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Sandvik has released automine for trucks, which enables automated truck transportation in underground and surface environments.
AutoMine for Trucks
The system turns Sandvik smart truck into a driverless automatic vehicle that can run all the time, which the company calls the first automatic ramp transport truck in the underground mining industry.
Sandvik introduced the product in December 2019 at the "mining digitisation" event in Brisbane, Australia.
Sandvik's intelligent automine system has been used all over the world. It can reduce equipment damage and maintenance work, improve efficiency and fleet utilization. The system can be extended to different mining applications and can be monitored remotely.
"At Sandvik, we are a leader in automated trucks and have been providing products to customers for many years," said Riku Pulli, vice president of automation for Sandvik's mining and rock technology division. We are constantly improving industry standards, and have developed the industry's first full-automatic underground truck, which is used for mining underground, surface part of the ramp, horizontal transportation. These products will revolutionize the mining industry and significantly increase productivity and safety. "
There is a key requirement for the application of automatic ramp transportation, that is, the truck can not only run underground, but also on the surface automatically. After the launch of this product, Sandvik said that it has removed the "seal" that limits this ability for users. One of the main innovations of this function is intelligent switching technology. Trucks can switch from underground navigation mode to surface navigation mode in real time, and smoothly drive through the ramp exit to the surface to finish unloading.
Automine is also directly connected to Optimine (digital platform of underground operation management system), which can effectively plan production and automatically assign tasks to automine for execution. The progress of production tasks will be reported back to Optimine. The mine can understand the automation and manual operation in real time and make reasonable decisions according to the situation. Other advantages of Optimine include equipment and personnel location tracking, 3-D visualization of mines, predictive analysis, and the ability to translate data into feasibility recommendations.
Integration with my Sandvik productivity, a digital service solution for productivity, enables mines to track truck conditions and understand fleet real-time status.
