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<\/p>\n\n\nMacLean Engineering, which first introduced its \u201cparadigm changer\u201d Omnia Scissor Bolter to the industry three decades ago, is marking the anniversary by adding commemorative nameplates to all 900 Series bolters sold over the course of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The Canadian equipment producer called the MacLean bolter a \u201cground support engineer\u2019s ultimate tool\u201d with the flexibility to effectively product the highest quality. Its spotlight is on the fact that the single worker, which is has been designed to accommodate, is always working under protected ground and there is enough storage for an entire shift\u2019s worth of consumables on-board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese are the defining features of the MacLean bolting philosophy that the company\u2019s 900 Series bolter design embodies, and 2021 marks the model\u2019s 30th anniversary year of making underground mining safer and the bolting application more productive,\u201d explained the company in mid-May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MacLean has already shipped the first of its 30th anniversary 900 Series bolters to an underground gold mine in northwestern British Columbia. The 975 Omnia scissor bolter was manufactured at the OEM\u2019s main facility in Collingwood, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is a long time from its first commercialized 900 Series unit sold to then-INCO\u2019s Sudbury Basin mine in the early 1990s. It also is now nearing its manufacturing milestone of 500 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReaching this production milestone for the MacLean bolting system is significant in and of itself and, it also sets up the next chapter in MacLean ground support solutions \u2013 fully automated, robotics-integrated bolting,\u201d notes Steve Denomme, global product line manager for Bolting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MacLean President Kevin MacLean added: \u201cWe are now hard at work in the product development and testing phase for the next generation of Maclean bolter that will follow in the footsteps of the original Maclean paradigm-changer, but also forge its own path by introducing robotics to our bolting philosophy and engineered design. Stay tuned because exciting things are on the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n