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Due to the sheer scope of the project, Goodfellow said his company wanted to partner with one supplier that could not only provide all of the components, but could also offer min- ing industry expertise and engineering support. He said his company has used Baldor products for years on its equip- ment with great success, so working more closely together on this project made sense. Product selection for the grasshopper conveyors was fair- ly easy, because Goodfellow said he knew the company want- ed to use its standard selection of Baldor-Dodge products, including Torque-Arm II reducers, S-2000 bearings and Mine Duty Extra pulleys, along with Baldor-Reliance motors. The bigger question, according to Goodfellow, was what products would be best for the three overland conveyors. "We relied heavily on Baldor's mining industry team to give us recommendations and the package requirements," said Goodfellow. "This team did the belt analysis to make sure that the gearboxes, motors, pulleys, bearings—really the whole system—was sized properly for this application. While we have our own engineers that can do this same work, this kind of support allows us to use our engineering resources in other ways. So it saves us time, but more than that, when the Baldor industry team does the work, we can rest assured that it was done right, and that's a big help." The challenge for Baldor engineers was to put together a package that would provide a smooth, soft start, but would JUNE 2014 • E&MJ; 89 www.e-mj.com A R G O N A U T G O L D Due to the sheer scope of the project, the OEM wanted to partner with one supplier that could not only provide all of the components, but could also offer mining indus- try expertise and engineering support. According to mine officials, El Castillo's over- land system—powered by Baldor products—is working well, and they are pleased with the project. Baldor's System-1 group facilitated the order processing, packaging and preassembly of the Baldor equipment for the 21 grasshopper transfer conveyors. Because of the number of gearboxes, motors, pulleys and bearings required, Goodfellow managers say the System-1 team saved them valuable time. EMJ_pg88-91_EMJ_pg88-91 6/3/14 3:55 PM Page 89