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FEB 2016

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C losing the Circle With LINCS II O n e o f t h e c e n t r a l f e a t u r e s t h a t a l l o f J o y ' s l o a d e r s h a v e i n c o m m o n i s t h e LINCS II integrated control and monitor- ing system. The platform, which controls a loader's functions, allows for vital oper- ating parameters to be monitored and observed with real-time feedback, even sending that data to a remote location for collection and analysis. The result, aside from the obvious benefit of time a n d c o s t s a v i n g s , i s e n h a n c e d o p e r a - tional safety. The dash-mounted touchscreen sys- tem provides the operator instant speci- f i c a t i o n i n c l u d i n g b u c k e t h e i g h t a n d angle, individual bucket payload, cumu- lative truck loads, elapsed time per load- i n g c y c l e , t o t a l t o n s m o v e d , a v a i l a b l e fuel, vehicle speed and even the temper- ature of the unit's coolant. LINCS II can also keep a loader opera- tor from executing inappropriate com- mands, such as lifting loads beyond the machine's safe loading weight. Also, a color-coded alarm system provides instant warnings on urgent issues: red alarms for a failure that could result in catastrophic damage or personal injury; yellow warnings for an issue affecting machine performance; or blue preventive maintenance alerts to indicate something is out of tolerance and should be repaired or replaced as soon as possible. Should a loader operator need to move to another machine of a different model, the same interface can be found across the Joy line — as well as the same build technology from the inside out. "If a mine owns any one of these mod- els, it can easily operate and be strategic in parts inventory and technology, and operators need to learn only one operat- i n g s y s t e m , " F l e e t s a i d . " T h e r e i s t h a t commonality across all five models." f r o n t - e n d l o a d e r s c o n t i n u e d February 2016 www.coalage.com 35 Joy's largest loader is the L2350, with a standard payload of 160,000 pounds of lift capacity.

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