OREANDA-NEWS. The second excavator EKG-12A produced by Uralmashplant is ready for operation at Kovdorskiy GOK. The second machine for Murmansk oblast was ordered after one year of successful operation of the previous machiine.
The second excavator EKG-12A produced by Uralmashplant is ready for operation at Kovdorskiy GOK. The second machine for Murmansk oblast was ordered after one year of successful operation of the previous machiine.
The first machine EKG-12A was put into commercial operation at Kovdorskiy GOK one year ago. During this period the machine worked for 8010 hours. Another 2310 hours were spent for nonproductive operation: face preparation, movement of large-size ore pieces which could damage dumpers' bodies. In the whole the excavator loaded 2.75 million cubic meters of iron ore.

EKG-12A is an efficient and high-technology machine designed for operation in heavy mining and geological conditions and under extreme climatic conditions. It is used for loading ore on different types of transport. The first EKG-12A is equipped with modern electrical drive providing for required capacity and saving of electric power and service life increase. The machine is equipped with information system that allows monitoring of machine units and systems in a real-time. The operators" cabin is equipped with filtering equipment preventing ingress of dust and noxious gases.

The second excavator EKG-12A was shipped to the enterprise in summer 2013: the machine is already assembled and adjusted, the crew passed training. As soon as there's enough work at the enterprise for the second excavator, the machine will be put into commercial operation.
At present UZTM crushers KRD-700, KSD-2200, KMD-2200 operate at Kovdorskiy GOK.

The joint-stock company "Uralmashplant" is one of the leaders on the Russian market of equipment for metallurgy, mining industry, oil and gas industry, building materials industry and power engineering industry. The strategy of the company's development aims at creation of a world-class machine-building company, capable to completely fulfill all equipment requirements a customer may have.
With support of the principal shareholder - Gazprombank - Uralmashplant has developed and is implementing an investment program providing for fundamental modernization of metallurgical, forging, welding, assembling and other production facilities.