6060 Hydraulic Mining Shovel
General
- Engine Output - SAE J1995
- 3023HP
- Bucket Payload
- 67ton (US)
- Operating Weight
- 660ton (US)
- Note
- Specifications shown above apply to Face Shovel configuration. Backhoe and Frontless configurations are also available.
Engine
- Engine Model
- 2 x Cat 3512E
Diesel Engines
- Rated Speed
- 1,800 min-1 (1,800 rpm)
- Number of Cylinders - Each Engine
- 12
- Bore
- 6.69in
- Stroke
- 8.46in
- Displacement
- 3574in³
- Aspiration
- Turbocharged and charge air-cooled
- Components (1)
- Non-DEF Aftertreatment system with Diesel Oxidation Catalysts (DOCs)
- Components (2)
- High-capacity water separator
- Components (3)
- Two-stage fuel filter with series filtration
- Components (4)
- Heavy-duty air filters
- Components (5)
- Microprocessed engine management
- Components (6)
- Hydraulically driven radiator fan with electronically controlled fan speed
- Components (7)
- Exhaust manifold and turbo heat shields
Diesel Engine - Lesser Regulated
- Gross Power - SAE J1995
- 3023HP
- Net Power - ISO 9249
- 2995HP
- Net Power - SAE J1349
- 2977HP
- Emissions
- Optimized for fuel consumption.
Diesel Engine - Highly Regulated
- Gross Power - SAE J1995
- 3023HP
- Net Power - SAE J1349
- 2967HP
- Net Power - ISO 9249
- 2986HP
- Emissions
- Meets U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final emission requirements. These engines participate in the U.S. EPA averaging, banking, and trading provisions.
Electrical System
- System Voltage
- 24 V
- Batteries in Series/Parallel Installation
- 6 x 210 Ah; 12 V each; 630 Ah 24 V in total
- Components (1)
- 6 maintenance-free batteries
- Components (2)
- Lockable battery isolator switch
- Components (3)
- Lockable starter isolator switch
- Components (4)
- 13 LED high-brightness working flood lights
- Components (5)
- 16 LED service lights
- Components (6)
- 2 electric horns (1 cab module; 1 oil cooler module)
Operating Weights
- 6060 FS - Standard Track Pads
- 4.58ft
- 6060 FS - Operating Weight
- 1320110lb
- 6060 FS - Ground Pressure
- 26.6 N/cm2 (38.5 psi)
- Backhoe - Standard Track Pads
- 4.58ft
- Backhoe - Operating Weight
- 1323860lb
- Backhoe - Ground Pressure
- 26.7 N/cm2 (38.7 psi)
- Note
- Operating weights include: base machine, front attachment, standard track pads, standard rock bucket, 100% fuel and lubricants.
Service Refill Capacities
- Fuel Tank
- 3136gal (US)
- Hydraulic Tank
- 1876gal (US)
- Hydraulic System - Including Tank
- 2483gal (US)
- Engine Oil
- 86.6gal (US)
- Cooling System
- 211.4gal (US)
- Swing Drive
- 42.4gal (US)
- Grease Tank
- 188gal (US)
Hydraulic System with Pump Managing System
- Main Pumps - Diesel Version
- 8 variable swash plate pumps
- Main Pumps - Maximum Oil Flow - Diesel Version
- 8 x 650 L/min (8 x 172 gal/min)
- Maximum Pressure - Attachment
- 4640psi
- Maximum Pressure - Travel
- 5220psi
- Swing Pumps - Diesel Version
- 4 reversible swash plate pumps
- Swing Pumps - Maximum Oil Flow - Diesel Version
- 4 x 352 L/min (4 x 93 gal/min)
- Maximum Pressure - Swing Pumps
- 5075psi
Hydraulic Oil Cooling
- Oil Flow of Cooling Pumps
- 4 x 488 L/min (4 x 129 gal/min)
- Components
- 4 cooling fans
- Diameter - Fan
- 46in
- Features (1)
- Cooling system fully independent of all main circuits, i.e. controlled cooling capacity is available whenever engine is running
- Features (2)
- Fan speed and flow of oil to the coolers are thermostatically controlled
- Features (3)
- Extremely high cooling efficiency to ensure optimum oil temperature
- Features (4)
- Gear-type cooling pumps supplying high-volume, low-pressure oil to fans and aluminum coolers
Swing System
- Swing Drive
- 4 compact planetary transmissions with axial piston motors
- Parking Brakes
- Wet multiple disc brake, spring loaded/hydraulically released
- Maximum Swing Speed
- 3.8r/min
- Swing Ring
- Triple-race roller bearing with sealed internal gearing
- Features (1)
- Dirt wipers at swing ring to prevent build-up of debris between swing ring and carbody
- Features (2)
- Closed-loop swing circuit with torque control
- Features (3)
- Hydraulic braking of the swing motion by counteracting control
- Features (4)
