MEDATech’s Control System design and development provide a broad range of capabilities, including CanBus, GPS, Automation, PLC, GUI development and much more.
This core competency allows MEDATech develop world class systems – resulting in rapid and effective development. We posses the ability to develop complete, partial or upgraded systems, with a proven track record in delivering effective designs.
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Teck to pilot AltDrive on-highway truck at Highland Valley Copper operations
Teck Resources and MEDATech just announced the planned pilot of a fully electric on-highway truck to haul copper concentrate, marking the first use of a battery-electric truck to do so, worldwide. The truck will ply a route from Teck’s Highland Valley Copper Operations (HVC) in south central British Columbia (B.C.) to a rail loading facility … Read more
Announcing a rugged, space-saving battery thermal management unit (BTMU) for industrial electric vehicles
Equipping big, off-road vehicles with batteries is expensive. The lithium-ion cells required for a single battery-electric haul truck could run as high as USD $1,000,000. There are 2 ways to get top performance and make them last years longer: follow a set charge/discharge schedule, and to keep them modulating optimally at a given ambient temperature. … Read more
Accelerating net-zero mining with ABB & AWS
MEDATech, together with ABB and Amazon Web Services, has developed a proof-of-concept for digitally-integrated battery-electric mining operations. The solution includes our all-electric haul truck and brand-agnostic vehicle-level telematics systems, together with the ABB Ability Operations Management System (OMS) and AWS’ Internet of Things (IoT). It’s just what the industry needs to move quickly towards net-zero emissions goals.
Automated, remote data analysis for any machine
MEDATech takes telematics to the next level As you may know, telematics is the technology of sending, receiving and storing information using telecommunication devices to interface with remote objects. It’s a high-value part of the Internet of Things (IoT), the rapidly growing network of physical objects—from smart appliances to industrial inventory systems—that can transmit and … Read more
New pilot ultra-fast charging for mining BEVs has arrived
When MEDATech and ABB decided to partner on an ultra-fast charge solution pilot for underground and surface battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), they were addressing a big worry in the mining industry: that BEVs couldn’t keep up the same work schedule as diesel machines. The new prototype ultra-fast charging solution for heavy-duty applications changes all that: BEVs … Read more
How to choose the best industrial lithium battery
How to choose the best industrial lithium battery I recently returned from a large equipment Expo. My goal there was to understand the state of the heavy equipment industry with respect to adapting EV (electric vehicle) technology. There were several machines on display billed as either “Hybrid” or “Electric” but what really caught my attention was … Read more
The Mine Electrification Transition Has Begun
Together with ABB Power System & Charging Solutions and others, MEDATech is paving the way to wholesale mine electrification, from all-electric BEVs with double the torque of their diesel counterparts, to ultra-fast charging. Read the full International Mining article.
ABB and MEDATech team up to tackle mine decarbonisation
‘Decarbonize’ is a great word, no matter how you spell it. Read the full International Mining article on our plans to “decarbonise mining operations through charging solutions and optimised electric drive systems in battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) for heavy-duty applications.” Read the full International Mining article
The ‘Deswik’ of Underground Fleet Electric Vehicle Electrification
After four years of development, MEDATech’s Electric Vehicle Fleet Optimization Software (EV-FOS) launched at MINExpo 2021. Built in MATLAB in collaboration with McMaster University’s Bauman Lab for Electrified Powertrain Research, our software delivers mine ROI metrics of many kinds, including dollars per tonne. Read the full International Mining article
A battery-electric locomotive for precision mining
AltDrive Rail Locomotive When Fred Stanford, former President & CEO of Torex Gold Resources first imagined a more efficient way to mine ore, he foresaw a return to rail. The culmination of this thought, over 30 years later, is the Muckahi System engineered by MEDATech in close collaboration with Stanford. Muckahi is a monorail mining … Read more