EX1200-6 - Hitachi

Exceptionallygreat production.Why do customers choose Hitachi?n High availabilityn Low operating costn Better fuel economyn Lower maintenance requirementsWe build machines designed to earn your trust. We believethat with Hitachi, you’re getting the best-operating hydraulicmining shovel or backhoe money can buy. Obviously a lotof customers agree. We have delivered over 600 units ofthe EX1200 model and over 400 units of the previous modelsin the 90- to 110-ton class size to all parts of the world, manyto repeat customers.Less downtime means more production — and the EX-6Series features cutting-edge technologies for reducingdowntime and maintenance costs. For example, all modelsare equipped with a highly sophisticated monitoring system.The LCD monitor displays large gauges, warning lights, anddetailed information about maintenance intervals with pushbuttonease. There is also a convenient plug-in for downloadingthis same information to a PDA or laptop computer.Exceptional production also comes from the length of timeit takes to fill a truck. Hitachi mining shovels feature anexclusive auto-level crowd mechanism, allowing for easyone-lever crowding of the bucket into the material at a constantlevel, to keep a cleaner floor and increase bucket fill.Hitachi’s unique hydraulic system tops the industry forsmooth, combined bucket-tilt, boom-raise, and machineswingaction. The result is a consistent 25- to 30-secondloading effort, pass after pass, day after day.n BOOM-RECIRCULATION SYSTEM:Oil is efficiently recirculated in theboom circuit when the boom lowers,delivering more pressurizedoil to the arm from the pump toincrease arm-lowering speed incombined operation of the boomand arm.40-ton ADT EH750-3 EH1100-3Passes to fill Backhoe: 3–4 3–5 5–7Hitachi truck Front Shovel: 5–6 6–7Truck capacities 40-ton ADT EH750-3 EH1100-340 ton (35.7 tonnes) 42 ton (38.0 tonnes) 65 ton (59.0 tonnes)10