- All raceways and the internal gearing of swing ring, supplied by automatic central lubrication system
Undercarriage
- Travel Speed - 1st Stage - Maximum
- 0.68mile/h
- Travel Speed - 2nd Stage - Maximum
- 0.99mile/h
- Maximum Tractive Force
- 661160lb
- Gradeability - Travel Drives - Maximum
- 39%
- Track Pads - Each Side
- 42
- Bottom Rollers - Each Side
- 7
- Support Rollers - Each Side
- 2 plus a skid plate in between
- Travel Drives - Each Side
- 1 planetary transmission with 2 two-stage axial piston motors
- Components (1)
- HD tracks with cast double-grouser track pad
- Components (2)
- HD fixed axle rollers and idlers
- Components (3)
- Hardened running surfaces of sprockets, idlers, rollers, pad links, and teeth contact areas
- Components (4)
- Acoustic travel alarm (forward and reverse)
- Components (5)
- Fully hydraulic, self-adjusting track tensioning system with piston accumulator
- Components (6)
- Automatic hydraulic retarder valve to prevent over-speed on downhill travel
Operator's Cab
- Operator's Eye Level - Approximately
- 24.91ft
- Internal Dimensions of Cab - Length
- 7.33ft
- Internal Dimensions of Cab - Width
- 5.33ft
- Internal Dimensions of Cab - Height
- 6.75ft
- Components (1)
- Single hydraulically driven HVAC System, with dual system option
- Components (2)
- In-floor window with removable grate
- Components (3)
- Pneumatically cushioned and multi-adjustable comfort seat with heating, cooling, and lumbar support
- Components (4)
- Independently adjustable seat consoles with integrated joysticks
- Components (5)
- Operator Protective Guard (Top Guard) (ISO 10262:1998)
- Components (6)
- Elevated full-size trainer seat with safety belt and laptop desk
- Components (7)
- Additional fold-away auxiliary seat with safety belt
- Components (8)
- Operator Presence switch
- Components (9)
- Monitoring system with 254 mm (10 in) touch screen
- Components (10)
- Powered 45 degree access stairway
- Components (11)
- Emergency egress ladder
- Components (12)
- FM/AM radio with USB and AUX input
- Components (13)
- Roller blinds on 3 front windows
- Components (14)
- 3 cup holders
- Components (15)
- Cat Electronic Technician service port
Automatic Lubrication System
- Capacity - Grease Container
- 188gal (US)
- Type (1)
- Dual-circuit system with hydraulically driven heavy-duty pumps and electronic time relay control to adjust the pause/lube times
- Type (2)
- System failures displayed by monitoring system
- Type (3)
- Grease filters (200 µm) between service station and container as well as directly behind grease pump
- Type (4)
- Main lube system connections include: pivot points of attachment, bucket and cylinders, raceways of swing roller bearing, and 2 greasing pinions for the internal gearing of swing ring
Attachments
- Shovel attachment with unique TriPower kinematics ensuring the following main features: (1)
- Automatic roll-back limiter to prevent material spillage; Kinematic assistance to hydraulic forces
- Shovel attachment with unique TriPower kinematics ensuring the following main features: (2)
- Horizontal Automatic constant-angle bucket guidance; Vertical Automatic constant-angle bucket guidance
- Shovel attachment with unique TriPower kinematics ensuring the following main features: (3)
- Constant boom momentum throughout the entire lift arc; Crowd force assistance
- All buckets (FS and BH) are equipped with a wear package consisting of: (1)
- Special liner material covering main wear areas inside and outside of bucket and lip shrouds between teeth
- All buckets (FS and BH) are equipped with a wear package consisting of: (2)
- Wing shrouds on side walls and heel shrouds at bottom edges
- Type (1)
- Catwalks with rails at booms (FS and BH)
- Type (2)
- Guards for shovel cylinders (FS)
- Type (3)
- Pressure-free lowering of boom (FS and BH) and stick (FS) by means of a float valve
- Type (4)
- Service access holes from both sides of boom (FS and BH) and stick (FS)
- Type (5)
- Welding procedures allow for internal counter-welding (double prep weld) wherever possible
- Type (6)
- Booms and sticks are stress-relieved after welding
- Type (7)
