US
METRIC
6030
KEY SPECS
- Engine Output - SAE J1995 1141kW
- Bucket Payload 31t
- Operating Weight 297t
OVERVIEW
BENEFITS
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PRODUCTIVE
- A proven and reliable global leader.
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RELIABLE
- Spend more time loading and less time on maintenance.
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CONNECTED
- Improve condition monitoring and machine health with Cat technologies.
FEATURES AT A GLANCE
Drive Systems
Giving you the option to choose the drive system best suited for your operation, the Cat 6030 can be equipped with either two Cat C27 diesel engines for greater mobility, or a single-motor electric driven machine to meet your specific needs.
The durable and reliable C27 engine is now available for both highly regulated or lesser regulated countries. Certified to meet China Nonroad Stage III, equivalent to U.S. EPA Tier 2.
Boosting your productivity, the C27 equipped Cat 6030 offers the most powerful engine output in its size class.
Providing a lower cost-per-ton alternative to diesel powered hydraulic shovels, our electric drive option maintains the ruggedness you need and offers superior availability since no refueling and less service is required.
The 6030 AC is the ideal solution for operations that do not require a great deal of mobility and value a low cost-per-ton model.
Twin-engine Concept
You will realize enhanced safety, greater uptime, more productivity, and better serviceability as a result of our twin-engine concept.
The ability to move your shovel to a safe area for repair, away from high walls, blast zones, or other safety hazards, is still possible with the use of a single engine.
Maintain approximately 65% of full production while using just a single engine. With our design, the shovel can exert maximum digging forces, and continue to recuperate energy via its closed-loop swing circuit.
Simplfy and expedite troubleshooting by comparing one engine and associated hydraulic network to the other, generating more uptime, and more productivity.
TriPower System (Face Shovel Machines)
You will experience enhanced, easier and faster face shovel operation with TriPower, a system proven on over a thousand Cat hydraulic shovels worldwide. Generating superior mechanical leverage and control, our FS configured hydraulic shovels utilize a unique boom design that employs rotatable triangular rockers. This design facilitates quicker cycle times, increased effective lifting force, constant boom momentum, automatic constant bucket angle, and automatic roll-back limiter.
– Faster lifting speeds are achieved, because the design enables the use of smaller-diameter boom cylinders.
– Design transfers digging forces into the superstructure, creating supporting boom momentum in addition to momentum that is generated hydraulically.
– Allows smaller boom cylinders for higher lifting speed. – Keeps lifting speed constant. – Enables the shovel to lift a single load along the entire digging distance. – No retracting of stick cylinders is required, ensuring that all hydraulic pumps are supplying the boom-up function.
– Material spillage is avoided during boom lifting, because the filled bucket automatically maintains a constant bucket angle. – On conventional kinematics the operator has to control manually the bucket position during lifting which cut in half the available oil flow for the boom cylinders.
– Preventing material spillage back on to the operator's cab and machine superstructure, our system ensures that the bucket is always in a safe position, without operator control/manipulation, when it is at maximum height. – The boom cylinder continues to receive maximum oil flow, because the operator does not need to activate the bucket cylinder.
Hydraulic System
Ensuring neat organization for safe operation, easy inspection, and fast service, and reducing the number of hoses needed, the main valve block is located on top of the boom.
Faster cycle times are realized, because float valves are used to lower the boom instead of engaging pumps. This facilitates faster boom movements and allows other operating functions to occur simultaneously, such as bucket curl and stick in/out.
Your operators will experience greater control with our five circuit hydraulics, allowing for two cylinder motions, two travel motions, and swing to be controlled simultaneously.
Independent Oil Cooling System
Providing a more efficient means of cooling, particularly in demanding applications, our unique independent oil cooling system will extend the life of your hydraulic shovel's components.
Our system is independent of return oil, achieving efficiency through the utilization of dedicated pumps that provide cooling capacity as needed, whether the engine is idling or under load. That means optimum oil temperature is being maintained, even while your operator waits for the next truck to load. Competitive hydraulic shovels only provide cooling when the machine is working and the engine is under load.
Additional efficiency is achieved via our thermostatically controlled radiator fan speed. The fans do not run until oil temperature exceeds a temperature of 50° C (122° F), saving energy.
