BUYER ’ S GUIDE 2016
CAT CAT has teamed up with the Thunder Basin Coal Company to develop and test automated dozers and haulers . The joint venture allows CAT to steadily move toward its goal of developing a full fleet of automated equipment . In the initial phase , the autonomous systems were installed on D11T dozers used for the reclamation and overburden removal processes , which are notoriously risky for onsite operators .
With the continued success of those processes , the company turned its attention toward large mining trucks and LHDs , or front end loaders , for underground mining operations . All of the partial and fully automated systems are monitored and operated by a skilled team of professionals working in a remote control center . A single individual can oversee multiple pieces of equipment at a time using the provided realtime metrics and camera views .
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