Dig smarter

New technologies are supporting improved shovel maintenance practices, allowing mines to extend maintenance intervals without endangering the machine.  By Jonathan Rowland Shovel breakdownThere are 5,500 hydraulic and 1,900 electric shovels with payloads above 20 metric tonnes currently active, according to the mining equipment trackers at The Parker Bay Company. These are large and complex pieces of machinery that operate in…

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