- Booms and sticks are torsion-resistant, welded box design of high-tensile steel with massive steel castings at pivot areas
- Type (8)
- Special wear packages for highly abrasive materials available upon request
Digging Forces
- Maximum Crowd Force
- 494410lb
- Maximum Breakout Force
- 388780lb
Working Ranges
- Maximum Digging Height
- 51.17ft
- Maximum Digging Reach
- 54.17ft
- Maximum Digging Depth
- 9.17ft
Standard Bucket Capacity
- Face Shovel (heaped 2:1)
- 44.5yd³
- Backhoe (heaped 1:1)
- 44.5yd³
Backhoe Attachment (BH) - Digging Forces
- Stick Digging Force - ISO
- 295740lb
- Bucket Digging Force - ISO
- 274840lb
Backhoe Attachment (BH) - Working Range
- Maximum Digging Height
- 52.83ft
- Maximum Digging Reach
- 62.33ft
- Maximum Digging Depth
- 29.17ft
Retractable Service Station
- Installation
- Retractable service station installed underneath the engine module and easily accessible from ground.
- Equipped With (1)
- Quick couplings for: Diesel fuel, Engine coolant - left/right engine, Pump transmission gear oil - left/right engine, Engine oil - left/right engine, Hydraulic oil tank, and grease container
- Equipped With (2)
- Cat jump-start socket
- Equipped With (3)
- Indicator lights
Drive System – Balanced Combination of Power and Efficiency
- Meeting Your Site Specific Needs
Durable and Proven Cat 3512E Engines – Offering unsurpassed performance and durability, Cat 3512E engines have been proven to withstand the challenging conditions found at mine sites across the globe. Delivering high power output, proven reliability, and excellent fuel efficiency, 3512E engines keep your primary loading tool producing, while maintaining a low cost of operation, to keep you profitable.
Twin-engine Concept – Stay Up and Running More Consistently
- Keep Producing and Ensure the Safety of Your Operators, Even During Single Engine Loss
You will realize enhanced safety, greater uptime, more productivity, and better serviceability as a result of our twin engine concept.
- Enhanced Safety
The ability to move your shovel to a safe area for repair, away from high walls, blast zones, or other safety hazards, is still possible with the use of a single engine.
- Greater Uptime and More Productivity
65% of full production can still be achieved with the use of a single engine. This is due to the shovel's continued ability to exert maximum digging forces, to lower the front attachment without requiring engine power (i.e., pressure-free), and to recuperate energy via its closed-loop swing circuit.
- Better Serviceability
Troubleshooting is greatly simplified and expedited with the ability to compare one engine versus the other.
Structures – Designed for the Toughest Conditions
- Durable Structures
Based upon state of the art engineering and extensive field testing, redesigned structures translate into maximum life expectancy, durability, and reliability.
Highly durable structures reduce your cost per ton by maximizing uptime and productivity – even in the toughest mining conditions.
Redesigned superstructure frame disperses loads better, especially around the boom foot support area and power module mounts. Increased plate thicknesses contribute to improved performance.
Strengthened undercarriage center frame offers higher structural durability through thicker base plates, carrying the enlarged swing roller bearing.
Face Shovel stick is redesigned in key locations to improve the transition of forces through the structure resulting in longer lifetime, improving your bottom line.
Operator Assist – Attachment Control – Protect Your Largest Asset
- Operate your Equipment with Confidence
Cat Operator Assist - Enhanced Motion Control helps your operator to efficiently utilize the loading tool by improving machine controllability and actively reducing linkage and cylinder mechanical contact, thereby reducing maintenance costs and TCO.
These enhancements allow the operator to confidently load material reducing operator fatigue, improving durability and reliability, all while maximizing the usable linkage range.
- System Details
The new calibration procedure will enhance the controllability of the linkage through improved joystick and implement valve calibration.