The high-efficient oil cooling system ensures that the oil temperature is only 25° to 30° C (45° to 54° F) higher than the ambient temperature. Thus, the hydraulic oil's working temperature remains within the optimal operating viscosity range of 50° to 70° C (122° to 158° F).
Pump Managing System
Delivering optimal performance, our pump managing system continuously evaluates actual engine and hydraulic operating values against set values, and adjusts pump output accordingly. This results in efficient use of the engine for greater productivity.
Pump managing system advantages include:
- Best possible utilization of engine output and engine overload avoidance via electronic load limit regulation. Less energy consumption and less thermal load on hydraulic oil with zero oil flow regulation for main pumps. Less fuel consumption and lower noise emission via automatic RPM reduction. Reduced component wear and lower noise emission with automatic oil flow reduction for closing/opening of bucket clam. Protection of components with automatic oil flow reduction if hydraulic and/or engine coolant temperature exceed set maximum. Improved operator control response via on-demand pump flow.
Closed-loop Swing Circuit
Delivering faster cycle times and improved energy efficiency, while also generating less heat, our closed-loop swing circuit provides distinct advantages over competitive machines utilizing open-circuit swing systems.
Kinetic energy captured during the swing motion is fed back into the system during deceleration, providing more power to drive the main and auxiliary pumps. Energy is saved during deceleration, because braking occurs via counteracting controls, as opposed to throttles used in open circuit swing systems.
Energy is saved during acceleration via torque control, providing a pressure balance valve that controls the swing pump against pressure in the closed-loop swing circuit, ensuring that only the minimum necessary oil flow is utilized at any given time.
Faster boom lift motion during swing is achieved with our closed-loop swing system, increasing overall productivity.
Operator's Cab
We understand that the most important factor in your hydraulic shovel's effectiveness is the performance of its operator. To help make their workday as productive as possible, we've incorporated safety and comfort features into the 6030 operator's cab.
Safety glass is used for all cab windows, and armored glass for the windshield. Operator's seat is equipped with integrated safety switch that automatically neutralizes the hydraulic controls when the operator leaves the seat.The height of the cab module ensures an eye level of approximately 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in), providing excellent visibility of the digging and loading areas. Cab meets Operator Protective Guard ISO 10262:1998 Level II standards for both Front and Top Guards.
Pneumatically cushioned, multi-adjustable operator's seat. Large, transflective color touch-screen display (BCS III) provides vital machine monitoring and diagnostic data for convenient troubleshooting and service assistance.
Electronic Control System
Help your team meet productivity and performance standards with our intuitive, informative on-board electronics.
The system relays actuating signals from the joysticks, delivering fast and precise machine reactions facilitate a reduction in operator fatigue.
Uptime is increased as a result of simplified troubleshooting and advanced diagnostic capabilities.
Easier setting of servo control characteristics allow operators to adjust to their preference.
No hydraulic lines are present in the cab or the cab module, ensuring a clean arrangement with less noise emission.
Streamlined system requires only one type of controller for each function (i.e., left side drive train, right side drive train, servo, and auxiliary) reducing the number of required controllers in the system and associated replacement stock.
Engine works in optimal range of performance during the entire digging cycle, reducing fuel burn.
Reduced hydraulic pulsation lessens stress imposed on the engine and hydraulic components.
Less vibration and more even machine movement via reduced pressure peaks.
Parts book, Technical and Operating handbook, as well as hydraulic and electric schematics are available in electronic format.
Cat MineStar System and Technology Solutions
Aimed at enhancing the productivity and profitability of your hydraulic shovel, we currently offer a combination of Cat MineStar System offerings and Cat hydraulic shovel technology solutions.
Helping you achieve your goals for enhanced mine site safety, improved efficiency, reduced operating costs, and greater profitability, the Cat MineStar System provides the most comprehensive suite of mining technology products in the industry. It consists of a number of configurable capability sets – Fleet, Terrain, Detect, Health, and Command – that allow you to scale the system to your mine site needs. Cat MineStar System helps you manage everything from material tracking to sophisticated real-time fleet management, machine health systems, autonomous equipment, and more.
