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As an engineering, consulting and strategic manufacturing company in the heavy mobile equipment space, we are committed to solving the puzzles our customers bring…
MEDATECH, ELECTRIFED MOTORS TEAM UP
MEDATECH, ELECTRIFED MOTORS TEAM UP TO PROVIDE EV DRIVETRAIN POWER OPTIONALITY TO OFF-HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS & END-USERS Companies combine electrification expertise to broaden AltDrive…
A Groundbreaking ITH-Raise Drill
How many types of drill rigs are required for underground mining? Until recently, the answer was ‘many’. But a new ITH-raise drill from MEDATech…
Major Drilling and the RodBot™ Robotic Rod Handler
‘Better workplace safety’ has gradually become the mantra of businesses around the world and safety istop of mind for Major Drilling, one of the…
Choosing The Right Electric Vehicle?
The science behind EV fleet planning Industrial battery-electric vehicles work as hard or harder than diesel versions, with clear environmental and health benefits. You…
Don MacLean: the passing of a legend
Don “Ducky” MacLean made ‘MacLean Engineering’ a name brand in the mining industry, worldwide. Unfortunately for all of us, we lost Don last Thursday.…
Battery-electric Kits Hit the Market
Building an industrial battery-electric vehicle (BEV) just got a whole lot easier. MEDATech AltDrive isnow offering complete BEV powertrains kits that fit existing engine…
WaterBox – A Water Pump Built For Water-Hammer Drills
Down-the-hole (DTH) water-hammer drilling (also known as ‘Wassara drilling’) is used in sensitive drilling situations. One challenge with this kind of drilling has always…
20th anniversary
A dynamic team From Rob’s house, MEDATech moved to a tiny unit on Hurontario Street next to where the Wild Stand is today. From…
Building High-Voltage Power Distribution Units
HV PDUs for heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles As you might imagine, every electric vehicle comes with a panel that handles power distribution. Current from the…
MEDATech teams up with Queen’s Engineering
When you have a puzzle to solve, it is sometimes helpful to define the task and then provide ‘guardrails’ rather than prescribe a methodology…
RodBot – The Hydraulic Robotic Pipe Handler
MEDATech Borterra’s RodBot™ is a robotic drill-rod handler that boosts workplace safety. Designed specifically for loading and unloading drill rods and casing, RodBot cuts…
Robotics in Drilling: Safety & Production
According to Mining-technology.com, industrial robotics sector revenues are forecast to grow from $14.6 billion in 2020 to $352.1 billion by 2030. That’s an increase…
Hometown proud!
Some nice hometown media attention spotlighting MEDATech AltDrive powertrains and the team that built our latest! Learn how we build and who put our…
World first: a precision water pump for DTH drilling
MEDATech Borterra WaterBox™ water hammer drill pump digital controls deliver precise pressure and flowrate The MEDATech Borterra WaterBox™ is a self-contained diesel- or electric-powered…
Counting on Canada
Canada’s mining technology and services specialists, especially those based in historic mining hubs like Sudbury and North Bay, continue to play an important role…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The World’s First Fast Charge-Ready 100% Electric Haul Truck
Along with partners Tardif and ABB, we are pleased to release a 24-Ton all-electric haul truck that is super-fast charge capable. Runs 24/7 with…
Fast charging beats battery swapping for underground electric haul trucks
August 11, 2020 Share This We co-authored a paper that summarizes the results of battery swapping versus fast charging for the hardest-working vehicles underground.…
Remembering Barry Hawton
I first met Barry Hawton when I moved to Collingwood in February of 1992. I was starting my new job at MacLean Engineering and…
MEDATech Co-Sponsors 2020 Raymond James Women’s Nor-Am Cup
Medatech Engineering is proud to have co-sponsored the 2020 Raymond James Women’s Nor-Am Cup in Collingwood, Ontario. Athletes in Nor-Am Cup events come from…
Facilities Expansion Underway
The building is well underway! We’re adding 5,000 sq-ft of new shop space and a 10-ton crane to better serve MEDATech’s clients around the…
First Ever All-Electric Open-Pit Mine: The Feasibility Study Will Be Completed By 2018
June 12, 2018 Most of us relate electrification to underground mining for many obvious reasons, lower ventilation requirement and cost optimization being the two…