Pybar is testing Caterpillar's R1700 underground loaders in an automation project at a gold mine in New South Wales, Australia. The company has been working with the Australian government to test its new robotic loader for use on mining sites around Australia, and it hopes that by 2020 all of Australia's mines will be using them. With a successful trial, Pybar 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.