With the integration of Product Link Elite, the Cat 6030 is able to utilize the following Cat MineStar System capability sets: Fleet: Fleet provides real-time machine tracking, assignment and productivity management, providing a comprehensive overview of all your asset operations from anywhere in the world. Terrain: Terrain enables high-precision management of drilling, dragline, grading and loading operations through the use of guidance technology. It increases machine productivity and provides you real-time feedback for improved efficiency. Detect: Detect helps increase operator awareness, enhancing safety at your operation. It includes a range of capabilities designed to assist the operator, including blind spot and proximity detection of fixed and mobile equipment. Health: Health delivers critical event-based machine condition and operating data for your entire fleet. It includes comprehensive equipment health and asset monitoring capabilities, with a wide range of diagnostic, analytic and reporting tools.
Enhancing diagnostic capabilities and providing detailed troubleshooting functions, our Board Control System uses sensors throughout the machine to monitor operating data, record faults, and notify the operator audibly and visually. This promotes the earliest possible detection of faults and allows for timely maintenance planning and assistance for speedy repair.
Loading/Hauling Efficiency
For full truck payloads with minimum loading time, an efficient loading/hauling system begins with an optimized equipment match. Cat hydraulic shovels are matched with Cat mining trucks to maximize volume of material moved at the lowest operating cost per ton.
Front Attachment Options and Structures
To extend service life and ensure that your shovel keeps producing, our front attachment structures are designed for durability and dependability. Whether you equip your hydraulic shovel in backhoe or face shovel configuration, extended performance in the harsh mining conditions you face daily is accomplished through selection of high-strength steels and rugged castings, joined and thermally stress-relieved, to help you achieve your productivity targets.
Heavy castings at all pivot points Better flow of forces and less welding seams, as top chords are made of one bend plate. Entire boom and stick are stress relieved after welding. Welding procedures allow for internal welding (double prep weld).
Swing System
Extending component life and ultimately improving machine uptime, our swing system includes a triple-race swing roller bearing with internal gearing connected to an automatic lubrication system.
For added reliability, all lube lines are located inside the roller bearing for maximum protection.
For maximum swing power and faster cycle times, the 6030 utilizes the same swing gears as its larger Cat counterparts.
Easier maintenance is afforded by the free accessibility of swing gears and rotary distributor.
Undercarriage
The 6030 features a redesigned undercarriage for added durability and reliable performance. A two-stage track tensioning system, utilizing both low pressure and high pressure accumulators with new 13-tooth sprockets, reduces impact and is capable of handling the most extension track tension, extends undercarriage component life and provides a more comfortable ride for the operator. Likewise, the vertical position of the support rollers has been modified, and the amount of chain slack is reduced, to further extend tension system and chain life.
Track pads have a broadened and reinforced running surface, increasing wear volume by approximately 40%, and reinforced pin retention allows for better tolerance of impact between track pads and the blank holder.
The 6030 undercarriage also features newly designed fixed axle rollers for improved durability and reduced owning and operating costs. The new fixed axle roller design provides:
1. A robust single piece rim – The new roller body is forged utilizing high strength and wear resistant materials which results in superior performance and durability. Further, it is thru-hardened to deliver excellent wear resistance throughout its life.
2. Caterpillar proprietary bearing and sealing technology – Optimized load transfer, superior bushing technology and Cat high performance seals result in a roller that is maintenance free for life. With the Caterpillar proprietary sealing system, combined with Cat precision seals, the result is a roller that can go the distance. Based on field test data, the new fixed-axle roller design is yielding considerable improvement in life compared to the previous generation.
3. Run-cool roller technology – High performance lubricant and Caterpillar proprietary technology results in much lower operating temperatures and enhances the performance over the life of the roller. Field tests have demonstrated much cooler operation, even during long distance propels. This enhancement results in significant improvement in long distance travel performance, reduced need for compulsory cooling periods, and reduced risk of roller damage.
4. Elimination of central lubrication system to the undercarriage – With the Caterpillar proprietary sealing technology and high performance tribology solutions, the new fixed axle rollers are able to deliver superior performance without the need for continuous lubrication, reducing owning and operating costs.
5. Easier assembly – Total installation requires only two steps, allowing for quicker field assembly.
6. Proven Caterpillar design – Leveraging 100 years of Caterpillar undercarriage innovation, the design concept stems from field proven designs used on virtually all Cat machines with tracked undercarriages, ensuring consistent and reliable performance.
