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JAN 2016

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JANUARY 2016 • E&MJ; 41 www.e-mj.com performance by reducing tire slippage on acceleration and tire lockup during braking, and preventing chassis oscillation in a front- rear direction and tire skid while steering. "This is a fully integrated truck from the drive to the frame," Mace said. "We do not need to rely on another company's technol- ogy. The slippage control on these AC-3 units prevent over-steering or drifting. The drive controls the pitch, eliminating that rebounding effect from an oscillating chas- sis. The anti-skid feature prevents over- steering on turns." Hitachi has not overlooked safety. At MINExpo 2012, the company introduced the SkyAngle feature giving the operator 360° vision around the truck. "We are cur- rently working on an object detection fea- ture that will be integrated into that sys- tem," Mace said. Hitachi is also working on a collision avoidance system, which will be incorporated into its autonomous haulage system (AHS). Mace mentioned that Hitachi engineers are working with Wenco to improve sched- uling systems. "Many of these systems were geared toward larger operations and we're hoping to scale that down for small- er operators," Mace said. Mace also said that Hitachi is looking to incorporate some of the popular technology from its smaller trucks into the larger trucks. As an example, he referred to maintenance access points where Hitachi has moved from vertical ladders to stairways with open access. "The cabs are being redesigned with LCD monitors replacing the traditional gauges and dials," Mace said. Looking toward the future, Mace said Hitachi will connect both mechanical and electric drive trucks to Hitachi's global eService. Modular's Latest MineCare Release Has Cloud-based Deployment, Many New Features Modular Mining Systems has unveiled its third-generation Maintenance Management solution, MineCare 3. First introduced in 2003, MineCare, according to the Tucson, Arizona, USA-based company, was de- signed from the start to provide fleet oper- ators with the information and tools need- ed to monitor fleet health in real time. The MineCare 3 solution builds upon this foun- dation with new features, benefits and capabilities, including: • Cloud-based deployment for simplified installation, upgrades and management. • Geographic map view for heightened mine visibility in real time. • Advanced, intelligent data collection, monitoring and analytics capabilities. • Real-time visual equipment health tracking. • Component-level problem detection and alarms. • Multi-equipment trending to predict potential failures and assist in proactive planning. • Streamlined, user-configurable dash- boards for at-a-glance information. According to Modular, MineCare 3's ad- vanced cloud computing, data monitoring, and analytics capabilities help resolve equipment issues quickly by predicting specific failure modes before they occur and enabling a condition-based mainte- nance approach. Users can specify continuous or condi- tional data-monitoring options via dynam- ic, user-configurable dashboards, in sup- port of specific maintenance management goals, and then perform predictive trending for early detection of abnormal behavior, rates of change, and parameters outside of normal operating ranges. These capabilities also minimize inter- ruption to daily workflows and deploy application updates to multiple devices simultaneously. Modular noted that the introduction of a cloud-based, Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription configuration, eliminates IT infrastructure investments, improves data storage efficiency, and simplifies installa- tion, upgrades, and management. MineCare 3 can deploy as a standalone application or it can integrate with Modular's DISPATCH Fleet Management system (FMS). Hitachi's two newest haulers are AC electric units, both using a drive system developed by the company and drive- control software that improves truck handling. Modular says its MineCare 3 solution eliminates the need for onsite server infrastructure, making it especially attractive for small mines and mining contractors as a subscription-based platform that allows the system to be turned on and off and moved between sites with ease. It can be used as a stand-alone application or combined with Modular's DISPATCH Fleet Management System. S U P P L I E R S R E P O R T

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