Haul Trucks: Loaders

Define haul truck loader parameters

Loaders Group

To access these functions:

  • Activate the Schedule ribbon and select Setup. Select any haul truck item on the left.

  • In the Update Schedule dialog, enable the Haul Trucks option and click the browse button.

The Loaders control group is used to define the loaders associated with each Haul Truck Class. These form part of the settings on the General Settings panel for each truck

For each Haul Truck Class the available loaders that can potentially be used to load the haul truck are listed. The loading time (minutes) and waiting time at the loader (minutes) are also specified to account for the variations in loading times for different haul truck and loader combinations.


Field Details:

Loader: loader name (automatically derived from the classes listed in the 'Loader' Machine Type list). More...

Use: select (tick) to use the the listed loader with the current Haul Truck , otherwise clear the chekbox.

Load Time (mins): enter a value (minutes) representing the time taken to load the selected truck with the listed loader.

Queue Time (mins): enter a value (minutes) representing the time taken for the selected truck to queue at the listed loader.

 

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