A Walk Around a Cat Giant

Earlier this week, we posted a blog featuring one of Caterpillar’s smallest machines, today we are at the other end of the scale, taking a look at their second largest mining hydraulic mining shovel/excavator the Cat 6040.

The latest 6040 offering features the very latest fuel-efficient Cat C32 engines, offering a total gross power rating of 1550 kW (2079 hp). Optimising machine uptime and lowering operating costs, the engine package includes maintenance free Diesel Oxidation Catalysts (DOC) and does not require Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)/AdBlue or Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF).

Like previous series, the new 6040 shovel can be equipped with backhoe or Caterpillar’s O&K inspired TriPower face shovel front end designs. To deliver high machine reliability in harsh mining conditions, the rugged front attachments feature high-strength steel and castings, joined and thermally stressed-relieved, to extend service life and achieve production targets.

With its 39.6 t bucket payload, the 6040 shovel offers optimal 4-pass match with Cat 785, 5-pass match with Cat 789 and 6-pass match with Cat 793 mining trucks.

Checkout this promotional video from Cat Mining.