Safety
Sharing your commitment to safety, and driven by our commitment to Zero Harm, we work tirelessly to design the safest machines possible to protect your most important asset; your employees. That is why we updated the design of the 6030 in accordance with the principles mining safety best practices, and offer this standard, not as an option or upgrade. Some examples of the safety-enhancing features of the Cat 6030 hydraulic mining shovel include the following:
All stairways have 45° angle for safe and comfortable access and movement about the machine. Emergency egress ladder directly adjacent to the operator's cab. Hydraulically operated boarding ladder with emergency lowering via nitrogen accumulator ensures that ladder remains operational even when engines shut off. Machine swing and propel capability is switched-off when ladder is in down position.
Improved routing and clamping of hydraulic hoses. Hydraulic hoses and electrical wiring are separated from each other for fire prevention. All service areas are accessible via anti-slip walkways, and trip hazards are eliminated. All hot surfaces are covered to prevent burns.
Cabinet with battery isolation switch, mounted on top deck directly above the battery box, allows quick and easy shut-off of voltage on the entire shovel. Cabinet contains a starter isolator which allows on-board voltage, but prevents starting of engines.
An easily accessible, standard shut-off switch located in the cab shuts down the electrical system in case of emergencies. Additional shut-off switches are located on the machine, in the machine house or accessible from the ground.
Minimizing the potential for material spill on to the attachment or cab, the TriPower automatic roll-back limiter prevents the bucket from being curled back too far.
Customer Support
Cat dealers offer a wide range of solutions, services and products that help you lower costs, enhance productivity and manage your operation more efficiently. From the time you select a piece of Cat equipment until the day you trade or sell it, the support you get from your Cat dealer makes the difference.
Cat dealers provide the level of support you need, on a global scale. Dealer expert technicians have the knowledge, experience, training and tooling necessary to handle your repair and maintenance needs, when and where you need them.
When Cat products reach the field, they are supported by a worldwide network of parts distribution facilities, dealer service centers and technical training facilities to keep your equipment up and running. Cat customers rely on prompt, dependable parts availability through our global dealer network, ready to meet your needs 24/7.
Every piece of Cat equipment is designed and built to provide maximum productivity and operating economy throughout its working life. Cat dealers offer a wide range of service plans that will maximize uptime and return on your investment, including:
- Preventive Maintenance Programs
- Diagnostic Programs, such as Scheduled Oil Sampling and Technical Analysis
- Rebuild and Reman Option
- Customer Support Agreements
Serviceability
Lowering your operating costs and maximizing your hydraulic shovel's uptime and productivity is of supreme importance to us. To that end, we've made vital components more accessible and designed simpler systems to make maintenance activities quicker and easier.
Facilitating easier maintenance, exceptional accessibility is provided to systems like the swing motor, swing gearbox and rotary distributor in the well organized superstructure. Easily accessed by walkways on both sides, the boom-mounted main valve block, a feature unique to Cat Hydraulic Shovels, provides a clean layout and reduces the number of hoses leading from the superstructure to the attachment.
Ensuring neat organization for safe operation, easy inspection and fast service, the design of our hydraulic system significantly reduces the total number of frequently moving hoses from the superstructure to the attachment. Longer hose life via improved routing in accordance with mining safety best practices.
Quick fuel and fluid replenishment is made easy with a retractable service station underneath the engine module, accessible at ground-level.
Twin-engine design facilitates troubleshooting of drive trains, as one engine can be compared to the other.
Sustainability
Meeting the needs of today without compromising the needs of tomorrow is the goal for all Cat machinery. The commitment to helping you operate safely and sustainably is affirmed in the production of the 6030 hydraulic shovel.
Reduce your carbon footprint with our lower emission electric drive option.
Emit less heat and improve energy efficiency via the energy recovery capability of the closed-loop swing circuit.
Decrease your energy use and material consumption with a machine that's designed to be rebuilt.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Engine Output - SAE J1995 1141kW
- Bucket Payload 31t
- Operating Weight 297t
- Note Specifications shown above apply to Backhoe configuration. Face Shovel and Frontless configurations are also available.
