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BelAZ is a
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manufacturer of haulage and earthmoving equipment based in
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. Founded in 1948, the factory has been a flagship of Belorussian industry for decades. The company has produced over 120,000 vehicles for service in the
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and the rest of the world.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the company had to adapt to a changing economic environment. It broadened its product line and launched new products for road construction and metallurgical production. Its products are based on the company's own
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.
The BELAZ machines feature improved power-to-weight ratio, smooth ride, comfortable working environment, good controllability and overall reliability. The trucks gained a reputation as efficient haulers for mining, quarrying and construction applications in the Arctic North or Tropical South.
BELAZ is a site for one of the largest
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investment project. The factory finalized two of the three scheduled phases of the technical re-equipment and upgrades. The Quality Management System applied in research and development, fabrication, erection and after-sale service of the equipment complies with international
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standards.
History
- In 1948, a peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. Peat forms in wetlandbogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests...
extraction machinery plant was constructed by the railroad station Žodzina.
- In 1951 the plant was expanded into the plant of road construction and land improvement
Land improvement or land amelioration refers to investments making land more usable by humans. In terms of accounting, land improvements refer to any variety of projects that increase the value of the property...
machinery and renamed into "Dormash" (Дормаш), an abbreviation for "дорожное машиностроение", "road construction machinery building".
- In 1958 it was renamed into BelAZ. Initially it produced MAZ trucks.
- In 1961 the first 27-tonne
A tonne or metric ton , also referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of mass equal to , or approximately the mass of one cubic metre of water. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI...
BelAZ pit-Technology:* Pressure Indicator Transmitter, abbreviation used in piping and instrumentation diagrams* Programmable Interval Timer, a computing device* Pulsed inductive thruster, a device used in spacecraft propulsion* The core of a nuclear weapon...
and quarryA quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel...
dump truck was manufactured.
- In 1990 a 280-tonne truck was manufactured.
- In 2001 the director of BelAZ plant, Pavel Maryev, was awarded the order Hero of Belarus
Hero of Belarus is the highest title that can be bestowed on a citizen of Belarus...
.
- In 2005 plans were revealed for production of BELAZ-75600
The Belaz 75600 is dump truck, manufactured by BelAZ in Zhodino, Belarus.-See also:* Caterpillar 797* DAC 120 DE* Komatsu 830E* Komatsu 930E* Liebherr T 282B* Terex Titan...
with 320 tonne (352,600 kg, or 352.6 tons) capacity, ordered by Kuzbass mining.
- In fall of 2006 the first delivery of BelAz-75600
The Belaz 75600 is dump truck, manufactured by BelAZ in Zhodino, Belarus.-See also:* Caterpillar 797* DAC 120 DE* Komatsu 830E* Komatsu 930E* Liebherr T 282B* Terex Titan...
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