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The Dragline
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Rigging Configuration
Marion 8750
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78 Cubic yards
European Mining Team Workshop March 2007
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Dragline Synthesis
Scale Testing
Soil Modeling
Dynamic Simulation
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Product
Test Lab
DLS Demonstration
Height
Length
Inside Lip Width
European Mining Team Workshop March 2007
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RPM II Design
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Pull Point
CG
Dig Angle
European Mining Team Workshop March 2007
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RPMII Features
Lower Trunnion
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Replaceable Basket
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Coal
Seam
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Bucket sales and Rigging package sales are usually handled DIRECT
between ESCO & End User
Dealers receive a Finders Fee (Schedule provided) and get the
replacement parts business
OEMs are Bucyrus International and P & H.
They are also competitors
P & H buys some spare parts.
Alliance Bucket
Joint effort with Bucyrus International
Combines the best, patented features of Bucyrus bucket with ESCO bucket.
Not sold through dealers No finders fee.
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ESCOs Patented
Reverse Spade Lip
And Geometry
European Mining Team Workshop March 2007
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Common Inquiries
I have a Serial Number, I need a Parts List.
ESCO Serial #s date back all the way to the
1930s
Not
in
Oracle
In
Oracle
100 2000
2000 Series
3000 Series
4000 Series
6000 Series
8000 Series
20,000 22,650
32,000 32,9XX (Current Series)
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Common Inquiries
I need a quote on a 1 yard bucket
ESCO no longer offers or quotes buckets
smaller than 20 yards
Sizes offered are from 20 yards to 166 yards
(or larger if needed)
Individual Parts & Rigging Package conversion
forms are available in the Mining Spec Book
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Common Inquiries
Bucket RFQ Forms are
available
electronically on P:Mining
Division/Mining Product
Teams/Capital
Products/Public/Quote Forms &
Sales Support
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Common Inquiries
I need a drawing for bucket S/N XXXXX
Run all requests for this by
Product Manager/Lead Engineer.
We may have an X drawing, be able to
give a simple dimension , or be able to
doctor something up to meet a certain
request.
However, as a general rule, ESCO does not
send out drawings or major dimensions for
dragline items.
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Before
After
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Dragline Rigging
Light Weight
Durability
Fewer Pieces
Optimum geometry for maximum production;
tailored to the bucket for optimum
performance
Never underestimate the influence rigging can
have on bucket productivity
European Mining Team Workshop March 2007
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Rigging Configuration
Marion 8750
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Troubleshooting
Bucket inspections
Rigging inspections
Rebuild and
maintenance
practices
Lip measurement
Rigging component
measurement
European Mining Team Workshop March 2007
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Bucket Competition
P&H
Bucyrus International
CQMS
Wright
VR Steel
Hendrix
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Bucket Competition
P&H
Old Design
Heavy FER
Fabricated Arch
High Trunnion Lazy Dump
Heavy Duty Construction
Dig Aggressive
Not Good for Cleaning Coal
Some New Machines in Australia
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Bucket Competition
Bucyrus International
Hi-Pro buckets
Inside Trunnion
Tube Arch Weak
Lazy Dumping
Dont Hang Vertical
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Bucket Competition
CQMS
Earth Eater Traditional Bucket
Heavy Front End Ring
Similar to Mark IV Construction
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Bucket Competition
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Bucket Competition
Wright
Strengths
CAT owned
Good Productivity
Weaknesses
Maintenance Problems
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Rigging Competition
Columbia Steel:
Strengths
Price
Product Performance
Weakness
Lack of innovation historically
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Chain Terminology
Common Inquiries
I need a quote on some chain
Hi-Life II Drag Chain
Features:
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Chain Terminology
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Chain Terminology
400SS20
Refers to the
chain size, in this
case 4 inch
Refers to the
end links, either
Stud or Pear
Refers to the
total # of links
between the end
links
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Chain Terminology
Examples:
412PP20 4.5 chain, Pear links on each
end, 20 links in between the end links
300S312P312-9 would consist of (7) 3
inch intermediates, (2) 3.5 step up links,
a 3.5 Stud link on one end, and a 3.5
Pear end link on the other end.
Field Terminology
7 & 2 or 7 +2 Means 7 intermediate
links and 2 end links.
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Chain Terminology
Common Inquiries
I need a quote on a socket
ESCO utilizes Long Bowl sockets
TM
Chain Terminology
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My Expectations of You
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Questions
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