- Engine Model 2 x Cat C27
- Gross Power - SAE J1995 1141kW
- Net Power - SAE J1349 1125kW
- Note Electric drive option available (1000 kW) on 6030 AC
- Number of Cylinders - Each Engine 12
- Bore 137.7mm
- Stroke 152.4mm
- Displacement 27l
- Aspiration Turbocharged and air-to-air aftercooled
- Components (1) Hydraulically driven radiator fan with electronically controlled fan speed
- Components (2) Micro processed engine management
- Components (3) Heavy-duty air filters
- Components (4) Two-stage fuel filter, including water separator
- Components (5) Additional high-capacity water separator
- Fuel Tank Capacity 5080l
- Emissions Meets China Nonroad Stage III emission standards, equivalent to U.S. EPA Tier 2.
- System Voltage 24V
- Batteries in Series/Parallel Installation 4 x 210 Ah at 12V each; 420 Ah with 24V in total
- Batteries 4 maintenance free batteries
- Components (1) Battery isolation relays
- Components (2) Emergency stop switches accessible from ground level and in engine module
- Components (3) 14 LED high-brightness working flood lights
- Components (4) 11 LED service lights
- 6030 FS - Standard Track Pads 1000mm
- 6030 FS - Operating Weight 294300kg
- 6030 FS - Ground Pressure 21.9N/cm²
- 6030 - Standard Track Pads 1000mm
- 6030 - Operating Weight 296500kg
- 6030 - Ground Pressure 22.1N/cm²
- Note Other track pads available on request. Operating weights include: base machine, front attachment, standard track pads, standard rock bucket, and 100 fuel and lubricants.
- Hydraulic Tank Capacity - Approximately 2500l
- Total Volume of Hydraulic Oil - Approximately 3500l
- Main Pumps 4 x variable swash plate pumps
- Main Pumps - Maximum Oil Flow - Diesel Version 4 x 552 L/min (4 x 146 gal/min)
- Maximum Pressure - Attachment 310bar
- Maximum Pressure - Travel 360bar
- Swing Pumps 2 x reversible swash plate double pumps
- Swing Pumps - Maximum Oil Flow - Diesel Version 4 x 197 L/min (4 x 52 gal/min)
- Maximum Pressure - Swing Pumps 350bar
- Oil Flow of Cooling Pumps - Diesel Version 2 x 467 L/min (2 x 123 gal/min)
- Diameter - Fan 1200mm
- Swing Drive 2 compact planetary transmissions with axial piston motors
- Parking Brakes Wet multiple-disc brake, spring-loaded/hydraulically released
- Maximum Swing Speed - Diesel Version 4.6r/min
- Swing Ring Triple-race roller bearing with sealed internal gearing
- Maximum Swing Speed - AC Version 5r/min
- Travel Speed - 1st Stage - Maximum 1.4km/h
- Travel Speed - 2nd Stage - Maximum 2.7km/h
- Maximum Tractive Force 1637kN
- Gradeability - Travel Drives - Approximate 64%
- Track Pads - Each Side 44
- Bottom Rollers - Each Side 7
- Support Rollers - Each Side 2 plus a skid plate in between
- Travel Drives - Each Side 1 planetary transmission with 2 two-stage axial piston motors
- Parking Brakes Wet multiple disc brake, spring loaded/hydraulically released
- Components (1) All running surfaces of sprockets, idlers, rollers and pad links, as well as teeth contact areas of sprocket and pad links, are hardened
- Components (2) Cast double-grouser combined pad-links with bushings connected by hardened full floating pins
- Components (3) Fully hydraulic self-adjusting track tensioning system with membrane accumulator
- Components (4) Automatic hydraulic retarder valve to prevent over-speed on downhill travel
- Components (5) Acoustic travel alarm
- Operator's Eye Level - Approximately 6.5m
- Internal Dimensions of Cab - Length 2200mm
- Internal Dimensions of Cab - Width 1600mm
- Internal Dimensions of Cab - Height 2150mm
- Components (1) Under roof mounted heating ventilating and air conditioning system
- Components (2) External sun shields at side and rear windows
- Components (3) Robust instrument panel including large colored BCS screen with transflective technology
- Components (4) Board Control System (BCS) electronic monitoring and data logging system for vital signs and service data of engines, hydraulic system and lubrication system
- Components (5) Hydraulically operated 45°access stairway
