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COVER STORY
August 2016
MODERN MINING
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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.
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.
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.