Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 (opens in new tab)

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defrost2y ago

Is this the right thread to mention Bagger 288?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288

Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pb00bMg1iE

Pop Culture Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow

unwind2y ago

The 293 [1] was already linked in the article so ... no? :)

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_293

defrost2y ago

Heh. The late model is (hopefully) more impressive .. but the key question is did it get it's own song and cult following on the intertubes? :-)

tigerlily2y ago

That's a 16.56 MW bucket excavator! But the conveyor draws 27 MW. Definitely needs its own substation infra. Quite amazing at that size that electric is the way to go.

defrost2y ago

I've spent some time in mining, electricity for heavy excavators has been a thing since the 1970s, even the 100 tonne trucks have had electric motor drives since then (albeit powered by onboard diesal engines that generate the power to banks that run the individual per wheel drive engines and regen charge from braking.

The next great leap forward is projects such as the "Infinity Train" that aim to recover electricity from the annual lowering of almost a billion tonne of iron ore per annum to sea level from an inland height of some 600m above MSL.

flohofwoe2y ago

It was impressive driving by those behemoth digging machines when I travelled by train to Berlin in the 90's. Now two and a half decades later most of the East German lignite mines have been turned into lakes surrounded by nature. Definitely a change for the better :)

thih92y ago

Google street view from the excavation site, showing other machines and F60 further in the distance: https://www.google.de/maps/@51.5812302,14.2375135,3a,68.8y,1...

butterknife2y ago

Virtual guide to PRODECO KK1300. Audio in Czech only.

https://www.sdas.cz/prohlidkaprovozu/kk1300/

dimman2y ago

Imagine Parker Schnabel borrowing one of these for a season, that’d be something.

jaystraw2y ago

considering there's only one of them, i'd imagine getting replacement parts is just as hard as getting common parts out bush here heh. minus the reality tv stuff of course

nosrepa2y ago

There's five...

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11 comments

defrost2y ago

Is this the right thread to mention Bagger 288?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288

Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pb00bMg1iE

Pop Culture Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow

unwind2y ago

The 293 [1] was already linked in the article so ... no? :)

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_293

defrost2y ago

Heh. The late model is (hopefully) more impressive .. but the key question is did it get it's own song and cult following on the intertubes? :-)

tigerlily2y ago

That's a 16.56 MW bucket excavator! But the conveyor draws 27 MW. Definitely needs its own substation infra. Quite amazing at that size that electric is the way to go.

defrost2y ago

flohofwoe2y ago

thih92y ago

Google street view from the excavation site, showing other machines and F60 further in the distance: https://www.google.de/maps/@51.5812302,14.2375135,3a,68.8y,1...

butterknife2y ago

Virtual guide to PRODECO KK1300. Audio in Czech only.

https://www.sdas.cz/prohlidkaprovozu/kk1300/

dimman2y ago

Imagine Parker Schnabel borrowing one of these for a season, that’d be something.

jaystraw2y ago

considering there's only one of them, i'd imagine getting replacement parts is just as hard as getting common parts out bush here heh. minus the reality tv stuff of course

nosrepa2y ago

There's five...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse