At Liebherr’s mining tools proving grounds in Virginia, close to its Newport Information manufacturing website, a significant milestone was not too long ago reached when a Liebherr T 264 240 t class mining truck was efficiently built-in with the Fortescue Zero manufacturing collection battery electrical energy system.
Warren Harris, Director Group Challenge Supply at Fortescue said: “Getting a 240-tonne battery electrical truck prepared for the Pilbara is without doubt one of the hardest challenges we’ve taken on. However this integration proves the know-how is right here, and it’s getting nearer to operations.”
The following stage shall be doing the identical integration via conversion of one of many 100+ Liebherr T 264 diesel electrical vehicles already deployed with Fortescue in Australia, which is predicted within the subsequent few months. Fortescue has said that it expects to have a battery electrical mining truck working by the top of the 12 months.
The picture shared of the truck in Virginia present a trolley unit with pantographs fitted, permitting it to partially cost utilizing Liebherr’s testing space trolley line. At Fortescue’s operation, it’s assumed the truck will use the 6 MW charger developed by Fortescue Zero, which it has stated is able to charging this class of truck in half-hour and stays the most important DC charger available in the market for output energy and voltage.
The electrical fleet ecosystem additionally contains Fortescue Zero’s Elysia Battery Intelligence methods and software program, each embedded and cloud primarily based, designed to empower electrical fleets starting from battery administration to security, reliability and efficiency.
These chargers are additionally geared up with robotic connection choices, together with from KUKA, to automate plug-in procedures, safely mating with autonomous battery-electric vehicles. The Liebherr truck picture from the US confirmed the unit fitted with Liebherr’s IoMine autonomous haulage system – which it says combines superior automation with real-time knowledge insights to boost productiveness, security and effectivity.
The system permits totally autonomous operation of Liebherr’s haul vehicles, permitting for clever route optimisation and seamless, dependable efficiency with out handbook intervention. Designed for future sustainability, the AHS is suitable with each diesel-electric and 0 emission vitality methods, integrating with the FMS to handle vitality replenishment for zero emission vehicles.
