German-Swiss multinational gear producer Liebherr and Australia-headquartered metallic mining firm Fortescue have introduced a deal for the event and provide of zero-emission applied sciences that, as soon as they enter collection manufacturing, will develop into obtainable for mining firms worldwide.
The partnership incorporates a whole of 475 zero-emission Liebherr machines that embody 55 electrical excavators, 60 battery-powered dozers, and roughly 360 autonomous T 264 vehicles that may begin on-site validation on the finish of 2025.Â
The T 264 vehicles are to be geared up with a Fortescue Zero battery energy system and the collectively developed Autonomous Haulage Answer (AHS), each of which had been constructed to be scalable in order that they are often retrofitted onto current Liebherr haul vehicles. The AHS consists of an vitality administration system that coordinates the vehicles’ static recharge assignments and ensures that the charger is totally utilized with out inflicting queuing on-site.
The Fortescue Zero battery energy system may even be built-in into an electrical model of Liebherr’s flagship mining dozer, the PR 776. As a part of the deal, Liebherr and Fortescue will deploy a whole autonomous battery-electric haulage answer for large-scale mining operations.
Supply: Liebherr
