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Connecting Global Competence functionality of a mine system via partnership with trusted suppliers. These include TRIO industrial I / O control, fibre optic networks, fan control, collision detection, Ethernet tracking plug and play, remote blasting and gas sensing. The company says " you ' ll be positioned well for growth with a flexible platform that allows you to take advantage of future developments without having to rebuild.” Tunnel Radio ' s M2MX interface bridges the language gap by opening up " a world of functional integration possibilities” by interfacing with popular industrial control languages such as Modbus.
Mining is an industry which requires a high degree of collaboration of mining companies and suppliers. Making use of IT supported process optimisation and finally running a mine like a true Industry 4.0 optimised plant requires open interfaces and minimising the amount of communication and IT systems involved. MineTronics says it is now providing a complete set of products and tools for open mine optimisation.
First is an intelligent underground communication network. The intelligent network nodes provide all coordination relevant information in open formats to above ground servers like tracking information from mobile
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The new Minetronics Mobile Machine Gateway( MMG) is a communication computer for mobile equipment
devices, machines and people as IREDES tracking data sets. This tracking works with any WLAN device not requiring specific tags or mobile hardware. In addition customised apps on the network nodes are used for mining specific purposes like switching on rock breakers or conveyor belts on demand upon the LHD approaching the breaker. Also, special applications enabling the network to actively support mine safety, eg by providing guidance in case of emergency, have been designed.
The new Mobile Machine Gateway( MMG) is a communication computer for mobile equipment. It turns machine data into externally usable process relevant information, acts as a technical black box recorder for service purposes and provides remote access to the machine ' s electronics for service purposes. Also a separate access point can be included to allow service staff to wirelessly connect and diagnose a running machine using secured WLAN connections. The MMG is already used also in advanced Machine-To-Machine communication applications underground.
Finally, MineTronics decided to turn the base platform of its MineOpt software into an open source system.“ This allows mining companies, machine suppliers, academia and third parties to develop plugins and collaborative applications to be integrated into a networked mine process optimisation system which perfectly mirrors the individuality of every single mine without the need for expensive interface developments and software customisations. The system exclusively uses open standard based interfaces like IREDES for internal communication and for communication to external IT.”
CEO of MineTronics, Dr Christoph Mueller states:“ It is our goal to provide solutions which are as open and collaborative as possible and enable all parties involved to provide the maximum possible efficiency.” IM
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