Dig it! Bucyrus moves the earth with castings: this surface mining industry OEM uses casting design as a tool to increase the productivity of its shovels and draglines, moving more earth per second than anyone in the world.

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Dig it! Bucyrus moves the earth with castings: this surface mining industry OEM uses casting design as a tool to increase the productivity of its shovels and draglines, moving more earth per second than anyone in the world.

Bucyrus International loves castings.

"They are integral to our mining technology." said Ron Maci, manager--value chain management, "Our machines couldn't perform at the necessary production levels without them."

More to the point, Bucyrus loves tough and rugged steer castings.

In the surface mining industry, OEMs understand that their con]portents are going to wear out. Since their systems operate in environments from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of North Africa and constantly slam and drag against iron ore, rocks, sand and coal, the laws of physics deem it so. Therefore, during the design engineering of surface mining systems, steps must be taken to prolong the life of the individual components as...

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