Page 33 What if a crusher could also handle the frst stages of grinding? The whole commin ution pr ocess w ould be m uch mor e str eamlined, with gr eat sa vings in in v estment, w orkload, energ y and consequentl y , mone y . The Vibr ocone ™ crusher fr om Sandvik opens the door to the Futur e of Mining. Read mor e about Vibr ocone ™ – a crusher with grinding pe rf ormance It’ s This W a y: sandvik.com/vibr ocone TRANSFORM ING cOMMINuTION. THIS W A Y! Page 32 What if a crusher could also handle the frst stages of grinding? The whole commin ution pr ocess w ould be m uch mor e str eamlined, with gr eat sa vings in in v estment, w orkload, energ y and consequentl y , mone y . The Vibr ocone ™ crusher fr om Sandvik opens the door to the Futur e of Mining. Read mor e about Vibr ocone ™ – a crusher with grinding pe rf ormance It’ s This W a y: sandvik.com/vibr ocone TRANSFORM ING cOMMINuTION. THIS W A Y! sible to have several AutoMine® Lite systems operating simultaneously in the dif ferent production areas in the mine. From this the good examples are Boliden Garpenber g mine in Swe - den, Inmet Mining Pyhasalmi mine in Finland and our latest Xstrata Kidd Creek mine in Canada. The AutoMine® Lite system consist of Supervisory system which is the Control room software and hardware, Safety System which dedicated for safety of the operation, Communica - tion system which includes the wire - less and wired network and On-board system which covers the automation functionality on the top of the equip - ment. The Sandvik AutoMine® products are built on the same core AutoMine® technologies that provide confgu - rable, expanda ble automatio n solu - tions to streamline and standardize workfow while enhancing through - put. The proprietary technologies that drive this reli ability and effciency include: Semiautonomous mining systems re - quire some inte raction from the oper - ator . In the case of loader application it is typically teleremotely controlled bucket flling. Current artifcial intel - ligence solutions are not yet able to perform as well as combination of hu - man brain and eyes to make decision in which angle to approach the ore. The used mining application and the ore have great infuence on the frag - mentation of the ore which may vary signifcantly . This sets huge challenge to the system to decide what is the best way to get full bucket. T echnol - ogy is developing and already there are applications which indicate the inclination of the muck pile and rec - ognise big rocks. AutoMine® Lite requires operation area isolation. There are two safety standards which defne the functional safety level for these types of systems. For more information: Marty Adams, Global Systems Specialist, Mine Au - tomation; Sandvik Mining marty .adams@sandvik.com ments of a feet of driverless loaders or trucks hundreds of meters below the surface. In case of equipment monitoring or process management systems the supervisors on the surface control room are able to monitor and control under ground operati ons and communicate with under ground op - erators. Automation solutions lead to several benefts: increased feet utili - zation, improved working conditions and safety , increased production, and reduced maintenance costs due to optim ized tramming speeds and smoother equipment operation. AutoMine®Lite-automated single loader system AutoMine® Lite is an advanced al - ternative for tele-remote and radio re - mote control (RRC) systems. It is de - signed for fast installation and startup and enables quick relocation from one production area to another . Also, the loader ’ s automated tramming route is simply taught by a single drive- through between the load and the dump points. An unmanned loader is the perfect solution for hazardous environments. The production area is isolated with a dedicated safety system designed in accordance with functional safety standards. AutoMine® Lite is an easy way to fa - miliarize the mine operation to auto - mation. It can easily be moved to the new productio n areas. The setup of the system is designed to be quick and easy . This gives the mine fexibility to utilize AutoMine® Lite in all produc - tion areas in the mine. Also it is pos - AutoMine® Lite Sandvik Mining is the world’ s leading provider of mine automation technol - ogies with more than 16 automation systems deployed in around seven countries worldwide. It delive rs high- quality and reliable feet automation for drilling, loading and hauling, sin - gle loader automation and process/in - formation management systems. All Sandvik automation products are designed to allow open integration with other IT systems at mine sites. Sandvik automation solutions work close to the customers to ensure mine site and applic ation specifc require - ments are care fully considered prior to the fnal system implementation. Each customer ’ s goal is to recover product from their mine as safely , ef - fciently and proftably as possible. Automated mining solutions and as - sociated software innovati ons are essential for optimizing these goals, whether it’ s a small or lar ge-scale mining operation. Sandvik AutoMine® Product Family is the most comprehensive automa - tion of fering for under ground mining application. The Product Family cov - ers feet autom ation, single loader au - tomation, equipment monito ring and process control systems. The systems are highly innovative automa tion sys - tems where operators in case of feet or single loader automation would normally drive a single heavy-duty machine under ground, can now sit in the comfort and safety of an air -con - ditioned control room on surface, and simultaneously monitor the move - A New Era of Mining Effciency