Giant Syncrude mai yashi mai ya yi waiwaya kan sauyin da ya yi a shekarun 1990 daga dabaran guga zuwa ma'adinin felu na igiya.

Babban ma'aikacin hakar mai yashi Syncrude kwanan nan ya sake duba canjinsa daga keken guga zuwa tirela da hakar ma'adinai a ƙarshen 1990s. "Manyan manyan motoci da shebur - lokacin da kake tunanin hakar ma'adinai a Syncrude a yau, yawanci waɗannan su ne abin da ke zuwa hankali. Duk da haka, idan aka kwatanta da shekaru 20 da suka wuce, masu hakar ma'adinai na Syncrude sun fi girma. Masu kwatankwacin ƙafafun guga na Syncrude sun kasance kusan mita 30 a sama da ƙasa, Tsawon mita 120 (ya fi tsayin filin ƙwallon ƙafa), shi ne ƙarni na farko na kayan yashin mai kuma an yaba da shi a matsayin ƙato a cikin masana'antar hakar ma'adinai. Ranar 11 ga Maris, 1999, lamba 2Bucket Wheel Reclaimerya yi ritaya, wanda ke nuna farkon masana'antar hakar ma'adinai a Syncrude ya canza."
Draglines na tono yashin mai tare da ajiye su a cikin tudu tare da saman ma'adinan kafin samar da hakar ma'adinai a Syncrude ya shiga cikin manyan motoci da ayyukan forklift. jakunkuna da kuma masana'antar hakar." An yi amfani da Reclaimer na bucket 2 akan wurin a Lake Mildred daga 1978 zuwa 1999 kuma shine farkon na masu dawo da dabaran guga guda huɗu a Syncrude. Krupp da O&K ne suka tsara shi na musamman a Jamus kuma an gina shi don aiki akan rukunin yanar gizon mu. Bugu da kari, No 2 ya hako fiye da metric ton na yashin mai a cikin mako guda da sama da tan 460 a tsawon rayuwarsa.”
Yayin da ayyukan hakar ma'adinai na Syncrude ya ga gagarumin ci gaba a cikin amfani da layukan ja da guga, sauye-sauyen zuwa manyan motoci da shebur ya ba da damar ingantacciyar motsi da rage farashin da ke tattare da waɗannan manyan kayan aikin. rike, kamar yadda tsarin isar da iskar gas ke rakiyar wanda ke jigilar busassun yashin mai zuwa hakar. Wannan yana haifar da ƙarin ƙalubale don kula da kayan aiki saboda lokacin da aka saukar da dabaran guga ko na'ura mai alaƙa, za mu rasa kashi 25% na abubuwan da muke samarwa, "in ji Scott Upshall, manajan ma'adinai na Mildred Lake. kayan aikin hakar ma'adinai. Motoci da shebur suna aiki akan ƙananan filaye, wanda ke taimakawa mafi kyawun sarrafa hadawa yayin hakar. A matsayin kayan aikin hakar ma'adinan da suka gabata, girman girman duniya, wanda ba zai yiwu ba shekaru 20 da suka gabata."