7495 Electric Rope Shovel

Cat® Electric Rope Shovels combine immense payload capability with low maintenance requirements and high reliability to deliver the lowest cost-per-ton loading solution for long-life mines. The Cat 7495 with Rope Crowd features AC IGBT electrics for greater uptime, lower operating costs and faster cycle times. The state-of-the-art operator’s cab is the most comfortable and productivity-enhancing in the industry. The 7495 with Rope Crowd is available with a number of new technologies that provide operator assist and machine self-protection, enable proactive maintenance, and deliver real-time information on productivity and performance. An entirely electric machine, the 7495 is cleaner and more efficient than diesel-powered machines, plus its regenerative braking technology feeds electrical energy back to the grid.

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Specifications

Name	Type	Value	Unit Value (Imperial)	Unit Name	Unit Value (Metric)	Unit Name (Metric)
Dipper Payload	measurement		120	t	109	t
Dipper Capacity	text	30.6-62.7 m3 (40-82 yd3)
Dipper Payload (Available Dipper Payloads Up To 109 Tonnes [120 tons] When Specified)	measurement		120	t	109	t

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Features & Benefits

Safety

Enhanced access and egress with 45-degree rear-facing boarding stair; non-slip stairs, platforms and walkways; and dual-door design that facilitates cab entry and exit and enables a quick escape.
Panoramic view from the operator's seat for the best far-side visibility in the industry; cameras that feed five in-cab, overhead monitors to augment line of sight and elevate situational awareness; and high-efficiency, adjustable LED lights.
Operator training seat that facilitates safe operator training, with additional emergency stop within reach.
Safer maintenance with deck-mounted crowd machinery that allows the majority of crowd maintenance to be completed with protection from machinery house deck; stored energy locations that are clearly marked, and lock-out/tag-out points.
Safety-enhanced electrical system, with high voltage DC bus located in the back of the drive cabinet; centralized control rack that keeps personnel away from high voltage components when troubleshooting; and shielding blocks induced currents that eliminate the need for high frequency bonding.

Operator Cab

Reduced fatigue-causing vibration resulting from bolstered support and stability of extended machinery house underneath isolator mounted cab.
Effortless operation and improved control response resulting from new joysticks with custom-designed ergonomic handles and “finger touch control” spring tension.
Climate control system that automatically maintains a preset temperature.
State-of-the-art, ergonomic operator seat, plus seat, armrest and footrest that adjust to perfectly fit wide range of body sizes.
Intuitive and visually aesthetic display screens that adjust for brightness and contrast to meet operator preference.

Operator Productivity

Enhanced in-cab training environment, with first-in-industry three-seat cab design; adjacently positioned trainer seat that provides optimal view of working face, facilitates communication during training, and provides ready access to the trainer emergency stop button.
Optional Payload technology, which calculates material moved, monitors overloading of trucks, and empowers operators to study their loading efficiency and shift performance.
Optional Operator Assist–Enhanced Motion Control, which enables operators to efficiently load materials and avoid poor digging practices, creates consistent machine performance across operators, and provides equal or better cycle times.

Reliability & Durability

IGBT electric drive system with robust welded drive cabinet designed to withstand severe and consistent vibration; isolated, positive-pressure room that protects drive/controller cabinet from dust and debris; and mine-grade components that ensure performance and long, trouble-free life.
Robust front-end design with highly crack-resistant one-piece, forged dipper handle; rotating handle design that transmits torsional stress into the hoist ropes, extending boom and dipper handle life; and crowd and retract ropes or hydraulic fluid to absorb kickback force and reduce wear and cracking at the boom/dipper handle junction.
Traditional Rope Crowd system for outstanding performance and high reliability proven in operations around the world, with tubular handle design to reduce rack and pinion misalignment challenges; reduced front-end cracking thanks to retract ropes that absorb shock; and elimination of torsional stress thanks to rotating dipper handle, reducing cracking and extending component life.
Reliable dippers that reduce downtime: LatchFree Dipper that eliminates maintenance on the latch assembly, and FastFil™ and Straight-Side Dippers manufactured from cold-weather, impact-resistant, high-strength steel.
Crawler frames that resist cracking, lower roller design that withstands periodic single-point ground reaction caused by uneven pit floors, crawler-mounted propel motors that facilitate maintenance and reduce misalignment, upward slanted propel motor shelves to protect components from rocks and water, elevated drive tumbler that isolates planetary drive from ground impact shock loads. sprocket-style drive tumbler lugs that provide a large area of contact against the crawler links for extended tumbler and link life, and straddle-mounted rollers to improve component wear and extend life.

