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cloud, meaning it is not necessary for data to
leave the network for monitoring or analysis.
Together, BC|Enterprise and BC|Commander
provide a complete mesh management and
monitoring solution.
smart connected machines and direct service
support, JoySmart Solutions are tailored to each
customer’s specific challenges, to deliver the
highest production, lowest cost per tonne and
zero harm.”
Joy updates on Smart Solutions
ABB updates 800xA Minerals Library
Integrated throughout the Joy Global booth at
MINExpo 2016 was the company’s new JoySmart
Solutions; “fully customisable service, technology
and equipment offerings designed to deliver value
to today’s mining operations. JoySmart Solutions
are integrations of Joy Global’s smart, connected
products and systems, advanced analytics, and
direct services customised to solve its customers’
toughest challenges.”
Connected products deliver data to JoySmart
experts, who partner with customers through Joy
Global’s direct service network. The analytics
produced deliver necessary information on
machine health and performance, providing
direction for the mine operation to help
anticipate service needs and optimise machine
performance to achieve or exceed their financial
and operating goals.
“Reducing or eliminating unplanned downtime
using predictive analytics and automated
processes is essential to running a lean operation
capable of adapting to today’s marketplace,” said
Joy Global President and CEO Ted Doheny.
“Employing advanced analytics and technology,
ABB, the power and automation technology
group, has released an updated version of its
System 800xA Minerals Library. “The latest
version adds functionalities for advanced
analogue loop control, further facilitating the
engineering processes and widening the scope of
visible information to improve the situation
awareness for operators.”
“This solution update focuses on improving
the operator’s ability to monitor, analyse and
efficiently control safe production,” said Eduardo
Gallestey, Global Technology Manager at ABB.
“The next generation of Minerals Library builds
upon our long history of helping our customers
use the latest technology and tools to optimise
their operations. Leading global mining and
cement companies have relied on this software
solution for more than 15 years as a key element
of their plant operation to reduce downtime and
maximise production performance.”
With the new loop control connection (LCC),
the Minerals Library applies the successful
concept of "intelligent objects talking to each
other" to the world of loop control. The
consistent linking between objects enables
engineers to design complex control concepts
with a standardised structured approach. The
actual control strategy and dependencies
between objects are directly visualised on the
operator interface.
“LCC is available for all existing loop control
blocks as well as for the newly added loop
control blocks for actuators, ratio, split-range
and adaptive PID (proportional integral
derivative) control. These elements deliver
powerful out of the box functionalities ready to
be used on a broad array of advanced control
challenges.”
The interlock status viewer provides an
improved user interface to support efficient faultfinding and displays more information like time
to trip to enable the transformation from reactive
to proactive plant operation. The group step
viewer shows all steps of a group sequence in a
format easy to understand by operators. It raises
awareness of potential changes in the process
before starting a group sequence. The detailed
status viewer for engineers and maintenance
teams provides an innovative view that shows a
global, functional representation of the process,
all in the same chart. The detailed status report
of its assets and the abnormal situations are all
in the same chart. This helps provide information
needed for quick analysis and action to resolve
issues.
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