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82 E&MJ; • JULY 2014 www.e-mj.com Rebuild Program Offers New Life for Older Cat 785/789s S U P P L I E R S R E P O R T Caterpillar and Cat dealers now offer Cat Certified Rebuild Upgrade (CCRU) services for older 785 and 789 haul trucks. Cat said its rebuild program for the original series and the B Series models of these trucks incorporates the technological advancements introduced with the C Series to improve operation and perform- ance and reduce engine emissions. The CCRU provides a full rebuild and certified rebuild warranty along with a Cat upgrade retrofit cab and chassis updates. The results, according to the company, are improved fuel economy, performance and productivity as well as a modernized cab for operator comfort and improved engine emissions equivalent to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier 1 standards for sustainable operation. Cat said the 3512B EUI engine for the 785 and the 3516B EUI engine for the 789 deliver about 5% more power and pro- vide the potential for fuel savings of 3%–4%. Also, recommended service inter- vals are extended from 250 to 500 hours. The upgraded cab includes VIMS 4.0 for monitoring machine health and opti- mizing production cycles to reduce cost per ton. A full size trainer seat facilitates in-cab training. The CCRU program for 785 and 789 trucks is available now in the United States, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, Chile and Russia. Trimble Buys Information Management System Developer MIS Trimble Navigation has acquired privately held Mining Information Systems (MIS), headquartered in Perth, Australia. The acquisition, said Trimble, will add enter- prise-level information management capa- bilities to its portfolio of mining solutions, offering the prospect of improved produc- tivity, profitability, and safety by providing a more complete view of geospatial, pro- ductivity, workforce and cost data. Financial terms were not disclosed. MIS provides information systems for data required for enterprise-wide monitor- ing and management of mining and ore processing operations. MIS systems collect and integrate data across functional areas and sources, regardless of data origin. This capability, said Trimble, when combined with its geospatial solutions, can provide increased mine productivity through the aggregation, analysis and presentation of information that enables better decision making for mining customers. "Productivity applications in functional areas such as drill and blast, haulage, and materials processing have improved opera- tional efficiencies, but the value of this data has not been fully realized since it is not readily collected and integrated for a complete, site-wide view. MIS offers an enterprise-level system that unlocks data and metrics from across functional areas for a complete view of mine productivity and profitability for decision makers across planning, operations and finance," said Nathan Pugh, business area director of Trimble's Mining Division. "Trimble offers high levels of accuracy in geospatial solu- tions today, and with the enterprise-level mine information platform, we can increase the use and value of geospatial data and other data sources for our customers." MIS said its solution suite is modular with systems for mine production, process- ing operations, human resource manage- ment, and a Web-based portal for access and administration. According to the com- pany, the systems are flexible, scalable and are not restricted by mining methods, com- modities, time zones, language, curren- cies, units of measure, existing software, hardware and network infrastructure. Schneider and Business Partners Offer End-to-End Mining Management Solution Management consultant Accenture, net- working systems provider Cisco Systems, and energy management specialist Schneider Electric recently announced the launch of a jointly developed Integrated Planning and Optimization platform that is claimed to provide a software solution for managing a mining company's entire oper- ation from resource to market. The solu- tion, according to the developers, enables users to optimize plans and schedules, identify risks and deviations, pinpoint inef- ficiency, and present the right information to the right people at the right time. The solution is claimed to be capable of increasing mining productivity up to 20% by helping mining companies use informa- tion to drive operational efficiencies. The product addresses the challenges of "siloed" data and inaccurate, untimely information. Integrated Planning and Optimization, according to the developers, enables data to be leveraged to model the supply chain—including mines, processing plants, stockpiles, transport routes and port movements—to predict how each enti- ty in the value chain will operate. The solu- tion lets companies view their supply chains both as discrete components and as a single system that operates according to Cat's recently announced rebuild/upgrade program will include a full rebuild, an upgraded retrofit cab, and chas- sis improvements for original and B Series 785 and 789 trucks. EMJ_pg82-85_EMJ_pg82-85 7/1/14 11:58 AM Page 82

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