CLIMAX CM6200, Machining Upper Slewing Ring Seating Surface on a Mining Shovel

A couple of challenges here: flipping over, lifting, and operating a 3-ton piece of equipment overhead at a 10ft height. No welding was allowed to secure the machine in place, so a special fixture was designed and installed in order to set up the machine using the shovel’s central pin itself saving time and keeping the structural integrity…