Project Complete!
Gemini’s Welding, Fabrication & Heavy Equipment Repair Facility saw another Dipper leave for a Ft. McMurray mine where it will be mounted on a Bucyrus 495 BI Electric Rope Shovel. Refurbishment on this type of Heavy Mine Equipment is literally no small feat. Undoubtedly, this must have turned some heads on the Anthony Henday Drive (a major freeway that encircles Edmonton) as well as HWY 63.
Undoubtedly, this must have turned some heads on the Anthony Henday Drive…
The Heavy Equipment Repair Team utilized a great deal of technical and trades resources to complete this Dipper project including: certified inspectors, NDE, crack repair, expendable wear component replacement, machining, millwrighting, welding & fabrication, overlay, build-up, critical alignment & assembly, and more.
Transporting this behemoth more than 450 km safely definitely takes some specialized equipment and a team of oversize load professionals. Two heavy lift mobile cranes with a combined 230 Ton lift capacity were used to maneuver the almost 168000 lb Dipper onto a hammock style conventional trailer.
As shown below, the coordinated effort of Gemini Machine Works and our Heavy Haul partners to get this massive component on the road and to its destination – professionally and safely.
