail: hellen.ekefalk@se.atlascopco.com

Atlas Copco Surface Drilling Equipment is a division within Atlas Copco’s Mining and Rock Excavation Technique business area. It develops, manufactures, and markets rock drilling equipment and mobile crushers and screeners for various applications in civil engineering, quarries and open pit mines worldwide. The division focuses strongly on innovative product design and aftermarket support systems, which give added customer value. The divisional headquarters and main production center is in Örebro, Sweden.

Atlas Copco’s FlexiROC T15 R drill rig, which is used for a wide variety of small-scale drilling jobs such as preparing building sites and trenching, has now considerably expanded its field of application.

The reason is a completely new boom concept which enables the rig to switch from downwards drilling to upwards drilling in one easy operation. This facility on the FlexiROC T15 R is extremely easy to use. All the operator has to do is put the rig into tramming mode, remove a locking pin, push the feed round 180 degrees, replace the pin and start drilling once again.

This procedure, called re-pinning, takes just a few minutes and enables the rig to be used in eight different configurations, including toe-hole drilling at various angles, upwards or downwards. The switch is also safe to carry out as the feed beam is in a resting position while the re-pinning is being done.

“The FlexiROC T15 R is now even more valuable to have in the fleet,” says Erik Ahlström, Product Responsible Service Engineer at Atlas Copco Surface Drilling Equipment. “With a great vertical coverage area of 18 square meters it can go from drilling vertical holes to horizontal toe-holes and then to upward drilling for, for example, rock reinforcement all from the same set-up.”

The rig is also extremely economical to run thanks to its high-torque Cummins B3.3 (Naturally Aspirated) diesel engine. During tests in Sweden with 47 % active drill time drilling 45 mm holes in hard granite, the recorded fuel consumption was less than 5.7 litres per hour.

For further information please contact:

 

• Olav Kvist, Product Line Manager, Surface Drilling Equipment
  Phone: +46 (0)19 670 7422 – Mobile: +46 (0)76 645 7565
  e-mail: olav.kvist@se.atlascopco.com
• Hellen Ekefalk, Communications and Brand Manager, Surface Drilling Equipment
  Phone: +46 (0)19 503 1329 – Mobile: +46 (0)73 271 2425
  e-mail: hellen.ekefalk@se.atlascopco.com

Atlas Copco Surface Drilling Equipment is a division within Atlas Copco’s Mining and Rock Excavation Technique business area. It develops, manufactures, and markets rock drilling equipment and mobile crushers and screeners for various applications in civil engineering, quarries and open pit mines worldwide. The division focuses strongly on innovative product design and aftermarket support systems, which give added customer value. The divisional headquarters and main production center is in Örebro, Sweden.

Atlas Copco’s Minetruck MT6020 combines the power and strength needed for large scale haulage yet is compact and robust enough to meet the challenges on the ramps of the world’s underground mines.

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Haulage efficiency is a tough nut to crack in underground mining. Trucks need to be powerful enough to carry heavy loads for long periods and often over long distances, yet also compact and robust to access the most challenging of ramps.

Atlas Copco’s Minetruck MT6020 delivers on both counts and continues to break records for productivity and cost-efficiency.

This success is largely thanks to the vehicle’s pay-load of 60 tonnes, ease of servicing and the ergonomic operator’s compartment which has been given an extra strong and highly durable shell weighing approximately 1.5 tonnes.

Minetruck MT6020 was launched in 2008, giving mines the unique opportunity to increase their tonnage kilometers per hour (tkm/h) and also to save costs through reducing the size of their fleets.

These benefits were quickly realized, notably in Australia where mining contractor ACM (Australian Contract Mining) recently took delivery of the country’s 100th Minetruck MT6020. “We’ve expanded our fleet of Atlas Copco Minetruck MT6020 trucks because it is the most productive underground truck available today by a fair margin,” says Brian Rodan, Managing Director of ACM.

Stuart Tonkin, Chief Operating Officer at Barminco, which operates the largest fleet of MT6020 in Australia and Africa, has also noted significant gains. He says: “Reducing fleet size and fleet kilowatts enables cost savings which is important in current markets. The Minetruck MT6020 is another step in the development of the articulated underground truck and is being adopted by the industry.”

Atlas Copco confirms the truck’s continuing success in Australia and says its reliability and performance has made the 60 tonner the leading truck in its class.

Business Line Manager Matt Cobham explains: “We have sold 60 tonners to both contractors and miners in equal numbers and we believe the Minetruck MT6020 is the clear, current first choice. Sixty trucks will be delivered to Australian customers during 2011, and more than half of those will have replaced other trucks at mine sites.