Efficiency & Productivity

Faster swing times resulting from reduced swing inertia of lighter front-end plus improved left-hand line-of-sight with deck-mounted crowd machinery that reduces components on the boom that would impede visibility.
Wide-set boom point sheaves for more productive and efficient digging. with twin hoist ropes that balance dipper pull in the bank and automatically distribute digging force where it is needed most.
LatchFree Dipper design, which increases efficiency by reducing lost loads.
Larger payload range with Straight-Side Dipper and improved fill factors with FastFil Dipper, thanks to trapezoidal shape that accommodates the natural configuration of the load.
More responsive integral fast propel transfer switch, which improves mode transfer and reduces dig and propel mode transition – from 2.7 seconds to 700 milliseconds.
Third rail swing system for designed to keep the rope shovel swinging longer and filling trucks faster, delivering optimum speed and cycle time.

Ground Engaging Tools & Wire Rope

GET & Wire Rope

X-4 System hammerless G.E.T., featuring Whisler style adapter matched with CapSure retention — making installation and removal faster, safer, easier and less complicated than hammered alternatives.
Lip systems delivered ready to work, with fully machined lip surfaces that ensure a perfect fit, reducing wear and extending lip lifecycle.
Adapter that is secured to the lip with either hammerless or traditional C-clamp and wedge retention, plus hammerless wedge retention assembly that is often reusable, helping to lower your operating costs.
Five tip profiles designed for a broad range of applications; superior penetration and lip protection with hammerless shroud system.
Quality Cat wire rope options for hoist, retract and crowd and well as dipper trip ropes and suspension strands; manufactured using thermal injection process that provides complete penetration of plastic into the rope to resist the unwanted effects of abrasion and impact damage by encapsulating the strands to reduce steel-to-steel contact and seal in lubricants that prolong wire life.

Technology

Integrated Technology Package, which provides the platform to support technology expansion and features six standard technologies that enable proactive maintenance, provide data, and deliver real-time information on productivity and performance: Machine Health, Vibration Monitoring, Cat Electronics, Payload Management, Cycle Segmentation and Bearing Temperature Monitor.
Operator Assist Technology Package, with enhancements that provide operator assist and machine self-protection without sacrificing productivity: Enhanced Motion Control, which protects the machine from operational practices that causes damage by intelligently controlling how motions are allowed to operate under certain conditions; and Machine Self Protection, a control system that detects and avoids machine self-collisions and, if a collision is imminent, arrests the machine motion to prevent or mitigate the collision.
Integrated Technology Package provides a gateway for seamless integration of Cat MineStar™ Solutions, including Fleet, which provides real-time machine tracking, assignment and productivity management; Terrain for loading, which enables high-precision management of loading operations through the use of guidance technology; and Health, which delivers critical event-based machine condition and operating data for the entire fleet.

Serviceability

Automated maintenance procedures, including an automatic lubrication system that covers all regular lube points.
Extended maintenance intervals and elimination of the daily hassle of maintaining a latch bar thanks to LatchFree dipper.
Easier maintenance activities thanks to walkways and platforms, factory-installed ladders inside boom, easy-to-remove roof hatches, an electro-hydraulic crowd rope take-up system that simplifies crowd rope tightening, an onboard accessible diagnostic system, and a third-rail swing system that offers access to center rollers without jacking up the shovel’s upper works.
Streamlined AC system design with a single, centralized control rack that reduces parts requirements, and simplifies maintenance; single, compact drive cabinet that houses the controller and drives to simplify assembly, troubleshooting and maintenance; and elimination of fuses, circuit breakers and line filters.
Third Rail Swing System, with an easy-to-replace third rail, rather than roller flanges or swing rack, which serves as the primary wearing part in the system; system provides roller access without jacking up the upper half of the machine.

Sustainability

Entirely electric machines, which are more efficient than diesel powered machines, resulting in less heat loss and lower operating costs.
Regenerative braking technology, which converts kinetic energy from shovel motions into electrical energy when braking, feeding that electrical energy back to the grid.
Less waste thanks to change-out intervals that are generally longer than those for similar-sized hydraulic machines — leading to fewer component change-outs.
Motors and gearcases that can be rebuilt, preserving raw materials, conserving energy and reducing the emissions generated when manufacturing new.
Cat Reman and Cat Rebuild programs, which return end-of-life components to like-new condition.

