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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 battery is distributed through fuses to all of the high-voltage loads—traction drive, power steering and brake resistors, for example.  Building HV PDU panels for OEMs When our customers want a panel … Read more

When you have a puzzle to solve, it is sometimes helpful to define the task and then provide ‘guardrails’ rather than prescribe a methodology for solving it. The reason? Different approaches to problem-solving yield different results…. Read more

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 manual rod handling by 95% and reduces the number of people needed on a drill rig, in most cases, to a single operator.  Created by MEDATech’s Borterra drilling division, the hydraulic, … Read more

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 of 37.5%, year over year. What’s driving robotics adoption? Safety, productivity and sustainability, with safety firmly in the lead in industries where hazards abound, such as mining and drilling. Patrick Salvador, … Read more

Some nice hometown media attention spotlighting MEDATech ALTDRIVE powertrains and the team that built our latest! Learn how we build and who put our latest battery-electric heavy hauler together… Read more

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 unit that pumps water at the exact flow rates that DTH water-hammer drills require. We built it to solve a specific problem. The WS6000, a drill with two drilling technologies that … Read more

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 in mines both domestically and around the world. Learn more about today’s most significant Canadian mining tech stories, including ours. Learn how MEDATech is working in partnership with ABB and AWS … Read more

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

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

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…. Read more