14 CIM Magazine V ol 15 No 3 t ools of the tr ade Adaptable automation S andvik has launched Aut oMine f or trucks an aut onomous r amp haulag e applic ation that miner s c an use both under gr ound and on the surf a c e Aut oMine allo ws trucks t o s wit ch fr om under gr ound t o sur f a c e na vig ation in r eal time which S andvik sa ys helps minimiz e equipment damag e by up t o 50 per c ent and optimiz es eff iciency by up t o 30 per c ent T he s y st em uses a seamles s aut omatic handov e r bet w een the under gr ound and surf a c e positioning s y st em wher e trucks k eep moving without st opping at the port al J ouni K oppanen pr oduct line manag er of under gr ound aut omation at S andvik t old CIM Mag azine A f t er dumping the y immediat e ly c ontinue with the ne xt pr oduction cy cle t o g et another load fr om under gr ound Aut oMine eliminat es the need f or inper son har dw ar e chang es t o trucks and it s as sociat ed risks and c an be supervised fr om r emot e loc ations Batterypower ed trucking Ko v a te ra specif ic ally designed it s ne w bat t ery po w e r ed under gr ound mining v ehicle the KT200e f r om the gr ound up T he KT200e s modular fr ame allo ws the v ehicle t o be tr ansport ed under gr ound in the smallest of c a g e s a v oiding c ostly under gr ound c ommis sioning A c c o r ding t o K o v a t e r a miner s c an use the KT200e t o perf orm specif ic jobs such as scis sor lif t s and aerial booms A major f e atur e of our bat t ery options is t o f it v ehicles with a st andar d 44k wh bat t ery W ill Gov e g ener al manag er of K o v a t e r a said W ith this c onf igur ation w e c an off er cust omer s a bat t ery siz e and r ang e that f i t s their needs with out additional c apit al spend T he KT200e s bat t eries ha v e a full char g e time of 15 hour s with a bat t ery lif e of se v en t o nine y ear s T h e y c an be equipped with an additional 25kilo w a t t 600 v olt char g e r Model hauling RPMGlobal s T ALP A C 3D c alculat es truck and loader pr oductivity and c ost s T AL P A C by using a 3D user int erf a c e t o simu lat e optimal haul r out es and equipment selection A c c o r ding t o RPMGlobal miner s c an import r oads t o the T ALP A C 3D in or der t o cr eat e a 3D model of their entir e haulag e net w ork and simulat e the pr oductivity of it s mat erial equipment and r oads It c an be used in the long t erm planning en vir on ment t o c alculat e the pr oductivity of v ari ous c ombinations of mining equipment t o try and g et the best mat ch bet w een loading unit and truck A dam P ric e simulation pr oduct manag er at RPMGlobal t old CIM Mag azine In the shortt erm en vir onment it is used t o under st and the best use of the equipment that is a v ailable ans w ering questions lik e Ho w man y trucks should I put with that dig g e r T he T ALP A C 3D c an import dat a fr om GPS de vic es and dr ones and support s all major 3D surf a c e and r oad f ormat s Courtesy of Kovatera Courtesy of Sandvik Courtesy of RPMGlobal Compiled by Tijana Mitr ovic