Miner AggreGate® Ballast Discharge Systems – Revolutionizing MOW Operations
Today, Miner Enterprises, Inc. celebrates 40 years of proven, reliable and advanced MOW rapid discharge solutions in our Miner AggreGate® line of ballast outlet gates, control systems and accessories.
This "Miner Milestone" product is available in electric, air-powered and manual operating models, and is suitable for both retrofit and new car systems. Our newest model, the solar-powered stand-alone electric AggreGate, is revolutionizing how railroads are bringing more efficiency and flexibility to their maintenance-of-way operations.
By bringing solar power to each railcar, it enables independent operation of every car from anywhere within the ballast train. This eliminates the need for grouping manual and automatic cars. The remote control system, with push button override, enables individual car and gate selection. Operators can effectively ballast inside, outside or both sides of the rail simultaneously.
The dual cylinder air-powered AggreGate is also available in either push button or remote-control operation. The operator can select a specific car and gate as well as control ballast flow, ensuring more accurate ballast discharge from distances as great as 300 feet.
The manual AggreGate is available with transition sheets designed to enable new or retrofit application to any open top hopper car. It features a three-position handle for easy opening and closing of doors. Spring tension holds the large, guillotine door in position at any opening for controlled flow of ballast.
More than 7200 carsets of Miner AggreGates have been sold into service since it first received A.A.R. certification over four decades ago. Today, Miner AggreGates are still the most specified ballast gates in the industry.
Now that's a Miner Milestone.