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Codelco to trial Caterpillar’s power-on-the-move truck tech
['Cecilia Jamasmie']
MINING.COM
Energy is transmitted via an electrified rail system.
Chile state-owned copper miner Codelco said on Thursday it will pilot Caterpillar’s (NYSE: CAT) new Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) system, which supplies electricity to both diesel-electric and battery-electric large mining trucks while in motion.
The trial will take place at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic Division in northern Chile using three Cat 798 AC diesel-electric haul trucks.
One-year trialThe one-year trial will involve installing electrified rails along a ramp in open-pit operations.
Marc Cameron, Caterpillar’s senior vice-president, said the collaboration would help refine DET’s design by incorporating customer feedback.