On July 28, the world's first electric unmanned mining loader, the LiuGong 870HE, was officially delivered to an open-pit mine in Yunnan, marking the official implementation of the world's first commercialized unmanned electric loader project for mining scenarios, and the first time an unmanned loader has achieved all-weather autonomous operation in an open stockyard environment at a mine.

LiuGong has always upheld the development philosophy of "customer first, innovation-driven," focusing on the intelligent transformation needs of the mining industry. Through a strong partnership with a leading Yunnan mining enterprise, and leveraging its own digital and intelligent technologies together with the customer's deep understanding of mining working conditions, LiuGong carried out comprehensive in-depth development and scenario customization spanning the equipment power system, intelligent control, and operating processes.

"What we are delivering today is not only the world's leading unmanned loader, but also a digital twin solution for green mine construction," said Wen Wu, Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd., at the delivery ceremony. He noted that this customized cooperation model not only meets the customer's current needs to improve production efficiency and ensure employee safety, but also reserves ample room for expansion for future intelligent upgrading of the mine, creating a replicable cooperation model for the intelligent transformation of mines.

Since 2021, LiuGong has continued to make breakthroughs in the field of unmanned loaders:

♦ In 2021, it launched China's first unmanned diesel-powered loader, the 856H

♦ In 2022, it completed customized development for concrete mixing stations and achieved commercialization

♦ In April 2023, it delivered the world's first unmanned pure electric loader, the 856HEMAX, enabling unmanned uninterrupted operation at mixing stations

This time, the world's first unmanned electric adaptive loader project for a mine stockyard has once again achieved multiple technological innovations:

♦ Breakthrough in high-precision positioning in outdoor environments with obstructions

♦ Breakthrough in real-time autonomous path planning under dynamically changing site conditions

♦ Breakthrough in environmental perception under harsh conditions such as nighttime and dust

♦ Breakthrough in autonomous adjustment of operating speed according to tasks to achieve high-efficiency operation

♦ Breakthrough in continuous operation based on autonomous planning and decision-making for loading points on huge irregular stockpiles

Equipment delivery is not the end point, but the starting point of intelligent upgrading. LiuGong will continue to advance product performance optimization and technological upgrading, establish a dedicated service support team, and provide full-lifecycle operation and maintenance support; it will also deeply interconnect equipment operation data with the enterprise's digital platform to enable intelligent applications such as preventive maintenance reminders and real-time optimization of operating efficiency, promote the deep integration of unmanned loaders with production processes, and create value for customers' lean operations, cost reduction, and efficiency improvement.

As LiuGong President Luo Guobing described the company's business philosophy: We attach great importance to customer development, discovering industry trends and market opportunities through customers, and always uphold customer thinking, global thinking, and whole-value-chain thinking to drive enterprise development and industrial layout.

The successful delivery of the project marks a new stage of development for global intelligent mining and green mine construction, and sets a benchmark model for the industry's transformation and upgrading.

As a leader in China's construction machinery industry, LiuGong has always stood at the forefront of technological revolution and industrial transformation, empowering customer value through "electrification, intelligence, and digitalization," fulfilling its mission and vision of "extending human strength with smart and green machinery," and continuously injecting new momentum into the high-quality development of the construction machinery industry.

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