Case Study

Tram Line in Mining Operation

Tram Line in Mining Operation

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Many thought Yaskawa’s distributor stepped off the deep end when they accepted the challenge to smooth out the operation of a tram line carrying gypsum rock. The tram line, in operation at an Alabaster, Mich. quarry, moves three-ton buckets of gypsum over Lake Huron shallows to a deep- water bin for loading onto deep draft cargo carriers. Utilizing three cables, including one with a length of more than 13,000 feet in a continuous loop, the tram l

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