New South Wales is testing Caterpillar's R1700 underground loaders in an automation project at a gold mine in Pybar, Australia. Working at Diversified Mineral's Dargues mine, the loaders are fitted with MXZ technology, including Traction Control and Autodig, which allow the machine to fill the buckets rather than the operator. With a successful trial, New South Wales intends to set up stoping using tele-remoting from the surface early next year.
Pybar is testing Caterpillar's R1700 underground loaders in an automation project at a gold mine in New South Wales, Australia. Working at Diversified Mineral's Dargues mine, the loaders are fitted with MXZ technology, including Traction Control and Autodig, which allow the machine to fill the buckets rather than the operator. With a successful trial, Pybar intends to set up stoping using tele-remoting from the surface early next year.