TY - GEN
T1 - A novel approach to safely increase dump truck pay-load capacity to optimize material haulage
AU - Aben, Khairulla
AU - Orazaliyev, Yerkin
AU - Suorineni, Fidelis T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Equipment selection is an important component of mine planning. The number and types of mining equipment must match expected productivity and be compatible. For loading and hauling, the capacity of the equipment selected will also dictate the number needed. This paper presents a study in which haulage trucks manufactured to specifications by companies had their dump bodies changed from the originals to light-weight tray (LWT) dump bodies to increase their volumetric capacity and payload. The paper outlines the procedure adopted to safely change the original dump truck trays to light weight trays. The study resulted in fewer number of haulage trucks required in the fleet and reduced haulage cost by about 12%. An additional benefit of the study is that the exercise resulted in longer life and increased time to body replacement for the LWTs compared with the trucks with the original trays. The economic impact on the operations was significant, based on both OPEX and CAPEX.
AB - Equipment selection is an important component of mine planning. The number and types of mining equipment must match expected productivity and be compatible. For loading and hauling, the capacity of the equipment selected will also dictate the number needed. This paper presents a study in which haulage trucks manufactured to specifications by companies had their dump bodies changed from the originals to light-weight tray (LWT) dump bodies to increase their volumetric capacity and payload. The paper outlines the procedure adopted to safely change the original dump truck trays to light weight trays. The study resulted in fewer number of haulage trucks required in the fleet and reduced haulage cost by about 12%. An additional benefit of the study is that the exercise resulted in longer life and increased time to body replacement for the LWTs compared with the trucks with the original trays. The economic impact on the operations was significant, based on both OPEX and CAPEX.
KW - Dump truck
KW - Haulage
KW - Light-weight body
KW - Payload
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-33954-8_34
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-33954-8_34
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85089316008
SN - 9783030339531
T3 - Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering
SP - 273
EP - 280
BT - Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection, MPES 2019
A2 - Topal, Erkan
PB - Springer
T2 - 28th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection, MPES 2019
Y2 - 2 December 2019 through 4 December 2019
ER -