Kampani yayikulu ya mchenga wamafuta, Syncrude, ikuyang'ana mmbuyo momwe idasinthira kuchoka pa gudumu la ndowa kupita ku migodi ya zingwe m'zaka za m'ma 1990

Wogwira ntchito yofufuza za mchenga wamafuta, Syncrude, posachedwapa adawunikanso kusintha kwake kuchoka pa gudumu la ndowa kupita ku migodi ya magalimoto ndi fosholo kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990. "Magalimoto akuluakulu ndi mafosholo - mukaganizira za migodi ku Syncrude lero, nthawi zambiri izi ndi zomwe zimabwera m'maganizo mwanu. Komabe, poganizira zaka 20 zapitazo, migodi ya Syncrude inali yayikulu. Makina obwezeretsanso mawilo a ndowa a Syncrude anali pafupifupi mamita 30 pamwamba pa nthaka, Pa kutalika kwa mamita 120 (kutalika kuposa bwalo la mpira), unali mbadwo woyamba wa zida za mchenga wamafuta ndipo unatamandidwa ngati chimphona chachikulu mumakampani opanga migodi. Pa Marichi 11, 1999, Nambala 2Chobwezera Mawilo a Chidebeanapuma pantchito, zomwe zinayambitsa chiyambi cha makampani a migodi ku Syncrude.
Ma Draglines amafukula mchenga wamafuta ndikuwayika m'milu pamwamba pa mgodi asanayambe ntchito yofukula ku Syncrude ndi malo ogwirira ntchito zamagalimoto ndi ma forklift. Kenako ma bucket-wheel reclaimers amafukula mchenga wamafuta kuchokera m'milu iyi ndikuuyika pa conveyor system yomwe imapita ku matumba otayira mafuta ndi ku fakitale yochotsera mafuta. "Bucket wheel reclaimer 2 idagwiritsidwa ntchito pamalopo ku Mildred Lake kuyambira 1978 mpaka 1999 ndipo inali yoyamba mwa ma bucket wheel reclaimer anayi ku Syncrude. Inapangidwa ndi Krupp ndi O&K ku Germany yokha ndipo idamangidwa kuti igwire ntchito pamalo athu. Kuphatikiza apo, No 2 idafukula mchenga wamafuta woposa 1 metric ton m'sabata imodzi ndipo ma metric ton opitilira 460 pa moyo wake wonse."
Ngakhale ntchito za migodi ya Syncrude zapita patsogolo kwambiri pakugwiritsa ntchito ma dragline ndi ma bucket wheel, kusintha kwa magalimoto ndi mafosholo kwathandiza kuti zinthu ziziyenda bwino komanso kuchepetsa ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zida zazikuluzi. "Gudumu la bucket lili ndi zida zambiri zogwirira ntchito, komanso makina oyendetsera omwe amanyamula mchenga wouma kupita ku dothi. Izi zimapangitsa kuti pakhale vuto lina pakukonza zida chifukwa gudumu la bucket kapena conveyor yogwirizana nayo ikatsika, tidzataya 25% ya zomwe timapanga," adatero Scott Upshall, manejala wa migodi ku Mildred Lake. "Maluso osankha bwino a Syncrude pantchito yamigodi amapindulanso ndi kusintha kwa zida zamigodi. Magalimoto ndi mafosholo amagwira ntchito m'malo ang'onoang'ono, zomwe zimathandiza kuyendetsa bwino kusakaniza panthawi yotulutsa. Monga zida zathu zakale zamigodi, kukula kwakukulu kwa dziko lapansi, komwe sikunali kotheka zaka 20 zapitazo."