P&H Mining Equipment 4100 AC Mining Shovel Walkthrough - YouTube

You manage a remote and vast production landscape

Your focus is on the safe and efficient production of a valuable commodity

such as copper, coal, petroleum, phosphates or gold

your success depends in large part on optimized productivity and reliability performance from

the equipment and systems in which you've invested

on balance you like the performance and support you obtain from trusted equipment suppliers

and you count on them

to continually push the technology to higher levels of performance excellence for

lower cost operations

in support of your ever-higher requirements something new

and exciting is on the horizon

in fact

it's here today

the next generation AC drive

4100 class shovels from

P&H Mining Equipment

this is what you get when you take the worlds finest loading tool

harness it

to a powerful P&H Centurion control platform

then apply it to

a state-of-the-art AC Drive System

with our new AC Drive 4100 class shovels

P&H

gives you the rugged, intelligent, productive and reliable loading tools you need

to help control costs

and make your operation more productive and profitable

and perhaps nowhere is the value of these shovels more evidence

than the operators cab

here is where the powerful linkages of the AC drive

and Centurion control systems

come together

they give the operator exceptional communication command and control

optimizing both man

and machine performance throughout the entire dig cycle

thanks to advanced ergonomics superb sightlines and instant access to machine performance

and health information

the operator can be exceptionally comfortable and productive

no matter how hot, how cold

or how long the shift

and while the operators shift my end

the machine keeps working

at the center of it all

is the Centurion control system

this is Centurion

it continuously monitors controls and optimizes

the entire shovel system

through a fiber optic network

and a rugged and sophisticated drive system

smoothly delivers best dynamic AC motor response for optimal shovel performance

working together

the AC drive and Centurion systems

actively monitor shovel hoist and crowd thrust forces on the dipper and its handle

while a program called Opti-Dig

helps to balance those forces

to prevent “dipper stalling” in the bank

for fast

low cost loading

Centurion also monitors the dig cycle to manage unwanted boom jacking

thanks to an automatic boom soft set-down procedure

it also provides shovel health and performance information

in real-time to mine operations and maintenance

including shovel production information such as Payload

and temperature trends in the motors

it also tracts system faults and provides

root-cause diagnostics

to help reduce maintenance costs

one of the most impressive setups on a machine deck

is this powerful tandem

of P&H model 8412 AC hoist motors

P&H motor design goes back a long way over a hundred years

and this dual set of hoist motors deliver

about 3,200 continuous

horsepower at 690 volts

and nearly 4000 peak horsepower if needed

these are rugged

Mining – duty motors, designed and built with high-quality brass bearing seals

and feature optimized matching of rotor inertia

to reflected load inertia

and each motor

has its own spring set air release disc brake

These rugged hoist motors are matched

to one of the great hoist transmission gear-cases in the industry

The gear case features thick steel-plate construction with convenient inspection portals and

lifting lugs

inside

are P&H crafted shafts, pinions and gears

heat treated and ground for whisper quiet meshing

in a cooled and filtered splash lubricated environment

on the output side

is a 68 inch diameter hoist drum

designed for extended rope life

a remote control hoist pendant and dual electric winch tuggers are standard equipment for efficient

hoist rope change-outs

but superior design, quality craftsmanship and raw power

can’t put material in the dipper

without a hoist and crowd system to match

And it all starts

with the P&H designed

twin-legged dipper handle

the P&H straddle design dipper handle is built to take full advantage of

those few seconds

of optimized forward crowd thrust

combined with powerful upward hoist force for peak digging ability

and to keep the shovel at peak efficiency with a minimum of maintenance

P&H features and an adjustable saddle-block

system making adjustments

fast and easy

AC Drive 4100 class shovels obtain significant gains in hoist and crowd force

thanks to a combination of factors

they include the rugged P&H boom

with its traditionally wide base

mounted to a revolving frame

These shovels deliver uniform optimal digging force across the entire horizontal cutting

edge of the dipper

resulting in minimal voids. It means these shovels are most effective

during those few seconds of cycle time

that the dipper is in the bank

That’s premium digging power

for lower cost-per-ton.

and the lower works consisting of the car body crawler frames and belts

is the most rugged and advanced in the mining industry today

the car body is based on nearly a century of P&H engineering and manufacturing technology

up to and including modern F.E.A

and decades of customer feedback

from some of the world's toughest mining environments

the crawler system features rugged P&H motors and planetary transmissions

DELTA technology

provides smooth crawler belt engagement agile machine positioning

and enduring performance with reduced maintenance

To help further reduce the cost of ownership

all P&H 4100 class shovels are designed and built with modular systems

and components

for ease of access and maintainability

over the long haul the value of these shovels is optimized with lifecycle management support

from the same expert team of P&H MinePro service technicians

that assembled them

and because of their experience and expertise

you get higher productivity

solid reliability

lover cost-per-ton and the highest value

for your mining operation

and thanks to our efficient high performance AC motors and drives in each and every

P&H shovel

your operation will have a significantly smaller carbon-footprint

verses diesel powered machines

the AC drive 4100 series shovels are here now

and ready to give you

higher productivity

long-term reliable

unmatched efficiency and lower cost-per-ton

AC Drive shovels

from P&H Mining Equipment