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Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HEC) secured order for supply & commissioning of two
numbers of Draglines (24 CuM/88 m) valued at Rs. 306 crores from Northern Coalfields Ltd.(NCL).
Earlier in September, 2009 HEC bagged order for one Dragline from NCL against stiff Global
competition. The manufacturing progress was impressive and supply ahead in schedule helped
early starting of erection work. The board of Directors of NCL was satisfied with HEC's
commitment to time bound delivery and order for two more machines placed on 28-Dec-2010.
The machines are to be supplied in 20 and 32 months respectively and commissioned in 18
months subsequently at Amlori Project of NCL.
HEC is the first Indian company to manufacture the heaviest machine on the earth that walks -
Dragline with 24 Cubic Meter Bucket capacity and 96 meter long Boom. Dragline weighing around
1800 Tons is one of the most productive and large size machines that are used for removal of
coal & over burden from open cast mines and no additional transportation device required to
take the material to pit head or dump yard. It was 1983 when the first Dragline rolled out
from HEC's works & commissioned in Jayant area of Northern Coalfields Ltd. Subsequently, HEC
supplied 12 nos of Draglines to various CIL subsidiaries (NCL, MCL, SECL and BCCL). The machines
being supplied under the present order have latest state of the art control system with faster
response and easy maintainability. Some other advanced features incorporated in the machine that
will increase the machine utility & safety are: Boom protection device, Self diagnostic system,
Production Monitoring System which will record all operational data etc.
