Hitachi Construction Machinery (Malaysia) Sarawak made history yesterday by delivering three units of new Hitachi EH1100-5 to the proud owner, Global Minerals (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd.
Towering more than four metres high and weighing 45.5 tonnes (nominal payload 63.5 tonnes and target gross machine operating weight of 109 tonnes), the Hitachi EH1100-5 dump truck is one of the biggest suitable for mining operations in Malaysia (it is the smallest in Hitachi range of dump trucks).
The three units are the Hitachi’s first order in Sarawak and Malaysia.
“We bought them because they are proper and actual mining equipment. It will be more lasting, durable and good match with our 120-tonne excavator and machine, apart from improving productivity and efficiency,” said Pan Global Berhad executive chairman Richard Wong.
He added that Hitachi was internationally well-known, thus had reliability.
He said the company chose Hitachi since it (Hitachi) was trying to introduce the machinery to Malaysia and had approached them (Pan Global).
Pan Global is a holding company while Global Minerals is a subsidiary company. The company started exploration in 1985 and went into production in 1988.
Hitachi Construction Machinery Asia and Pacific Pte Ltd managing director Shunya Hashimoto and HCMM managing director Toki Tomoatsu were also present at the official handing-over ceremony.
The EH1100-5 features several advanced technological features to satisfy the requirements of Hitachi’s mining customers. The dump truck has been designed to offer a safer operating environment and exceptional level of comfort, easier access for service and maintenance and higher levels of productivity.
It uses advanced technology like a refined active traction control system for greater control of wheel spin in wet and muddy conditions; optimum shift range transmission to automatically alter the transmission range according to payload results provided by an on-board payload weighing system. It is also equipped with a data logging unit to allow remote monitoring of the truck via satellite, wifi and Wenco.
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (HCMM) is the leading distributor of heavy construction machinery in Malaysia and Singapore. As a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd Japan, and with 15 regional offices and branches in Malaysia and Singapore, the company offers expertise and best practices in all local markets it has presence in.
For more than 29 years, HCMM has offered the best-in-class heavy construction machinery, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, rigid dump trucks and others for the construction, infrastructure-related, plantation, scrap-metal handling, quarry, mining and forestry industries.
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