Loading and hauling of waste material (Arkose)

Loose material density

2.0 g/cm3

Loading by hydraulic excavator Komatsu PC2000

Rated bucket fill factor, SAE 2:1

11 m3

consider bucket fill factor

0.9

Loading cycle

First bucket

0.17 min

Each additional bucket

0.5 min

Truck exchange time

0.5 min

Loader maximum hourly utilization

50 min

Hourly internal charge for shovel

1866 N$/hr

Hauling by off highway rigid frame truck CAT 777D

Rated truck payload

92.2 tons

Travel time loaded

9.70 min

Dump time

0.7 min

Return time

7.20 min

Hourly charge per truck

1335 N$/hr

Hourly production required

1212.2 tons