Furthermore, the Enhanced Motion Control system will reduce impacts by calculating the linkage position and decelerating the linkage to avoid mechanical contact.
Contacts reduced by Enhanced Motion Control, include: Mechanical contacts with linkage stops, Bucket cylinder end-stroking, Stick cylinder end-stroking, and Boom cylinder end-stroking
TriPower System – Superior Digging Capability and Bucket Fill Factors
- Dig More Effectively with Our Unique TriPower Face Shovel Design
You will experience safer, easier and faster Face Shovel operation with TriPower, a system proven on over a thousand Cat hydraulic mining shovels worldwide. Generating superior mechanical leverage and control, our FS configured hydraulic mining shovels utilize a unique boom design that employs rotatable triangular rockers. This design facilitates quicker cycle times, increased effective lifting force, constant boom momentum, automatic constant bucket angle, and automatic roll-back limiter.
- Quicker Cycle Times
Faster lifting speeds are achieved, because the design enables the use of smaller-diameter boom cylinders.
- Increased Effective Lifting Force
Design transfers digging forces into the superstructure, creating supporting boom momentum in addition to momentum that is generated hydraulically.
- Constant Boom Momentum
Allows smaller boom cylinders for higher lifting speed, keeps lifting speed constant, enables the shovel to lift a single load along the entire digging distance, no retracting of stick cylinders is required, ensuring that all hydraulic pumps are supplying the boom-up function.
- Automatic Constant Bucket Angle
Material spillage is avoided during boom lifting, because the filled bucket automatically maintains a constant bucket angle. On conventional kinematics the operator has to control manually the bucket position during lifting which cut in half the available oil flow for the boom cylinders.
- Automatic Roll-back Limiter
Preventing material spillage back on to the operator’s cab and machine superstructure, our system ensures that the bucket is always in a safe position, without operator control/manipulation, when it is at maximum height. The boom cylinder continues to receive maximum oil flow, because the operator does not need to activate the bucket cylinder.
Hydraulic System – Easy Serviceability and Greater Productivity
- Straightforward, Safe System Maintenance
Ensuring neat organization for safe operation, easy inspection, and fast service, and reducing the number of hoses needed, the main valve block is located on top of the boom.
- Faster Cycle Times
Faster cycle times are realized, because float valves are used to lower the boom instead of engaging pumps. This facilitates faster boom movements and allows other operating functions to occur simultaneously, such as bucket curl and stick in/out.
- Greater Control
Your operators will experience greater control with our five circuit hydraulics, allowing for two cylinder motions, two travel motions, and swing to be controlled simultaneously.
Independent Oil Cooling System – More Effective Oil Cooling for Extended Component Life
- Protect and Extend the Life of Your Hydraulic Components and Seals
Providing a more efficient means of cooling, particularly in demanding applications, our unique independent oil cooling system will extend the life of your hydraulic mining shovel’s components.
- More Efficient Oil Cooling
Our system is independent of return oil, achieving efficiency through the utilization of dedicated pumps that provide cooling capacity as needed, whether the engine is idling or under load. That means optimum oil temperature is being maintained, even while your operator waits for the next truck to load. Competitive hydraulic mining shovels only provide cooling when the machine is working and the engine is under load.
Additional efficiency is achieved via our thermostatically controlled radiator fan speed. The fans do not run until oil temperature exceeds a temperature of 50° C (122° F), saving energy.
- Optimal Oil Temperature Maintained
The highly efficient oil cooling system ensures that the oil temperature is only 25° C to 30° C (45° F to 54° F) higher than the ambient temperature. Thus the hydraulic oil working temperature remains within the optimal operating viscosity range of 50° C to 70° C (122° F to 158° F).
Pump Managing System – Enhanced Efficiency, Component Life, and Control Response
- Experience Improved Machine Control and Component Life, while Reducing Fuel Consumption and Noise Emission, with Our Intelligent Pump Managing System
Delivering optimal performance, our pump managing system continuously evaluates actual engine and hydraulic operating values against set values, and adjusts pump output accordingly. This results in efficient use of the engine for greater productivity.
Pump managing system advantages include: Best possible utilization of engine output and engine overload avoidance via electronic load limit regulation; Less energy consumption and less thermal load on hydraulic oil with zero oil flow regulation for main pumps; Less fuel consumption and lower noise emission via automatic RPM reduction; Reduced component wear and lower noise emission with automatic oil flow reduction for closing/opening of bucket clam; Protection of components with automatic oil flow reduction if hydraulic and/or engine coolant temperature exceed set maximum; Improved operator control response via on-demand pump flow.