- Components (6) Emergency egress ladder with ladder cage
- Components (7) Switch in seat cushion to automatically neutralize the hydraulic controls when operator leaves the seat
- Components (8) Pneumatically cushioned and multi-adjustable comfort seat with lumbar support, seat heating, safety belt, head- and armrests
- Components (9) Roller blinds at all windows
- Components (10) Windshield with parallel intermittent wiper/washer
- Components (11) All-round safety glass, armored windshield and sliding side window
- Components (12) Operator Protective Guards (ISO 10262:1998 Level II
- Components (13) Joystick controls integrated in independently adjustable seat consoles
- Components (14) Fold-away auxiliary seat with safety belt
- Capacity - Grease Container 450l
- Type (1) Dual-circuit system with hydraulically driven heavy-duty pump and electronic time relay control to adjust the pause/lube times
- Type (2) Connected to the lubrication system are the swing roller bearing with internal gearing and all pivot points of attachment, bucket and cylinders
- Type (3) Lubricated pinion for greasing of internal gearing of swing ring
- Type (4) System failures displayed by Board Control System
- Type (5) Grease filters (200 µm) between service station and container as well as directly behind grease pump
- Shovel attachment with unique TriPower kinematics ensuring the following main features: (1) Automatic roll-back limiter to prevent material spillage and kinematic assistance to hydraulic forces
- Shovel attachment with unique TriPower kinematics ensuring the following main features: (2) Horizontal automatic constant-angle bucket guidance and vertical automatic constant-angle bucket guidance
- Shovel attachment with unique TriPower kinematics ensuring the following main features: (3) Constant boom momentum throughout the whole lift arc and crowd force assistance
- All buckets (FS and BH) are equipped with a wear package consisting of: (1) Special liner material covering main wear areas inside and outside of bucket and lip shrouds between teeth
- All buckets (FS and BH) are equipped with a wear package consisting of: (2) Wing shrouds on side walls and heel shrouds at bottom edges
- Type (1) Catwalks with rails at booms
- Type (2) Special wear packages for highly abrasive materials on request
- Type (3) Pressure-free lowering of boom (FS and BH) and stick (FS) by means of a float valve
- Type (4) Welding procedures allow for internal counter-welding (double prep weld) wherever possible
- Type (5) Booms and sticks are stress-relieved after welding
- Type (6) Booms and sticks are torsion-resistant, welded box design of high-tensile steel with solid steel castings at pivot areas
- Bucket Capacity - Face Shovel (heaped 2:1) 16.5m³
- Bucket Capacity - Backhoe (heaped 1:1) 17m³
- Make/Model 2 x Cat C27
- Frequency 50 Hz (60 Hz on request)
- Operating Weight - Face Shovel 294t
- Total Rated Net Power - ISO 3046/1 1194 kW 1,800 min-1 (1,600 hp 1,800 min-1)
- Revolutions 1,500 min-1 (1,800 min-1 at 60 Hz)
- Operating Weight - Backhoe 296t
- Voltage 6.3 kV ± 10% (other on request)
- Bucket Payload 30t
- Type Squirrel cage induction motor
- Total Rated Net Power - SAE J1349 1192 kW 1,800 min-1 (1,597 hp 1,800 min-1)
- Maximum Breakout Force 954kN
- Maximum Crowd Force 1298kN
- Maximum Altitude - Without Deration - At 25° C (77° F) Above Sea Level 500m
- Maximum Digging Height 13.8m
- Starting current 450% of IN (253% of IN optional)
- Swing Pumps - Maximum Oil Flow - AC Version 2 × 426 L/min (2 × 113 gal/min)
- Output 1000 kW
- Oil Flow of Cooling Pumps - AC Version 2 × 459 L/min (2 × 121 gal/min)
- Main Pumps - Maximum Oil Flow - AC Version 4 × 543 L/min (4 × 143 gal/min)
- Total Rated Gross Power - SAE J1995 1209 kW 1,800 min-1 (1,620 hp 1,800 min-1)
- Rated Current IN 109A (at 6.3 kV)
- Diameter - Fan 2 x 1220 mm (2 x 48 in)
- Installation Retractable service station installed underneath the engine module and easily accessible from ground.
- Alternators 2 × 150A
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