“We have also upgraded the entire drivetrain since the original Minetruck MT5000 – axels, dropbox, upbox, transmission and engine. Our oldest Minetruck MT6020, which is working at Stawell Gold Mines in Victoria, has racked up more than 25 000 hours to date and is still going strong.”

Hauling at 11 km/h on a ramp with a 15 percent gradient – a typical scenario for a large underground mine – the Minetruck MT6020 claims to be as fast as trucks with smaller payload ratings but delivers 20 percent more tonnage. And despite its 60 tonne capacity, it does not require larger excavation dimensions.

Among the planned upgrades for 2012 will be the installation of a Cummins Tier 2 engine offering extremely low emissions as well as substantial noise reduction. According to Matt Cobham this upgrade will be even more significant as the larger underground mines go deeper and grapple with ventilation efficiency and increased power costs.

The Minetruck MT6020 is manufactured in Kvarntorp, Sweden.

Minetruck MT6020 in a nutshell

• Payload: 60 tonnes
• Length: 11.227 mm. Width: 3. 440 mm. Height: 3170 to 3470 mm
• Tyre size: 35/65R33
• Engine: Cummins QSK 19-C760 HP
• Front axle suspension
• Top speed (at full load): 36 km/h
• Maximum torque at 1 300 rpm: 3 084 Nm
• Air conditioned operator’s compartment
• Fuel tank capacity: 844 litres
• Fuel consumption 67 litres /h
• ISO ROPS/FOPS certification
• Turning radius: 44°

More information and technical specifications are available via this link:
http://www.atlascopco.com.au/auus/products/navigationbyproduct/ProductGroup.aspx?id=1401362

For further information please contact:

• Ben Thompson, Product Manager
  Phone: +46(0)19-503 1395 or  Mobile: +46 (0)70-946 9241
  E-mail:  ben.thompson@se.atlascopco.com
• Elisabeth Meyer, Project Leader Marketing Communications
  Phone: +46 (0)19 670 7019 or +46 (0)70 670 8267
  E-mail: elisabeth.meyer@se.atlascopco.com

 

Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation is a division within Atlas Copco’s Mining and Rock Excavation Technique business area. It develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of tunneling and mining equipment for various underground applications worldwide. The division focuses strongly on innovative product design and aftermarket support systems, which give added customer value. The divisional headquarters and main production center is in Örebro, Sweden.

The new extreme duty series of pedestal boom systems from Atlas Copco claims to be the only system of its kind specifically designed for secondary rock breaking applications in mines and open pits.

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Secondary rock breaking is a tough and sometimes hazardous task but the latest addition to the Atlas Copco range of extreme duty pedestal boom systems makes the job easier, safer and more efficient.

The new XD-series claims to be the only one of its kind to be specifically designed for grizzly stations in underground mines and gyratory crushers in open pits.

“Most other pedestal boom systems is developed for lighter duty applications and this often causes frequent breakdowns, low efficiency and unreliable access to spare parts when used on extreme duty applications like grizzlies underground”, says Thomas Müller, Business Line Manager at Atlas Copco’s Underground Rock Excavation division. “In contrast, the XD-series is the only system on the market that is specifically designed and manufactured for these applications.”

Müller explains that the XD-series has been entirely developed by Atlas Copco. Each component is carefully selected and tested, enabling each system to be adapted to the application for optimum performance and reliability.

Key components include the pedestal boom’s flexi-base, slew mechanism, cylinders and pin-locking system which are all sufficiently robust to withstand the rigors of the harsh rock breaking environment.

There are five systems in the series offering a horizontal reach from 2.7 m to 7 m and a breaker weight of 200 up to 2 200 kg.

Developed in response to strong demand for a more reliable extreme duty system, the XD-series is now available worldwide through the Atlas Copco organization alongside the company’s wide range of pedestal boom systems for light, medium and heavy duty applications.

Footnote: With the focus on underground mining, the design and development as well as the marketing of pedestal boom systems is located at Atlas Copco’s Underground Rock Excavation division in Örebro, Sweden.

Find here more information and technical specifications .

For further information please contact:

 

• Thomas Müller, Business Line Manager
  Phone: +46 (0)19 768 2413 – Mobile: +46 (0)76 628 3933
  E-mail: thomas.muller@se.atlascopco.com
• Patrik Johansson, Project Leader Marketing Communications
  Phone: +46 (0)19 503 1251 or +46 (0)70 602 1249
  E-mail: patrik.johansson@se.atlascopco.com

 

Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation is a division within Atlas Copco’s Mining and Rock Excavation Technique business area. It develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of tunneling and mining equipment for various underground applications worldwide. The division focuses strongly on innovative product design and aftermarket support systems, which give added customer value. The divisional headquarters and main production center  is in Örebro, Sweden