BELAZ: automatic transmission, 300 liters per hour

Career BelAZ in Australia mostly run by women, for them in the truck cab even install additional option - the mirror. Some instances of the Giants off the assembly line white and the new model - the 450-tonner BELAZ - in the factory are going to give a touching name. What - do not talk, afraid to jinx it.
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... From the cockpit BELAZ in the world is perceived as a children's game: somewhere far below - tracks, cars, ostanovochki, houses. That's right - a diminutive, a toy. On the dimensions of the machine only when you forget it starts the motion smooth, agile, confident. Managed BELAZ really one finger: no effort - hydraulic drive, after all. On the "big" tipper usual gear lever is not in principle, only small - one and a half centimeters in length - switch "Forward / Reverse". Leather, incidentally, is also not much more "legkovushnogo." The ratio of the scale of the controls and actually managed impressive. But it works so that while forgetting that the ground - 6 meters, and the right side of the cab - three meters "deck." Because it does not go - it floats. And famously toured the trucks and opposing mikroavtobusiki: "How not to leave here ?! For BELAZ no narrow roads! He is obedient ... "- shows us the driver.



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Today the Belarusian Automobile Plant produces dump trucks with carrying capacity of 30, 45, 55, 60, 90, 130 or more tons - up to 360, inclusive. Every year - more than 2 thousand pieces of equipment, which is available in 72 countries around the world. In 2013 BelAZ 65 years - over the years, with its pipelines descended more than 135 thousand units. This year there will release a 450-tonne crane - the biggest car in the world.

By the way, 360 of "our" tons - is not less than 400 "European".

 - Body of our trucks are measured in "long" tons and European and American measurement systems provide "short" conversion factor - 0 9. So that our 360 tons - a 400-ton crane competitors.

To drive BELAZ, by the way, you need a little: the right category C, two years experience in driving trucks, the conclusion of the medical examination of fitness for work at height and a two-month training.

 - We do not prepare the drivers for each of his truck - they are trained in the field. The plant has a course for our test drivers. In principle, manage BelAZ taught in much the same way as in driving schools - cars: movement forward / reverse, parking, "garage". And most importantly - the driver must learn to feel dimensions - without this in any way - with a smile says Deputy Director General of Belarusian Autoworks Stanislav Yakubovich. One of the key elements that must be delicately perform driver BELAZ - a descent rise: in a career meter right-left - open.

By the way, in the cockpit of the "big" BELAZ unusual for philistine ideas about machines with automatic transmission are three rather than two pedals: gas, brake - and an additional electromagnetic brake. The latter is used for prolonged descent.

Art "to call the garage" in the truest sense of the word driver BELAZ hardly need - where a garage to find? And whether you want to - because our dump unpretentious and easily withstand temperature range from -50 to + 50 ° C. But watching as test driver in reverse - without mirrors! - Went out of the gate assembly shop, AUTO.TUT.BY admired: three sides of the cabin giant was ten centimeters! Filigree. Especially considering the size - not all drivers of cars capable of such precision.

By the way, if lesser-duty dump trucks, according to the manufacturer, do not need even mirrors - excellent visibility from the cab, the "crumbs" on the 320 and 360 tonnes is necessary to equip the system has cine (cameras, radars and thermal).



Components - custom

Each truck is unique. The terms "base set" BELAZ have not, as there is no "stocks" - each unit made for a specific customer. Therefore, for example, "the Australian" copies are not familiar yellow and blue, and white - with a mirror "to fix make-up" in the cockpit and atypical for karernika angle ladder.

 - We paint machine, designed to work in Australia in a white color to reduce the effect of solar radiation on the driver. What's interesting - the driver BELAZ there often are women, and they need a ladder and back, and a mirror in the cockpit. That's all - the wishes of the customer - explains Stanislav Yakubovich.

There are also common to all the machines required options: air conditioning, automatic lubrication systems and fire fighting. These dump trucks require a minimum of "manual" service - almost complete "machine" in all. Moreover, in the near future BelAZ will only meet people at the stage of the assembly - the driver does not need a giant. The factory has already developed a robotic truck, a kind of giant "on the remote machine." Only instead of the usual remote control in front of the person to remotely control BelAZ analogue cockpit - monitors, panel, steering wheel. In developed to date range of models - 600 meters. But this is not enough for quarrying, which year after year are getting deeper - you need the radius in kilometers. "So, we do it", - assured to BelAZ.



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BELAZ 320 tons carrying capacity itself weighs 240 tonnes.

On it are the dimension of tires Bridgestone R63, 18-cylinder Cummins (with electronic control system) of 78 liters and a power of 3500 hp, suspension - dependent pneumohydraulic.

The fuel tank - 4360 l fuel consumption - about 300 liters of "diesel fuel" per hour. "Pour a full tank" BELAZ will cost about 35 million rubles, this is enough for 14 5 hours of laden truck.

Transmission - electric.

In the body of the truck easily fits 139 m3 cargo (with the "gorochkoy" - nearly 200 "cubes»).

The length of the BELAZ - almost 15 meters, width - more than 9 meters, height - more than 7 360-ton crane dimensions are almost the same, but the world's largest 450-ton crane will be a meter and a half long and a little higher.

Maximum speed - 64 km / h. But this figure is not important for BELAZ - they do not chase.



The record holder of 450-tonner

Who specifically for the world's largest dump truck, which is released in August, BelAZ, build and strengthen the assembly complex testing ground - and space capacities of existing plants to giant record-breaking enough.

 - The situation on the world market quarrying is that the great demand for greater capacity machinery. Simply put, the less goes tonne-kilometer, so it is more profitable - says Stanislav Yakubovich. There are already pre-orders for the new BELAZ.

 - That is, in the long term may appear giants and carrying capacity of 500 and 1000 tons?

 - For us, everything is possible. But while the world still do not have tires that can withstand such weight - laughing representative of the plant. Already in the 450-tonne crane will have to put dual tires, and with them - two diesel and four traction motors, two generators.

Price issue

Single "price-list" value for each model there - individual equipment. Price already made copies - a trade secret. The only thing agreed to tell TUT.BY: the value of the "average" 220-tonne crane - "about $ 2 million," and every additional ton of load capacity (without taking into account other factors) increases the price of the truck "on the 3-5 thousand dollars." That is, 450-ton crane will cost customers much more expensive.

From harvesting to BELAZ - hour on the line

Belarusian Automobile - the only plant in the world, where such machines used conveyor assembly. Until the two pipelines - one for the assembly of equipment capacity up to 55 tons, the second - from 90 to 360 tons. BelAZ, the largest of which is composed of 7000 (!) Parts make hands. No, of course, the large heavy components is fed onto a conveyor by a crane, but collect this giant constructor workers. "Little" BELAZ can be assembled on the line "and from" one hour, "big" - for hours 7.



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Incidentally, the same hands ... BelAZ and dismantled. To deliver high karernik after testing customer need 10-12 railway platforms, because the public road, even if you go far, not intended for movement of heavy machinery. Dismantling the machine takes one work shift, and final assembly on site - a few days.



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The dream of BelAZ

Test drive the biggest and most expensive cars in the world available and ordinary Belarusians: TUT.BY spokesman says - if the "ride on a BelAZ - lifelong dream of motorist-national", the factory will help to implement it. We need only turn to the leadership to ... and very, very willing.



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