Complete Specifications

Dimensions

Name	Type	Value	Unit Value (Imperial)	Unit Name	Unit Value (Metric)	Unit Name (Metric)
Dipper Payload	measurement		120	t	109	t
Dipper Capacity	text	30.6-62.7 m3 (40-82 yd3)
Dipper Payload (Available Dipper Payloads Up To 109 Tonnes [120 tons] When Specified)	measurement		120	t	109	t
Note	text	Dependent on application and material density
Working Weight - With Dipper and Standard Links	measurement		3056000	lb	1386178	kg
Ballast - Furnished By Customer	measurement		667150	lb	302614	kg
Note (1)	text	These weights will vary slightly depending upon dipper and optional equipment selection
Note (2)	text	All specifications are based on a 56 m3 (73 yd3) dipper and standard 200.7 cm (79 in) crawlers.
Upper Works Overall Width - Including Standard Walkways	measurement		41.9	ft	12.8	m
Swing	text	Two planetary gearboxes, each driven by a vertically mounted motor, are located on either side of the revolving frame. Dual-output pinion shafts from each gearbox engage the swing rack.
Planetary Propel	text	Dual-motor independent drive
Ground Bearing Pressure - Total Effective Bearing Area (200.7 cm) Treads	text	36 m2 (380 kPa); 386 ft2 (55 psi)
Crawler Dimensions - Overall Width 200.7 cm (79 in) Treads, Standard	measurement		36	ft	11	m
Hoist	text	A planetary gearbox with dual-output pinions provides the hoist torque transfer from the electric motor to the hoist drum gear.
Crawler Dimensions - Overall Width 259.1 cm (102 in) Treads	measurement		38	ft	11.6	m
Ground Bearing Pressure - Note	text	Ground bearing pressure is dependent upon many factors
Ground Bearing Pressure - Total Effective Bearing Area (259.1 cm) Treads	text	47 m2 (297 kPa); 501 ft2 (43 psi)
Type	text	Automatic, single-line system for open gear lubricant and grease
Components (1)	text	Six pumps (four for open gear lubricant and two for grease) located in an insulated, heated, double-walled lube room
Power Requirements - Voltage	text	3 phase, 50/60 Hz, 7,200V
Power Requirements - 60 Hz	text	7,200V, 13,800V
Power Requirements - 50 Hz	text	6,000V, 6,600V, 7,200V, 11,000V
System Voltage - Nominal	text	50/60 Hz, 7,200V
Drive	text	IGBT Acutrol drive system
Power Requirements - Peak power	text	3737 kW
Power Requirements - Average Power Demand	text	934-1308 kW
Power Requirements - Note	text	Other voltage options available to suit customer requirements
Rope Data - Hoist - No.	text	2
Rope Data - Dipper Trip - No.	text	1
Rope Data - Crowd - Diameter	measurement		2.5	in	64	mm
Rope Data - Crowd - No.	text	1
Rope Data - Hoist - Diameter	measurement		2.75	in	70	mm
Rope Data - Boom Suspension - Diameter	measurement		3.25	in	83	mm
Rope Data - Dipper Trip - Diameter	measurement		0.75	in	19	mm
Rope Data - Note	text	High impact ropes available as an option
Rope Data - Boom Suspension - No.	text	4
Rope Data - Retract - No.	text	1
Rope Data - Retract - Diameter	measurement		2.5	in	64	mm
Type	text	One piece, forged, seamless tubular dipper handle and wide-spread boom point sheaves equipped with hoist ropes and dipper padlocks to stabilize dipper handle.
Crowd (1)	text	Rope Crowd with the crowd machinery is located at the front center of the revolving frame, consisting of motor, brake, drum and gearing. Plastic-impregnated crowd and retract ropes are used to move the dipper handle fore and aft.
Crowd (2)	text	(Optional) HydraCrowd, hydraulic power skid, located at the front center of the revolving frame deck, powers a large hydraulic cylinder to move the dipper handle fore and aft.
Dipper Capacities	text	30.6-62.7 m3 (40-82 yd3)
Dipper Payload	measurement		120	ton (US)	109	t
Maximum Dumping Height	measurement		28.9	ft	8.8	m
Operating Weight	measurement		3056000	lb	1386178	kg
Radius of Level Floor	measurement		56.1	ft	17.1	m
Revolving Frame Tail Swing Radius	measurement		30.5	ft	9.3	m
Cutting Height - Maximum	measurement		53.5	ft	16.3	m
Cutting Radius - Maximum	measurement		80	ft	24.4	m
Dumping Height - With Clearance to Open Dipper Door	measurement		28.9	ft	8.8	m
Note (1)	text	Optimal working ranges based on loading a Cat 797F truck.
Note (2)	text	*All specifications are based on a 56 m3 (73 yd3) dipper and standard 200.7 cm (79 in) crawlers.
Components (2)	text	External FastFil from lower level