Dan Funcannon, senior vice president of Surface Haulage, Komatsu, Joachim Braun, division president for ABB Process Industries, Brian Fox, senior vice president of mining strategy & innovation at Komatsu, Max Luedtke, global business line manager for mining, ABB Process Industries. Image: Komatsu
Komatsu has announced a strategic partnership with ABB to bring plans for an electrification platform to life.
The development of these integrated solutions is expected to range from renewable energy generation to fully electrified mining equipment. The collaboration between Komatsu and ABB is geared toward reducing diesel consumption and transitioning toward electrified mining equipment to help operators meet greenhouse gas reduction targets.
“We’re pleased to embark on this collaboration with ABB and are excited to leverage one another’s industry-leading products and technological expertise to help move mining operations toward net zero emissions, empowering a sustainable future where people, business, and the planet thrive together,” Dan Funcannon, senior vice president of surface haulage for Komatsu, said.
ABB and Komatsu share the belief that innovation will continue to be the “catalyst” for mining customers to reach their carbon reduction goals. With this in mind, they are focused on providing solutions to meet the needs of heavy industries with a focus on haulage, loading, and auxiliary equipment. This approach will build a comprehensive portfolio of production and support equipment to accelerate adoption into customer operations, according to the two companies.
“By working together, we will tackle electrification and make a revolutionary difference to the way mining companies operate their sites in the near future,” Joachim Braun, division president at ABB Process Industries, said.
“We recognise the strategic importance of this agreement and believe there will be mutual business benefits and potential technology solutions for the mining market. Collaboration across the industry has already been proven to enable real and faster progress and we look forward to driving what happens next.”
Customers will be able to see the collaboration first-hand at the Komatsu booth at MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas from September 24 to 26. The booth will be in Central Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center and feature the ABB eMine Robot Automated Connection Device (ACD). The Robot ACD is planned to be a fully automated interoperable connection device part of the eMine FastCharge solution for future battery-electric trucks.
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