When they mine, they have to crush the mineral, they have to separate and do concentrate. Obviously after developing this for the aluminum smelters, which was probably the most stringent and difficult environment, we decide to expand addressable markets by developing mining versions of the MINIDOZERs, which would be used in working and cleaning operation underneath conveyor belts within ore processing plant. So outside of the aluminum smelting industry, what other industries can benefit and where have you seen the MINIDOZER put to use? So this gives the customer flexibility to operate in different environments with different ground clearance and with different height adjustments as well. They have adjustable rear sections, allowing you to have ground clearance as you wish, and the maximum height of 29 inches and the minimum height of 22 inches. And we have another unit, what we call the 39, which is 39 inch, which are about 3,000. We have a lighter version, which is the M-27, which is 27 inch wide versus 48 inch wide, it is about 26, 2,700 pounds. The actual weight of the MINIDOZER at 48 is about 3,300 pounds. That thing can handle some serious conditions. And it occurs to me as you're going through the construction and the design process, you guys call it the MINIDOZER, but it sounds like you built a mini tank. So we developed from scratch an electric track vehicle with a joystick controller, allowing the operators in the aluminum smelters to safely operate those dozers and loaders in the confined pot-line basement areas. In addition to that, the unit had to be designed to withstand high electromagnetic fields as much as 500, and even more, gauss. Very, very harsh environment, because first of all, you're talking about temperatures ranging from 100 degrees Fahrenheit up to 150, and as high as 170, working a very harsh environment because we're talking about aluminum particles, which are very hard, very abrasive. Pot-line basement is where you actually feed the high voltage, high amperage current to each individual pot to do the what they call aluminum electrolysis. And the program was a continuous improvement program to change the use of diesel engines which are located and the pot-line basement. The MINIDOZER, or Mini-Loaders as some would call it, was initially developed in 2007, 2008 when we were approached by one of the global mining company called Rio Tinto who just made the acquisition of Alcan, which is the big Canadian aluminum smelters. In addition to that, prepare and start the shift towards electric vehicles instead of the ICE, internal combustion engine, and to increase productivity of our customers. And we've been manufacturing since 2001, electric track vehicles with remote capability, with the objective of increasing the operator's safety and wellbeing. Movex Innovation, we're located in Shawinigan, Québec, which is halfway between Montreal and Québec, two old hockey rivalries. So can we start at just a high level? Give us an overview of the MINIDOZER, what it does and the background on what you guys do as a company?Ĭertainly. Most of our audience is going to be in the same boat as me and have never heard of the MINIDOZER.
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