Closed-loop Swing Circuit – More Efficient Energy Use and Faster Boom Lift Motion During Swing
- Load More Material, at Lower Cost, with the Energy Recovery Capability of our Closed-loop Swing System
Delivering faster cycle times and improved energy efficiency, while also generating less heat, our closed-loop swing circuit provides distinct advantages over competitive machines utilizing open-circuit swing systems.
- Greater Efficiency Via Energy Recovery
Kinetic energy captured during the swing motion is fed back into the system during deceleration, providing more power to drive the main and auxiliary pumps. Energy is saved during deceleration, because braking occurs via counteracting controls, as opposed to throttles used in open circuit swing systems.
- Energy Savings During Acceleration
Energy is saved during acceleration via torque control, providing a pressure balance valve that controls the swing pump against pressure in the closed-loop swing circuit, ensuring that only the minimum necessary oil flow is utilized at any given time.
- Faster Cycle Times
Faster boom lift motion during swing is achieved with our closed-loop swing system, increasing overall productivity.
Operator’s Cab – Ensuring the Safety and Comfort of Your Operators
- Get Peak Operator Performance with Our Safe and Comfortable Operator's Cab
We understand that the most important factor in your hydraulic shovel's effectiveness is the performance of its operator. To help make their workday as productive as possible, we've incorporated safety and comfort features into the 6060 operator's cab.
- Protection for Your Operator; Every Day, Every Shift
Safety glass is used for all cab windows. Operator’s seat is equipped with integrated safety switch that automatically neutralizes the hydraulic controls when the operator leaves the seat. Position of cab module, approximately 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) high, provides excellent visibility of the digging and loading areas. Cab meets Operator Protective Guard standard ISO 10262:1998 (Top Guard).
- Supporting Peak Operator Performance with Comfort Features
Pneumatically cushioned, multi-adjustable operator's seat. Monitoring system with 254 mm (10 in), transflective color touch-screen display provides vital machine monitoring and diagnostic data for convenient troubleshooting and service assistance. Enhanced control response and servo adjustment capability via electro-hydraulic servo control.
Electronic Control System – Operate with Confidence
- Enhanced Control Response and Optimized Hydraulic Engine Load Management
Help your team meet productivity and performance standards with our intuitive, informative on-board electronics.
- Electro-Hydraulic Servo Control – Enhanced Control Response
The system relays actuating signals from the joysticks, delivering fast and precise machine reactions that reduce operator fatigue.
- Electro-Hydraulic Servo Control – Increased Uptime
Uptime is increased as a result of simplified troubleshooting and advanced diagnostic capabilities, via Cat Electronic Technician service port
- Electro-Hydraulic Servo Control – Greater Operator Comfort
Easier setting of servo control characteristics allow operators to adjust to their preference.
- Electro-Hydraulic Servo Control – Clean and Quiet Cab Environment
No hydraulic lines are present in the cab or the cab module, ensuring a clean arrangement with less noise emission.
- Control and Monitoring Platform (CAMP) – Reduced Control System Inventory
Streamlined system requires only one type of controller for each function (i.e., left side drive train, right side drive train, servo, and auxiliary) reducing the number of required controllers in the system and associated replacement stock.
- Control and Monitoring Platform (CAMP) – Less Fuel Consumption
Engine works in optimal range of performance during the entire digging cycle, reducing fuel burn.
- Control and Monitoring Platform (CAMP) – Increased Component Life
Reduced hydraulic pulsation lessens stress imposed on the engine and hydraulic components.
- Control and Monitoring Platform (CAMP) – Enhanced Operator Comfort
Less vibration and more even machine movement via reduced pressure peaks.
- Control and Monitoring Platform (CAMP) – On-screen Documentation
The Parts book, Technical handbook, and Operating handbook, as well as hydraulic and electric schematics, are available in electronic format.
Cat® MineStar™ System and Technology Solutions – Evolving Your Mine for Greater Safety and Productivity
- Helping You Enhance Safety and Productivity through Technology
Aimed at enhancing the productivity and profitability of your hydraulic mining shovel, we currently offer a combination of Cat MineStar System offerings and Cat hydraulic mining shovel technology solutions.
