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centrifuge, and it only needs servicing every 2,000 hours instead of every 250 hours like with the spin-ons. It’s much more environmentally friendly.” At the front end, the new unit is much shorter than the previous 20 cylinder MTU unit, so as the original radiator and hoses were specified to be retained, a cowl has been fabricated to but up to the original shroud. A new smaller fan has been installed, down from a 96-inch diameter to a 78-inch diameter, which also aids economy.
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More than 100 machines have been re- powered at the Arizona-based mine over the past three years.
ummins Rocky Mountain is the exclusive distributor of Cummins and Cummins Power Generation
products for the Rocky Mountain and Southwest Area.
Scow, a 30 year Cummins veteran, continues, “As you move from Tier 1 through to Tier 2, the requirements of the fuel are much more stringent…. And fuel in a mine environment is
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