BluVein has formally kicked off testing of its fourth era BluVein1 dynamic charging system at Australia’s largest bluestone quarry, with a retrofitted Epiroc Minetruck MT42 Battery now being put by means of its paces.
Following excessive situation electrical testing at KEMA Labs in Germany – which subjected the slotted rail and automobile mounted collector system, generally known as the Hammer, to voltage face up to, impulse, arc and quick circuit exams – the Hammer has been fitted to this donor automobile on the BluVein Proving Grounds, located simply outdoors the southern pit of Heidelberg Supplies’ Wolffdene quarry.
Over the subsequent six months, BluVein will transfer by means of a staged sequence protecting mechanical testing, imaginative and prescient techniques, truck to rail envelope validation and full energy testing with the truck on rail. This section will give attention to a devoted part on the proving grounds, located on a 1:7 grade ramp to simulate situations in a typical underground mine. Demonstration of BluVein1 at Heidelberg Supplies’ Wolffdene quarry is being progressed with help from the Australian Renewable Power Company (ARENA) alongside contributions from business companions.
Past the testing on the Heidelberg Supplies quarry, the corporate’s anticipated transfer into TRL 7 territory by the tip of 2026 is meant to pave the best way for a mine website trial of the BluVein1 system in 2027. The corporate has already signed an MoU for this trial.
BluVein is anticipated to share extra on developments throughout The Electrical Mine 2026, which can happen in Lisbon, Portugal, from Might 5-7.
