PRODUCT News
May 2014
MODERN MINING
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Whether deployed in primary or secondary
materials loading tasks, Caterpillar’s new
Cat 986H large wheel loader delivers with
lowest cost per tonne production in varied
sectors and applications including open-
cast mining, underground loading, granite
block handling, steel mill applications and
quarrying.
The first Cat 986H models rolled out
of Caterpillar’s Tongzhou factory in China
from the fourth quarter of 2013 and are
now available for deployment in the
Southern African market.
“The development of the Cat 986H
comes in response to global customer
demand for a purpose-built machine that
fills the gap between the Cat 980H and Cat
988H, with a major emphasis on simplified
and safe operation, ease of maintenance
and improved bottom line operating mar-
gins, key considerations in today’s mining
environment, especially when it comes
to diesel fuel consumption,” explains
Barloworld Equipment group product
application specialist, Brandon Stonefield.
(Barloworld Equipment is the Cat dealer for
Southern Africa.)
In the field, the Cat 986H has a rated
payload of 10 tonnes in standard lift and
9,5 tonnes in high lift specification when
equipped with a rock bucket, with a break-
out force of 328 kN. In turn, the general
purpose bucket (standard lift) has a 12
tonnes rated capacity, and 10 tonnes in
high lift. (By definition, rated payload is
the material weight in the bucket that the
loader is designed to carry, excluding the
weight of the bucket itself, GET and wear
material.)
Equipped with standard lift configu-
ration, the Cat 986H is a four pass match
for the Cat 740B articulated truck and Cat
770G off-highway derivative (the approxi-
mate payload in both instances being
around 39 tonnes). In turn, and equipped
with a high lift linkage, the Cat 986H will
load a Cat 772G (47,7 tonnes) or 773G
(56 tonnes) rigid truck in five and six
passes, respectively.
At the heart of the Cat 986H is its six-
The Cat 986H comes standard with a 6,1m³ Performance
Series rock bucket, designed to maximise material reten-
tion and minimise digging time, achieving a 100 to 115 %
fill factor, depending on the ground engaging tools (GET)
installed, which in this case is the Cat K110 tip series (in
either general duty or penetration specification).
cylinder turbocharged Cat C15 engine,
generating a net output (ISO 9249) of
305 kW. This is one of the most fuel effi-
cient engines in its class, underscored by
competitive tests conducted by Caterpillar.
During a recent controlled truck loading
study, for example, the Cat 986H burned
between 30 and 35 litres per hour, in the
process loading around 650 tonnes during
system production.
Barloworld Equipment, tel (+27 11) 929-0000
New Cat wheel loader fills market gap
