#336 Gravity-Powered Heavy Haul – Engineering Matters Awards winners

03/07/2025 23 min
#336 Gravity-Powered Heavy Haul – Engineering Matters Awards winners

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At a quarry in Turkey, heavy haul trucks are carrying hundreds of tonnes of materials, with no external power. It’s not quite perpetual motion, but it is removing the need for diesel or cables on a hard working site. NUH Cement commissioned ABB to repower a 30-year-old Euclid haul truck. The truck collects loads from...
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