根据国内开发和建设大型露天矿山的急需,七十年代后期,太原重型机器厂与南芬露天铁矿、抚顺西露天煤矿和有关院所等13个单位联合,自行研制了斗容量8～12米~3的 WK-10型挖掘机。太重厂于1977年完成了两台样机的制造任务,并于1979年开始在南芬露天铁矿 According to the urgent need of developing and constructing large-scale open-pit mines in the country, in the late seventies, the Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Factory, jointly with 13 units such as Nanfen Open-pit Iron Mine, Fushun Western Open-pit Coal Mine and relevant institutions, ~ 3 WK-10 excavator. Too heavy factory in 1977 completed two prototype manufacturing tasks, and began in 1979 Nanfen open-pit iron mine