[Case Study] Poclain & Hydac India Make Headway on Stacker Reclaimer Application
Stacker reclaimers are essential for application handling coal and ore stockpiles in ports, power plants, stockyards and steel plants. The bucket wheel, located at the end of the boom, handles thousands of tons of raw material per hour, and requires behemoth torque - a niche traditionally dominated by Hagglunds motors.
Hydac India and Poclain are challenging the solution in India with Poclain’s new MI range. They are powering a stacker reclaimer in Orissa, Eastern India with an MI330.
Hydac India introduces high displacement Poclain motors to the Indian mining industry
Hydac India, headquartered in Navi-Mumbai, is a subsidiary of Hydac Group based in Germany. It has a comprehensive product portfolio including filters and accumulators, electronics and valves. They design hydraulic systems for industrial and mobile hydraulics, catering to various industries such as steelmaking, machine tools, off highway equipment, agricultural machinery and renewable energy. In 2017 the Hydac India team initiated and designed an application using Poclain motors. Their first joint application involved a power plant and mining railway dumper driven by MS35.
Hydac India wins Stacker Reclaimer Project
The Hydac India team learned that one of their customers had purchased a partially built stacker reclaimer that needed revamping. They helped them calculate its mechanical and torque requirements, which amounted to 200,000 Nm. Poclain convinced Hydac India to propose to drive the bucket wheel with a new MI330 in place of the traditional Hagglunds motor. Hydac India through its team’s engineering and hydraulic expertise and benchmarking between the two solutions convinced the customer that Poclain’s MI330 was more competitive and offered shorter lead times. The MI330 has been successfully installed and is now running on the machine.
Poclain’s MI330 motor is poised to become a major player in the stacker reclaimer industry, offering a dependable alternative to established motors. The success in the project serves as a promising indicator of future market penetration and wider adoption of Poclain’s MI range for similar applications.
