AUSTRALIAN TECHNOLOGY
An infographic showing Banlaw’ s Overfill Protection solutions across the surface mining spectrum of equipment
Australian Engineering Excellence Awards. This kind of recognition from our customers and our peers has a huge impact on the teams creating new technology, manufacturing it, and supporting our customers on-site.”
New MoU for Gekko and Rockwell
Gekko Systems and Rockwell Automation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding( MoU) to develop software solutions that will assist mining customers across the globe to account for metal content in the various stages of ore
processing plants and provide the analytical capability to audit and improve operating performance.
Rockwell Automation and Gekko have worked together collaboratively over 15 years and bring together Gekko’ s deep knowledge and experience in mineral processing solutions and operations with Rockwell Automation’ s global leadership in automation.
The MoU was signed on
February 27, 2017 at Rockwell Automation by Gekko’ s Global Mining and Processing Services Manager, Renaldo Maras; Group Manager- Sales & Commercial, Andrew Edmondston; and Rockwell Automation’ s Regional Director South Pacific, David Hegarty.
“ It is exciting for Gekko Systems to be associated with Rockwell Automation in what we believe to be a significant opportunity to assist the mining industry to make sense from valuable data that is often lost or not easily accessible for analysis,” said Renaldo Maras.
The metallurgical accounting program is in development and pilot stage. Gekko representatives attended the PDAC conference in Toronto recently and along with Rockwell
Automation representatives met with prospective clients to better understand and incorporate their needs into the software design as well as discuss program features.
RCT and full automation service
RCT specialises in remote control and automation solutions to increase productivity, profitability and safety in the mining industry. The company has come a long way since its inception in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 45 years ago and says it is constantly evolving to keep up with industry demand as well as innovating and expanding. As a result, today RCT has 10 branches located around the world.
Today, the full-service company supplies solutions across multiple brands including ControlMaster ®, EarthTrack ®, Muirhead ®, AusProTec™ and SmarTrack ®. All brands can be interchanged based on clients’ needs and goals.“ While all of RCT’ s solutions are helping to improve bottom-line profit there are a few standout solutions helping to transform the mining industry including RCT’ s ControlMaster ® Independent Guidance and Haul Truck Guidance systems. These automation solutions are helping to change the underground mining space. The award winning ControlMaster ® Independent Guidance solution is an advancement from RCT’ s ControlMaster ® Guidance; it allows underground vehicles to
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