# South32 Groote Eylandt: a Cat 745 lube truck build | QMW Industries

> A hydraulically-driven fuel and lube service truck on a Cat 745C for South32 GEMCO. Twelve products through 15 retractable reels, built to site Fatal Risk Controls and delivered in four months.

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7 January 2021 · Acacia Ridge, QLD

# South32 Groote Eylandt: a Cat 745 lube truck build

A hydraulically-driven fuel and lube service truck on a Cat 745C for South32 GEMCO. Twelve products through 15 retractable reels, built to site Fatal Risk Controls and delivered in four months.

QMW Industries partnered with long-standing client South32 GEMCO to engineer, build and install a purpose-built, hydraulically-driven lubrication truck for Groote Eylandt, delivering **12 specified products through 15 retractable hose reels**, all built to the site's Fatal Risk Control requirements.

## Why a Cat 745C

The Cat 745C six-wheel-drive articulated dump truck was chosen for the terrain at Groote Eylandt. QMW took load-sense hydraulics off the truck's hoist circuit to drive motor/pump combinations, with product delivery run through electro-hydraulic controls via an IFM controller and PVG valve. The control software handles hydraulic power, flow metering, pump operation, reel retraction and level indication through pressure transducers and a PLC.

A remote-control system lets an operator retract individual reels while still pumping other products, so crews can guide hoses into place faster and with less effort.

## What it carries

The build prioritised fuel economy, capacity, reliable delivery, usability and simplicity, and was completed in four months. It carries **22,000 litres of diesel**, delivered through fixed-displacement hydraulic motors coupled to Ebsray V25 pumps and metered by LC7 meters, with filtration before and after to keep the fuel clean.

Beyond fuel: remote high-volume grease via Lincoln Powermaster pumps, high-pressure grease with swivel guns, a 90 CFM hydraulically-driven screw compressor running a reversible pneumatic waste-oil pump, a 120 psi air reel, fast-fill shut-offs, Cobra hydraulic rewind reels and Piusi transfer guns.

![The South32 Cat 745C service module, with each product bay labelled: waste oil, gear oils, engine oils and water](/assets/img/news/south32-745-service-module.jpg) _Every product bay labelled and reeled: 12 products through 15 retractable hose reels._

## Built to travel, built to last

The modular superstructure can be containerised for shipping and remote installation anywhere. Tanks are high-tensile Australian steel, with Grade 316 stainless for the water and coolant tanks to rule out corrosion. Every weld is non-destructively tested: Magnetic Particle Inspection to AS 1554.1 SP, with die-penetrant testing and hydrostatic verification on the stainless tanks.

Get in touch

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