- Cat MineStar System
Helping you achieve your goals for enhanced mine site safety, improved efficiency, reduced operating costs, and greater profitability, the Cat MineStar System provides the most comprehensive suite of mining technology products in the industry. It consists of a number of configurable capability sets – Fleet, Terrain, Detect, Health, and Command – that allow you to scale the system to your mine site needs. Cat MineStar System helps you manage everything from material tracking to sophisticated real-time fleet management, machine health systems, autonomous equipment, and more.
The Cat 6060 is able to utilize the following Cat MineStar System capability sets: Fleet – Fleet provides real-time machine tracking, assignment and productivity management, providing a comprehensive overview of all your asset operations from anywhere in the world. Terrain – Terrain enables high-precision management of drilling, dragline, grading and loading operations through the use of guidance technology. It increases machine productivity and provides you real-time feedback for improved efficiency. Detect – Detect helps increase operator awareness, enhancing safety at your operation. It includes a range of capabilities designed to assist the operator, including blind spot and proximity detection of fixed and mobile equipment. Health – Health delivers critical event-based machine condition and operating data for your entire fleet. It includes comprehensive equipment health and asset monitoring capabilities, with a wide range of diagnostic, analytic and reporting tools.
- Hydraulic Mining Shovel Technology Solutions – Monitoring and Diagnostic System
Enhancing diagnostic capabilities and providing detailed troubleshooting functions, our monitoring system uses sensors throughout the machine to monitor operating data, record faults, and notify the operator audibly and visually. This promotes the earliest possible detection of faults and allows for timely maintenance planning and assistance for speedy repair.
Loading/Hauling Efficiency – Move More Material with Optimal Pass Match Pairings
- Achieve Targeted Loading/Hauling Production with Perfectly Paired Cat Hydraulic Mining Shovels and Mining Trucks
For full truck payloads with minimum loading time, an efficient loading/hauling system begins with an optimized equipment match. Cat hydraulic mining shovels are matched with Cat mining trucks to maximize volume of material moved at the lowest operating cost per ton.
Front Attachment – Bolstering Your Investment with Robust and Durable Structures
- Rugged Front Attachment Options Designed and Fabricated to Withstand Your Extreme Mining Conditions
To extend service life and ensure that your shovel keeps producing, our Face Shovel attachment structures are designed for durability and dependability. Extended performance in the harsh mining conditions you face daily is accomplished through selection of high-strength steels and rugged castings, joined and thermally stress-relieved, to help you achieve your productivity targets.
- Front Attachment Structures Include:
Heavy castings at all pivot points; Better flow of forces and less welding seams, as top chords are made of one bend plate; Entire boom and stick are stress-relieved after welding; Welding procedures allow for internal welding (double prep weld).
Swing System – Longer Component Life for Better Swing System Reliability
- More Reliable Swing Component Life
Extending component life and ultimately improving machine uptime, our swing system includes a triple-race swing roller bearing with internal gearing connected to an automatic lubrication system.
For added reliability, all lube lines are located inside the roller bearing for maximum protection.
- Service Friendly
Easier maintenance is afforded by the free accessibility of swing gears and rotary distributor.
Undercarriage – Tough and Long-lasting
- Less Wear and Tear on Crawler Components
Cat Heavy Duty undercarriage with cast double-grouser track pad, heavy duty fixed axle rollers and idlers, and fully hdraulic self-adjusting track tensioning system with piston accumulators.
- Key Features of the Cat 6060 Heavy Duty Undercarriage
Designed for high-travel applications. Significant tramming range increases without over-heating will improve productivity and lower operating costs. Eliminates complex central lubrication system with a maintenance free, oil filled, sealed-for-life design.Cat exclusive sealed for life roller and idler system minimizes operating temperatures with reliable sealing and maximum roller and idler life. Cat Duo-Cone™ Seals help ensure lifetime lubrication to extend life.Cat HD tracks are thoroughly hardened for long wear life, unmatched structural support, and resistance to deformation.With over 100 years of undercarriage innovation, you can count on Cat undercarriage parts to get the job done. Caterpillar manufactured and quality tested to ensure productivity and performance.
