Entering My Haul Road

Profile

2009 Dr. B. C. Paul

Note- This presentation draws on previous notes developed as
early as 2000 and contains numerous screen shots from the
program FPC developed by Caterpillar Equipment Company
 Our Next Task

When working with FPC software the

next info that must be input to go
forward is the haulage route
We know that we have a 17,000 foot trip
each way to each of two destinations
We will have two routes each
composed of a loaded haul and an empty
return
Of course conditions will vary along
the route and so we break the route
into segments that have similar
conditions
Dividing Haulage Profile
Road Segments Divide When
There is a major change in grade
(slope)
There is a major change in underfoot
conditions
There is a major change in vehicle
operating considerations
Starting
Stopping
Major Turns
 What is Major?

Depends in part on what you are

doing
Computer Methods favor greater
detail
Hand methods favor more
moderation
Good intuitive Check is whether
sustained enough to change
vehicle speed
Roads Produce Forces that
Influence Vehicle
Movement
Roads slope up hill and down
This will cause gravity to work for or
against the forward movement of the
truck
It is called grade resistance
The common unit of Grade
Resistance is %
Example if a road goes up 1 foot for
every 10 feet of distance it is called 10%
grade (note that 1 is 10% of 10)
Note that we are not using slope
angles
 Other Forces

Trucks are subject to wind or air

resistance
Air resistance increases dramatically
with speed
For a car going 70 mph wind resistance is one
of the largest opposing forces
Haul trucks lumber along at slow paces
and wind resistance is usually
considered 0 for an engineering
approximation.
 Rolling Resistance

Tires Sink into Ground - softer

ground sink more
Tires Flatten

Driving uphill out of a rut on a flat

tire spot
Need to Know Underfoot
conditions and Type of Tire
(Radial or Bias Ply)
Data Comes From an All
Knowing Table
 Reading the Table

Note that Table Gives either lbs/ton

or % Grade
One way to treat rolling resistance is
as a equivalent grade
Puts in the same units as grade
resistance so they are additive
We will ignore the lbs/ton system for
now, but it will become an issue
later
Inputting Our Route

Click on the Haul

Road Tab
Name the Course and the
Amount of Material

Im going to consider the route

To the regular oil shale
Refinery

I know 66,500,000 tons of the

70,000,000 tons of production
Are going here.
Type in My Info

I also need to supply my material

Weight characteristics. Since I
Know it is 2107 lbs/cubic yard
Loose I could type it in.

Or I can click on select material

And a whole table of Caterpillar
Material weight data will appear
It Turns Out I Can Pick
Shale from the List and
Click OK
The Data Appears
 Now I Need to Describe My
Haulage Route

I will need to identify the length of the segment, the grade resistance,
A rolling resistance, a speed limit (if needed), and a description (which
Comes in very handy during later review)
 My Haulage Profile

My loading bench is level and I

will go 550 feet to the ramp to
get out of the pit.
Issue #1 part of that distance
will be in a congested loading
area
I will probably want a speed limit
on that area different than for the
bench as a whole
 When I Entered 150 ft and
0 % Grade

Another line appeared for more of the route. I entered 0% grade

Because the bench itself is level.

Now I need a speed limit

 Congested Area
Guidelines

(From Surface Mining - First Edition)

Im going to consider my conditions average.

 Enter the Data and a
Description

Now I need a rolling resistance. This is packed earth and most Cat
Trucks now have radial tires.
Hard Smooth Stabilized
Surface

I like 1.7 for our established haul road with

Radial tires
 Enter the Information

Next 4500 feet out of the pit and then 7200 feet down a canyon
 Enter the Data

Now what about the grade resistance what is positive and what is
Negative?
 Sign Conventions and
Resistance

Standard Convention
A positive resistance resists motion
A negative resistance favors motion
Note that rolling resistance will
always be positive because it always
resists motion no matter what the
direction
That 10% grade out of the pit is +10
That 5% grade down the canyon is -5
Enter the Rest of the Route

I did put a 30
Mph limit on the
Trucks going
Down the
Canyon due to
Road winding
Now for the Return Trip

If you will use the

Same road on the
Return just going
The other way
Just click Mirror
Haul Road
 Return Route
Automatically Appears

Of course I
Still need to
Put in the
Descriptions
Since they do
Not reverse
In
Mathematically
Predictable
ways
Enter the Descriptions
A problem for the
789.It will use
Drive by loading
So the route
Across the bench
Cannot be
Mirrored.

That is where the

Insert and delete
Segment buttons
Allow for minor
Modifications.
(Also works
good
For I forgots)
Now We Need to Add the
Secret Course

Click add course to add the

Next course.

(Some mines may have separate

Ore and waste routes and
Separate fleets. You can enter
Any number of routes and then
Select which trucks will use
Them. Not every truck set must
Use every route)
Input the Second Course

Uranium diversion
tonnage
 The Secret Route

Note high rolling resistance for the loose sand and low resistance for
the
Paved tunnel