Mastering Big Data in Mines

三年前,墨西哥的Cobre del Mayo(CDM)试图在其位于索诺拉(Sonora)南部的开放坑铜矿中解决常见但复杂的问题,距阿拉莫斯镇21公里。从那时起,公司开始使用Hexagon Mining的车队管理解决方案。亚搏苹果app结果令人印象深刻。

克服三个挑战
The geology of the mine presented CDM with its first mining challenge. CDM produces grade-A copper cathode, supplied as refractory, and vein-type ore for processing into concentrate. The mine is a copper porphyry system, structurally controlled by shear faulting with mineralisation stockwork, disseminated and variable depth ranging oxidation.

Oxidation is from the surface up to 430 metres, with chalcocite from 40 to 430m. The challenge lies in two types of minerals that cannot be processed the same way. The dominant alteration is quartz-sericite and sporadic areas with intense argillic alterations, meaning that close control is essential in the dilution and the selectivity of the ore.

The next challenge to overcome was fleet management.
CDM’s fleet comprises the following:

  • Three hydraulic shovels, Komatsu and Terex
  • Two retro excavators, Komatsu and Caterpillar
  • Three loaders and three high-precision first loaders
  • 26 haul trucks (20 789s and six 777s)
  • Three drills, Sandvik, D75KS and a high-precision dozer
  • Auxiliary equipment, including dozers, graders and water trucks
  • Retro excavators, which are roughly the size of the ore polygons (deposit areas)

一个多边形中的2,000吨潜在的2,000吨是一个用于稀释控制的系统。

Finally, tracking and reporting can be an overwhelming task.

CDM must deal with waste in various forms, from low-grade to medium- and high-grade. Constant awareness of waste type is important because the loading equipment can be working with three or more polygons simultaneously, requiring frequent changes from truck to truck. So, like any mine, fleet management is important to CDM. The complicated ore distribution means CDM’s teams of operators must use the best tools to avoid dilution and improve selectivity.

但是,即使是出色的系统和出色的工具也可能会缺少,但是,如果可靠且准确的报告不是该过程的一部分。自CDM于2006年开始商业生产以来,运营商在没有自动报告过程的情况下手动编译了报告。卡车操作员将包括从原点到目的地的周期,调度员将手工捕获操作员的所有信息并进行编译。CDM通过手工和无线电跟踪使用时间和设备延迟。延迟的实时警报不可用,很难从演习操作员那里接收可靠的数据。如果没有自动跟踪和报告的系统,就会浪费宝贵的时间。

亚搏苹果app选择的六边形采矿解决方案
Hexagon Mining’s fleet management solution, Jigsaw, was among six systems evaluated by CDM to help solve these issues. After careful analysis, CDM selected Jigsaw.

CDM的调度经理维克多·罗德里格斯(Vic亚搏苹果apptor Rodriguez)说:“最好的选择是六边挖矿。”“评估过程是以成本评估的形式以及一群访问各种地雷的人进行的。他们中的大多数人都在智利,直接观察到拼图系统的工作。”

Less than two months later, initial hardware and software were deployed and CDM went live with Jigsaw. CDM began officially logging reports with Jview, Hexagon Mining’s business intelligence suite shortly after.

The system installation included a room for the dispatch in the highest part of the mine. This offered a full view of mine operations via visual controls. Three 52-inch screens were installed to display different dashboard views of the mine. Each dispatcher was supplied with three additional 32-inch screen displays. The smaller screens manage the roads on Jview and allow for realtime reports. The other dispatcher handles control of the operation and production equipment, including loaders and trucks.

清洁发展机制的核心实现蒂姆eframe from first installment to go-live was roughly three months. Like most mines, CDM’s overriding objective is to produce more while lowering costs. Armed with Hexagon Mining’s fleet management solution, CDM was quickly able to increase safe mining operations and production output, while managing cost, quality and control.

实时信息以更好的决策
现在,CDM已指定配备了适当的通知系统的维护调度器,从而防止了维护问题的流失时间和资源。需要支持或经历设备问题的操作员可以直接与系统中的维护或短信交谈,从而减少射频需求。

The primary crusher is now monitored in real time. Any delay generates an immediate alert, avoiding the need for phone calls or radios, which can sometimes be unreliable. Individual dumps in the crusher, waste, leach pads, and stockpiles are monitored and reported on. With multiple destinations, every truck is unloading exactly where and when it needs to be.

Rodriguez说:“在与Hexagon采矿合作之亚搏苹果app前,鉴于我们的设备尺寸,我们很难在提取中实现精确度。”“自实施以来,我们的矿石控制已经取得了重大改进,正如我们当前的生产增加所见。

“The solution provides reliable and flexible and automatic reporting, for production, productivity, availability, drilling information, and many other aspects of the mine operation,” concludes Rodriguez.

Fabiano Moura撰写

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