Hydraulic excavator-assisted dozer production method.

The use of cast blasting and production dozing is a common method for improving dragline or mobile equipment overburden removal. A hydraulic excavator can form a cost-effective and productive enhancement to a dozer system in the part of the process that requires the dozers to cut material away from the highwall in removing the material and casting it to the dozers, as long as it is used more than 25% to 30% of the time. By freeing up the dozers for more productive work, system productivity increases by 25% and the cost per unit volume excavated is reduced by up to 10%. Dozer fleets can be sized to matched a specific production schedule or to balance with an excavator's production.
The use of cast blasting and production dozing is a common method for improving dragline or mobile equipment overburden removal. A hydraulic excavator can form a cost-effective and productive enhancement to a dozer system in the part of the process that requires the dozers to cut material away from the highwall in removing the material and casting it to the dozers, as long as it is used more than 25% to 30% of the time. By freeing up the dozers for more productive work, system productivity increases by 25% and the cost per unit volume excavated is reduced by up to 10%. Dozer fleets can be sized to matched a specific production schedule or to balance with an excavator's production.