Wabtec’s Fort Worth Plant Celebrates its 5,000th Mining Wheel Delivery
April 11 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) celebrated the 5,000th mining drive system
wheel built at its plant in Fort Worth, TX. The milestone
highlights the commercial success of the mining wheel for
heavy-haul mining trucks, which set the standard for reliable and
fuel-efficient performance in the mining industry.
“In a decade, this team helped start up Wabtec’s mining plant
and build 5,000 high-quality mining wheels for our customers,” said
Rogerio Mendonca, Wabtec’s President of Freight Equipment. “Their
efforts have positioned Wabtec’s electric drive system as the
leader in the mining industry. That success is a tribute to our
customers, employees, and suppliers. They are essential to the
success and strong performance of these mining wheels.”
Wabtec started building mining components at the Fort Worth
plant in 2012. The achievement builds upon Wabtec’s long history of
producing drive systems for the mining industry. Wabtec introduced
the first commercially viable electric drive system for large
mining haul trucks in the early 1960s. With high-quality and
service-proven transmission and electric components, the company is
the recognized industry leader in electric drive systems ranging
from 150 - 400-ton capacity and has delivered more than 10,000
drive systems to customers worldwide and over 1 billion hours of
proven operation. The wheel drive systems built at the Fort Worth
plant for 400-ton mining trucks provide more tractive effort than
two locomotives combined. Wabtec’s technology also delivers roughly
5 percent fuel savings over mechanical drive-powered mining trucks,
helping mines realize their emission reduction goals.
“We are experiencing significant demand for our mining equipment
as customers look to invest in mining electrification to improve
efficiency and lower costs,” said Bappa Banerjee, Wabtec’s Vice
President of Mining Equipment. “We are confident in our mining
business and are optimistic that demand will continue to accelerate
for our products that help our customers get mineral and energy
resources out of the mine and into the marketplace in a sustainable
manner.”
Wabtec’s electric propulsion and electric auxiliaries also will
be important enablers for the transition of mining trucks to
alternative fuel sources, including natural gas, trolley, battery,
and hydrogen fuel cell. Under trolley operation, it is estimated
that a Wabtec-powered mining truck could reduce diesel consumption
at a mine site by over 50 percent – thereby reducing both cost and
emissions.
In addition to drive systems, Wabtec’s presence in the mining
industry continues to grow. Wabtec offers a Digital Mine portfolio,
cable reels, slip rings, pantographs, Shuttlewagons, trolley
systems, cooling systems and more. When combined, these solutions
can offer a more complete product offering to our customers and
unlock additional safety and electrification benefits.
About Wabtec
Wabtec Corporation is focused on creating transportation
solutions that move and improve the world. The company is a leading
global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and
value-added services for the freight and transit rail industries,
as well as the mining, marine and industrial markets. Wabtec has
been a leader in the rail industry for over 150 years and has a
vision to achieve a zero-emission rail system in the U.S. and
worldwide. The company has approximately 27,000 employees located
at facilities in 50 countries throughout the world. Visit Wabtec’s
website at: www.wabteccorp.com.
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