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ABB hits mining equipment, diversity milestones

ABB makes ring motors used in Gearless Mill Drives

 Each motor weighs 400 to 500 metric tons and has a footprint whereby each quarter must be carried on the back of a 40-foot flatbed truck

Each motor weighs 400 to 500 metric tons and has a footprint whereby each quarter must be carried on the back of a 40-foot flatbed truck

The company noted that the business had seen record output in the last calendar year and a high for total number of employees, including women in key roles, at the ABB Ring Motors factory in Bilbao, Spain....

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