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MEDATech teams up with Queen’s Engineering
May 9, 2023When 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.
RodBot – The Hydraulic Robotic Pipe Handler
May 8, 2023MEDATech 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
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 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
Hometown proud!
September 22, 2022Some 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
World first: a precision water pump for DTH drilling
July 4, 2022MEDATech 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
Counting on Canada
April 14, 2022Canada’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 to pilot ALTDRIVE on-highway truck at Highland Valley Copper operations
February 22, 2022Teck 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
January 31, 2022Equipping 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
December 21, 2021MEDATech, 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
December 9, 2021MEDATech 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