Rope shovel undecking

Superlifter

Superlifter® is the mining industry’s first lifting solution developed to improve the maintenance process on rope shovel undercarriages or side frame replacements. It’s the only patented heavy lift system designed specifically for maintenance of the swing gears, bearings, roller paths, and center pintles on undecking and redecking mine rope shovels or simply for carbody replacements.

With a design capacity of over 3,000,000 lbs, the SUPERLIFTER® can safely lift the world’s largest mine shovels, complete with the boom, handle and dipper if desired.

The Challenge

The main challenge for operation and maintenance planners is to have a maintenance schedule that maximizes the availability and productivity of their shovel fleet.

In addition to the equipment availability challenge, workers need to safely perform work under tremendously heavy components, such as the shovel’s upper structure.

Rope shovels are the most critical production equipment for mine owners.

The challenge is to perform maintenance on rope shovels, quickly and safely.

The Solution

SAFER, FASTER, AND EASIER MAINTENANCE IS NOW POSSIBLE

Best overall safety:

More stability during operations – all loads are supported, and none are suspended.
Safest lifting system on the market with a perfect track record and no incidents.
Embedded safety with a patented dual-jack system that provides 100% redundancy at each lifting point.

Higher Productivity:

MEGATRACTION technology improves the MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) by reducing 30% to 60% of shovel downtime vs. other methods.
Reducing the MTTR means the equipment is available faster, resulting in potentially higher productivity or increased revenues.

Lifting process standardization:

MEGATRACTION lifting methodology provides an efficient and repeatable way of lifting equipment whether for integral or split lifts on all excavators or shovels.
Our step by step lifting process ensures repeatability over time resulting in gains of efficiency.

WORK ON BOTH SIDES SIMULTANEOUSLY

MEGATRACTION has designed the ideal lifting solution for the largest shovels on the market today, including electric rope or large hydraulic units.

With a pre-installed system, simply walk the pad and it’s ready to lift.
Uses up to six (6) synchronized lifting points.
Save between 1 to 5 days of shovel downtime compared with the one-side at a time method.
Compatible with all rope shovels as well as all 300T+ hydraulic mining shovels.
Compatible with SPMT trailer for optimal side frame replacement method.