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operations – yielding up to a potential $5 billion
annually in savings.”
Powered by GE’s Predix™, which the company
says is the world’s only open, cloud-based
operating platform built exclusively for industry,
the Digital Mine “delivers interconnected
technology needed to achieve breakthrough
levels of efficiency and maximum performance. It
combines machine sensors, connectivity, data
capture, visualisation and analytics to support
management of an asset’s lifecycle.”
“Mining, as an industry, faces strong
headwinds and must drive productivity and
improve operational savings. Digital Mine,
through advanced sensor technology and
analytics, seizes the industry’s untapped data to
help make a difference,” said Scott Phillips, Vice
President and CEO of GE Mining. “As we’re doing
successfully for the rail industry, we’re using our
Industrial Internet mindset to actively monitor
and diagnose equipment and operations to
improve assets, maximise efforts, boost fuel
efficiency and lower costs.”
GE’s suite of condition-monitoring capabilities
collects information such as vibration data,
temperature and pressure to inform mine
operators of machine health, and also detects
impending failures before they occur. “Data
collected from disparate systems enables the
linking of insights across machines and
processes, which can lead to better predictivity
and decreased likelihood of accidents – all while
increasing productivity.”
GE Mining says its digital solutions have the
potential to help customers reduce equipment
failures, deliver up to 5% improvement in
mineral recovery, and increase optimisation. For
example, a leading gold mining customer
maximised mineral recovery by 1.5%, which is
equivalent to nearly $1 million a year. A
platinum mine customer increased smelter
throughput by 10% while improving recovery.
In a further development, FLSmidth, the
global supplier of equipment and services to the
global minerals and cement industries, and GE,
have joined forces to create digital solutions for
increasing productivity. The new solutions
developed on GE’s cloud-based Pred ix platform
“will leverage FLSmidth’s expertise in cement
and minerals processing and GE’s Industrial
Internet of Things (IIoT) capabilities to maximise
the potential of connected equipment units,
helping the cement and mining industry to
increase productivity.”
FLSmidth will build its solutions on top of
GE’s Predix platform with applications for
managing process flows thereby allowing
customers to leverage process data and
analytics for monitoring, benchmarking their
performance and predicting maintenance of
their equipment. “Operating costs account for
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around 80% of the total cost of ownership for a
cement plant or running a mining operation, and
energy is the single largest component. An
ongoing monitoring of processes makes it
possible to increase productivity significantly.”
Seeking a Perfect Order
Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE
Company and leader in 3D design software, 3D
Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM) solutions, has announced
the launch of ‘Perfect Order,’ an industry
solution experience for natural resources that
helps mining companies improve supply chain
efficiency and profitability. ‘Perfect Order’ offers
digital end-to-end supply chain management
capabilities for more visibility, control and
predictability across operations.
“As mining companies strive to deliver
commodity shipments to customers that are on
time and meet quality specifications, an efficient
and cost-effective supply chain is critical.
However, lower commodity prices, more variable
demand, and lower grade deposits are
increasing supply chain complexity, making it
harder for mining companies to meet customer
contract requirements.”
Based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and
leveraging Quintiq supply chain planning and
optimisation capabilities, Dassault Systèmes’
‘Perfect Order’ industry solution experience
“offers mining companies a holistic view of
what’s occurring throughout the supply chain,
from infrastructure constraints and bottlenecks,
to labour shortages or the financial impact of an
operational change. In a digital environment,
companies can plan across supply chain
functions to ensure they meet forecast demand,
visualise all activities in their supply networks
and optimise the flow of goods, resulting in
greater predictability for their business.”
“Mining companies are looking to experience
the digital transformation that has brought
operational stability, enterprise agility and
improved business performance to other
Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE
Company, has launched ‘Perfect Order’, an
industry solution experience for natural
resources that helps mining companies improve
supply chain efficiency and profitability
industries,” said Marni Rabassó, Vice President
Natural Resources Industry, Dassault Systèmes.
“Dassault Systèmes offers a diverse set of
solutions to the mining industry that stems from
decades of technological expertise. With
‘Perfect Order,’ mining companies will uncover
hidden value in increased efficiency of the
supply chain, which also improves the
customers’ delivery experience.”
Specifically, the ‘Perfect Order’ industry
solution experience provides a single source of
truth that connects all planning decisions, from
mine to port; improved shipment forecasting
and logistics planning integrating market
demand forecasts, availability of commodities at
minesites, and the capacity of transport
networks as well as predictive intelligence that
leverages historical data and causal factors such
as price and GDP; and real-time key
performance indicators on the impact of
planning decisions that allow for rapid
adjustments to be made to keep deliveries,
specifications and budget on track. It also has
the ability to match supply and demand to
resource capacity, “maximising fulfillment of
contracts and resulting in fewer penalties and
an improved customer experience.”
Trimble rolls out its Connected Mine
Trimble has released its Trimble® Connected
Mine™ Visual Intelligence module with support
for mixed-reality technology including Microsoft
HoloLens to provide visual collaboration of mine
spatial data. “Trimble Connected Mine is an
integrated and complete view of mine data to
improve and accelerate operational and
strategic decision making. Visual Intelligence is
an optional module that enables the 3D
visualisation of Trimble Connected Mine data.
With a proven track record of enterprise-level