Safety – Designed with Your Safety as Our Top Priority
Sharing your commitment to safety, and driven by our commitment to Zero Harm, we work tirelessly to design the safest machines possible to protect your most important asset; your employees. That is why we updated the design of the 6060 in accordance with mining best practices, and offer this standard, not as an option or upgrade.
Some examples of the safety-enhancing features of the Cat 6060 hydraulic mining shovel include the following:
- Machine Access
All stairways have 45° angle for safe and comfortable access and movement about the machine; Emergency egress ladder directly adjacent to the operator’s cab; Hydraulically operated boarding ladder with emergency lowering via nitrogen accumulator ensures that ladder remains operational even when engines shut off; Machine swing and propel capability is switched-off when ladder is in down position.
- Service and Maintenance
Improved routing and clamping of hydraulic hoses; Hydraulic hoses and electrical wiring are separated from each other for fire prevention; All service areas are accessible via anti-slip walkways, and trip hazards are minimized; All hot surfaces are covered to prevent burns.
- Electrical System
Cabinet with battery isolation switch, mounted on top deck directly above the battery box, allows quick and easy shut-off of voltage on the entire shovel; Cabinet contains a starter isolator which allows on-board voltage, but prevents starting of engines.
- Emergency Shut-offs
An easily accessible, standard shut-off switch located in the cab shuts down the electrical system in case of emergencies; Additional shut-off switches are located on the machine, in the machine house or accessible from the ground with pull ropes.
- Precise Bucket Control
Minimizing the potential for material spill on to the attachment or cab, the TriPower automatic roll-back limiter prevents the bucket from being curled back too far.
Serviceability – Designed to Get You Back to Work Fast
Lowering your operating costs and maximizing your hydraulic mining shovel's uptime and productivity is of supreme importance to us. To that end, we've made vital components more accessible and designed simpler systems to make maintenance activities quicker and easier.
- Open, Spacious Access to Components
Facilitating easier maintenance, exceptional accessibility is provided to systems like the swing motor, swing gearbox and rotary distributor in the well organized superstructure. The engine is accessible from both sides; Easily accessed by walkways on both sides, the boom-mounted main valve block, a feature unique to Cat hydraulic mining shovels, provides a clean layout and reduces the number of hoses leading from the superstructure to the attachment.
- Simple Hydraulic System with Main Valve Block Positioned on Boom
Ensuring neat organization for safe operation, easy inspection and fast service, the design of our hydraulic system significantly reduces the total number of frequently moving hoses from the superstructure to the attachment; Longer hose life via improved routing in accordance with mining best practices.
- Easy Ground-level Fuel and Fluid Replenishment
Quick fuel and fluid replenishment is made easy with a retractable service station underneath the engine module, and accessible at ground-level.
- Improved Drive Train Troubleshooting
Twin-engine design facilitates troubleshooting of drive trains, as one engine can be compared to the other.
Customer Support – Stay Up and Running with Service and Support from Our Unmatched Global Network
- Commitment Makes the Difference
Cat dealers offer a wide range of solutions, services and products that help you lower costs, enhance productivity and manage your operation more efficiently. From the time you select a piece of Cat equipment until the day you trade or sell it, the support you get from your Cat dealer makes the difference.
- Dealer Capability
Cat dealers provide the level of support you need, on a global scale. Dealer expert technicians have the knowledge, experience, training and tooling necessary to handle your repair and maintenance needs, when and where you need them.
- Product Support
When Cat products reach the field, they are supported by a worldwide network of parts distribution facilities, dealer service centers and technical training facilities to keep your equipment up and running.
Cat customers rely on prompt, dependable parts availability through our global dealer network, ready to meet your needs 24/7.
- Service Support
Every piece of Cat equipment is designed and built to provide maximum productivity and operating economy throughout its working life. Cat dealers offer a wide range of service plans that will maximize uptime and return on your investment, including: Preventive Maintenance Programs; Diagnostic Programs, such as Scheduled Oil Sampling and Technical Analysis; Rebuild and Reman Options; Customer Support Agreements.
- Application Awareness
Operating and maintenance costs are influenced by many application and site-specific factors, such as: material density and fragmentation, payload, bench height, truck positioning, ground conditions, amount of traveling and maintenance. Your Cat dealer can provide you with an understanding of the effects application characteristics and operating techniques have on maintenance and operating costs.
- Operation
Your Cat dealer can arrange training programs to help operators improve productivity, decrease downtime, reduce operating costs and enhance safety.