Bucket Wheel Excavators
APS machine guidance system for bucket wheel excavators is both accurate and robust. The system precisely finds the location of the lowest bucket teeth, enabling the operator to dig level benches to design.
Applications
- Selective mining
- Overburden stripping to a plan
- Construction of accurate benches and ramps
- Warning of hazardous areas
- Real time productivity measurement using ProTools
Benefits
- Eliminates the need for field pegging
- Dramatically improved productivity and lower costs
- Accurate, selective mining reduces processing costs, maximises resource recovery and allows optimum use of process plants
- Improved coal and ore recovery
