Safe Operation of All-Wheel Drive Articulated Dump Trucks on Large Slopes in Deep Open-Pit Mines

Abstract

The analysis have been carried out for the production of all-wheel drive articulated dump trucks. The practical experience of operation of dump trucks as open-pit transport has been analyzed. The paper describes the technical characteristics of some models of articulated dump trucks of Russian and Belarusian production. The paper describes the examples of transportation of rock mass at enterprises of Russia and abroad. The paper points up the special aspects for making the organizational, technological and design decisions in the implementation of articulated dump trucks. The paper shows the experience of operation of all-wheel drive articulated dump trucks in open-pit mining. It has been established that articulated dump trucks allow to increase the efficiency of mine development at the stage of construction and commissioning of mining and processing plants, especially in geographically remote and inaccessible territories The measures have been developed for safe operation of all-wheel drive articulated dump trucks in open-pit mining at the development of deep-seated mineral deposits.To implement the program of import substitution of all-wheel drive articulated dump trucks it is necessary to perform market research to study the possible market of consumption of vehicles of this class at open-pit mining operations in order to justify the prospects for provision of the Russian production market.