VR Mining will unveil a new truck tray for Caterpillar 793 series haul trucks during the Goldfields Mining Expo.
The VR Steel body is designed to reduce operating costs and increase production by carrying a bigger payload, dumping it faster and using less fuel in the process.
Features of the body include a high-wear resistant shell with integral wear provision, a unique ridge back, an ultra-strong top rail and open I-beam bolstering.
These contribute to increased tyre life, a lower centre of gravity for increased stability, and reduced maintenance.
“These features also help reduce impacting and promote material flow during dumping,” VR Mining’s Dave Derman said.
“This body is designed to offer the production benefits of a lighter weight body without sacrificing life expectancy and maintainability.”
The new truck tray is the latest design in the range that VR Steel has been designing, building and refining over the past three years.
“And there have been some pretty impressive results,” Derman said.
For example, he said, a 27-month direct comparative test at a world-class iron ore mine found the trucks equipped with VR trays had achieved both a 7% increase in production and an 11% reduction in fuel consumption.
“Plus, in that time, the only direct maintenance expenditure was on the performance monitoring,” Derman said.
VR Mining will also use GME to showcase VR Steel’s custom-designed: excavator buckets for increased payload, improved penetration for tough digging, reduced carry back and longer service life, and hydraulic shovel buckets which include a fast-dump back wall design that improves loading efficiencies and reduces wear concentrations that always present a maintenance challenge
VR Steel’s VR dipper will also be featured at GME.
Designed for maximum digging performance without common high-maintenance and risk areas, the VR dipper includes a trapezoidal entrance, rounded floor profile and a dual side latching system.