BelAZ

BelAZ (White Russian БелАЗ - Беларускі аўтамабільны завод / Belaruski autamabilny zavod to German Belarusian Automobile Plant, German transcription actually BelAZ ) is a Belarusian vehicle manufacturer with headquarters in Zhodzina. The company manufactures large dump truck, heavy Erdbaugeräte, such as wheel loaders, concrete trucks, but also aircraft tractor or railway wagons.

History

In November 1958, heavy dump truck was assembled for a payload of 25 tons in a factory for road construction Dormasch at Zhodzina. The items were delivered from the manufacturers of commercial vehicles MAZ. The vehicle is still received the designation MAZ - 525th A year later, the series production of these 25 -ton dump truck was added, which have now been produced under the name BelAZ. 1961, the prototype BelAZ -540 with 27 tonnes of payload and two years was the BelAZ -548 presented later for a payload of 40 tons. As in 1965 launched the series production of BelAZ -540, the production of the 25 - ton truck has been set. Of BelAZ -540 equipped with a diesel engine (276 kW ) gave an output of 375 hp. The improved version BelAZ- 540A was equipped with a 360 - horsepower V12 diesel engine (265 kW ) and a three-course hydromechanical transmission equipped. Mid -1970s, even dump trucks with a maximum payload of 75 tons of payload and 120 have been developed.

For experimental purposes were built in 1979, a 180 -ton dump truck with the type designation 7521st A 280 -ton vehicle was built, which was used mainly in mining in Russia. In the 1980s and 1990s, aircraft tractors also were produced, the aircraft can pull with a total weight of up to 200 tons. Currently, vehicles are offered with a load capacity from 30 to 450 tons.

In 2012, the company built with the Chinese company Geely International Corporation, a joint venture in Borisov.