Normet has expanded its wide equipment offering by launching the agile and compact Variomec XS product family to the market. The Normet XS carrier is developed to provide a safe, purpose-built and agile platform for several different transportation applications needed in demanding mining operations.

The XS is designed to minimise vehicle total cost of ownership and to provide excellent performance, best-in-class safety and payload capacity versus current competition in the market. The versatile XS carrier fits to a 3.5 m x 3.5 m envelope and it can be utilised for multiple equipment applications, and the application can be changed effectively when required. The XS can transport up to 4 t of payload, either personnel, transportation, transportation of goods or both together.

The Variomec XS 115 Personnel is compact underground bus with 13 person carrying capacity. Roomy personnel compartment is FOPS/ROPS approved and can be equip with heating and AC to offer superior comfort to passengers. The Variomec XS 040 Material is a compact material transportation vehicle with 4 t carrying capacity which offers roomy platform with low loading height and crane. Finally, the Variomec XS 035 Crew is a compact mine service vehicle which has platform with 3.5 t carrying capacity, crane and roomy compartment for 3-person crew, in addition to room for three people in the cabin. The XS is described as an “ideal solution for all underground operations” and instead of currently available light vehicles, “it brings unforeseen level of safety, versatility and robustness to this size class. Variomec XS is currently available with Stage IIIA engine and the offering of applications and emission classes will gradually expand in the future.”

Normet says it is continuously developing new technologies to meet and exceed the customer and industry requirements, with safety as the first and most important design principle. Normet has equipment covering all emission requirements globally, and in addition Normet offers SmartDrive battery electric equipment with zero local emissions.