Setonanahali sa lehlabathe la oli Syncrude se hetla morao phetohong ea sona ea lilemo tsa bo-1990 ho tloha lebiling la bakete ho ea ho morafo oa likharafu.

Moepo o etelletseng pele oa lehlabathe la oli Syncrude haufinyane o ile a hlahloba phetoho ea eona ho tloha ho lebili la bakete ho ea ho merafo ea literaka le likharafu ho elella bofelong ba lilemo tsa bo-1990. "Literaka tse kholo le likharafu - ha u nahana ka merafo ea Syncrude kajeno, hangata ke tsena tse tlang kelellong.Leha ho le jwalo, ha re hetla morao dilemong tse 20 tse fetileng, basebetsi ba morafong ba Syncrude ba ne ba le baholo.Syncrude's backet wheel mabili a ne a ka ba 30 m ka holimo ho mobu, E bolelele ba limithara tse 120 (bolelele ho feta lebala la bolo), e ne e le moloko oa pele oa thepa ea lehlabathe la oli 'me e ile ea thoholetsoa e le seqhenqha indastering ea merafo.Ka la 11 March, 1999, No. 2Bucket Wheel Reclaimero ile a behoa pensheneng, ho tšoaea qaleho ea indasteri ea merafo ho Syncrude e fetohileng.”
Li-dragline li epolla lehlabathe la oli ebe li li kenya ka har'a liqubu ho ipapisa le bokaholimo ba merafo pele merafo ea tlhahiso ea Syncrude e kena tšebetsong ea literaka le forklift. mekotla le ho fektheri ea ho ntša.” Sekoahelo sa mabili a Bucket 2 se ile sa sebelisoa setšeng sa Mildred Lake ho tloha 1978 ho isa 1999 'me e bile setsi sa pele sa libakete tse 'nè tse khutlisang mabili Syncrude.E entsoe feela ke Krupp le O&K ba Jeremane mme e etselitsoe ts'ebetso sebakeng sa rona sa marang-rang.Ho feta moo, No 2 e ile ea rafa lithane tse fetang 1 tsa metric ea lehlabathe la oli ka beke le lithane tse fetang 460 bophelong bohle ba eona. ”
Le hoja ts'ebetso ea merafo ea Syncrude e bone tsoelo-pele e kholo tšebelisong ea li-dragline le mabili a libakete, ho fetela ho literaka le likharafu ho lumelletse ho tsamaea hantle le ho fokotsa litšenyehelo tse amanang le lisebelisoa tsena tse kholoanyane. handle, joalo ka tsamaiso e tsamaeang le conveyor e tsamaisang lehlabathe le ommeng la oli ho ea moo ho ntšoang teng.Sena se baka phephetso e eketsehileng bakeng sa tlhokomelo ea lisebelisoa hobane ha lebili la bakete kapa conveyor e amanang le eona e theoha, Re tla lahleheloa ke 25% ea tlhahiso ea rona," ho boletse Scott Upshall, mookameli oa merafo ea Mildred Lake. thepa ea merafo.Literaka le likharafu li sebetsa libakeng tse nyenyane, tse thusang ho laola ho kopanya hantle nakong ea ho hula.E le thepa ea rona ea pele ea merafo, tekanyo ea lefatše lohle, e neng e sa khonehe lilemong tse 20 tse fetileng. "