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RAD works with some of the largest mining companies in the world – like Suncor and Syncrude – so we understand the pressures faced by mechanics in the industry and have designed tools to help minimize downtime and maximize torque. Worryfree maintenance. The mining industry relies on some of the biggest haul trucks in the world.

Sep 19, 2017· Giant Mining Trucks and Buses Are Smashing Electric Vehicle Records. Size now appears to be no barrier to building competent vehicles without internal combustion engines.

The course was a Suncor sponsored course. I am presently working fulltime as a heavy equipment operator at Suncor and loving it. I wish I could have taken the course 20 years earlier." Jim. Tiffany''s testimonial "I took the Haul Truck Operator course back in 2015. Since then I have been working at Suncor.

"Haul Trucks" are considered to be mining trucks of size HD1500, CAT777, HD1500 Belly Dumps, and larger b. Includes Heavy Haulers modified to be Water trucks ... g. All Transporters (Suncor and Contract Transporters) h. Tow Trucks i. This equipment must follow blind side rule with each other if they meet at an intersection . 5. Light ...

Jul 26, 2015· Driverless trucks could mean ''game over'' for thousands of jobs Open this photo in gallery: Suncor Energy Inc. is working to replace its fleet in the oil sands with autonomous trucks .

Suncor is the first oilsands mining operation to adopt the technology. At present, Suncor has nine selfdriving trucks moving building materials at a job site in Alberta, making it one of the first companies in Canada to use autonomous trucks, according to Reuters.

Syncrude began mining oil sands from Mildred Lake in 1978. Syncrude''s mining operation was very similar to Suncor''s, initially using draglines and bucketwheels to shovel the ore onto conveyors that transported the oil sands to the processing plant. The company transitioned to truckandshovel mining in the late 1990s.

The new 797 trucks will be used to meet increased production levels from existing operations as well as mine expansions. With the delivery of these large mining trucks, Suncor''s fleet of mining trucks will grow to 67 units, of which 51 will be 797s and 16 are 793 model trucks.

Jan 31, 2018· Suncor Energy Inc said on Wednesday that it expected to cut some 400 heavyequipment operator positions over the next six years as it rolls out a fleet of selfdriving trucks at its Canadian oil ...

Jan 31, 2018· About 400 jobs are expected to disappear at Suncor Energy Inc.''s oilsands mines in northern Alberta as it deploys driverless orehauling trucks to .

VISTA Training published an article in the October 2011 issue of Engineering Mining Journal that explains how its TruckLogic™ haul truck training curriculum resulted in a 50% reduction in incidents and a % increase in productivity at Suncor Energy''s oil sands mine near Fort MacMurray, Alberta.

Oct 09, 2019· Knowledge of the mining industry and technology with hydraulic and electric shovels, haul trucks and support equipment; Alignment with our values of: safety above all else, respect, raise the bar, commitments matter and do the right thing; Strong collaboration skills that enables you to build strong, positive relationships with diverse groups

Jan 30, 2018· Suncor is building a fleet of 150 driverless trucks that will cut 400 jobs over the next six years ... Suncor is the first oilsands mining operation to adopt the technology. ... Some of Suncor''s ...

The trucks in Alberta are being used by Canadian oil company Suncor Energy, in a yearlong pilot that started last year. The trucks are manufactured by Japanese company , which has said its autonomous dump trucks had "hauled over one billion tons of overburden and minerals at large

Nov 02, 2007· Great shots of giant trucks used to haul oil sands. Some of the biggest trucks in the world like the enormous Euclid trucks that can haul over 300 .

According to John Meech, a mining engineering professor at the University of British Columbia that spoke to Bloomberg, doing so could carve as much as 15 percent off of Suncor''s operating costs.

Oct 31, 2013· Suncor, Canada''s largest energy company by market value, is the first oilsands operator to test haul trucks run by computers, said Gary Bunio, Suncor.

Aug 20, 2015· Suncor spokesperson Sneh Seetal said via email that each of the new trucks will be "autonomousready," meaning they are capable of operating without a driver. Seetal added that "the technology is proven and has worked in other parts of the world where there are hardrock mining conditions–such as Chile and Australia."

Dec 28, 2016· Each of these trucks is the size of a small twostory house. None has a driver or anyone else on board. Mining company Rio Tinto has 73 of these titans hauling iron ore 24 hours a day at four ...

This month, SMS Equipment deployed the 980E4AT – the largest autonomous truck in commercial operations in the world – into production in Canada at the oil sands operations of Suncor. The 980E4AT is modeled after the proven work horse 930E series.

Oct 17, 2019· Want to work with and be responsible for maintaining the biggest mining equipment as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic at Suncor? If you have both on and offroad certification and are passionate about safety, maintaining heavy equipment, building positive relationships and working within a very dynamic team environment, then this role is definitely ...

Jan 31, 2018· At the Suncor oil sands mine, huge 240 to 380 tonne trucks deliver about 500,000 tonnes of oil sand per day to the ore preparation plants. (Image courtesy of Suncor Energy.

Suncor Energy has announced that it will eliminate approximately 400 full time positions at mining sites in northern Alberta as they deploy a fleet of 150 autonomous trucks over the next few years.

Canada''s oil sands mining industry faces the entry of selfdriving haul trucks as a means to lower operating costs. In an economic environment of low crude oil prices and an unclear future for oil sands mining, is this an investment Suncor Energy should commit to?
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