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also offers good protection in the event of non-
crushable foreign material.
The symmetric arrangement of the roll
permits the eccentric roll crusher to be balanced
with great precision. With additional balancing
weights it can be balanced almost completely.
This lowers machine vibrations when idling and
significantly reduces the loads on surrounding
Atlas Copco teams up with Saab
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tlas Copco has signed a letter of intent
with the defence and security company
Saab and its subsidiary, the technology
consultancy Combitech. The company says the
collaboration goes hand in hand with Atlas
Copco’s aggressive investment in secure
digitalised mining operations. The collaboration
will be based on Atlas Copco’s strong position
and years of experience in the mining industry,
as well as Combitech’s broad experience from
digitalisation of aeronautics, defense and
telecommunications operations.
“Rationalising mining operations not only
result in substantial savings and productivity
improvements; it also ensures greater security
for Atlas Copco’s customers. Atlas Copco has
chosen to initiate a collaboration with Saab and
Combitech as the company further advances its
digital and automation solutions.” A letter of
intent outlining their enhanced cooperation has
been signed. The new collaboration includes
digitalisation efforts related to autonomous
mining control tower, cyber security and
ecosystem solutions. The collaboration will
build upon Saab’s technical platforms and on
the working methods and experience that
Combitech gained in the course of digitalising
the Gripen E fighter aircraft – an effort that cut
development time in half while radically
reducing costs.
“This collaboration is fully in line with our
vision of the digital mine of the future,” said
Helena Hedblom, President of
Atlas Copco’s Mining and Rock
Excavation Technique business
area. “Many of our customers have
already begun the digitalisation
process, and plenty of others will
soon be on board. Our aim is to
support our customers along the
way and to meet their increased
demands for cyber security and
integrated solutions. To shorten
the lead time, we’re choosing to
team up with the best in the
industry. We see great potential in
combining our company’s products
and experience with Combitech’s technologies,”
concluded Hedblom.
“The fact that a world-leading Swedish
industrial company has chosen us to be its
digitalisation partner feels like a real
acknowledgment,” said Combitech’s Deputy
CEO, Lars Ydreskog, who is in charge of
digitalisation at the company. “It shows that the
unique experience we gained while digitalising
structures compared with other primary
crushers. That makes the new crusher ideal for
use in mobile crushing systems.
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the Gripen E fighter, in combination with being a
leader in cyber security, makes us very attractive
to global industry. The collaboration with Atlas
Copco is an important step toward achieving our
goal of becoming a knowledge hub for the
digitalisation of Swedish industry,” concluded
Ydreskog.
This collaboration is another example of Atlas
Copco’s increased focus on the safe
digitalisation of mining operations. Earlier this
year, Atlas Copco acquired a stake in Mobilaris
MCE, a business whose software solutions
provide users with a comprehensive picture of
the mining operations, real-time positioning,
and status information about vehicles,
equipment and personnel. www.atlascopco.com
GroundProbe unveils underground LiDAR solution
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s a global technology leader that provides
advanced hardware and software
solutions to the mining industry,
GroundProbe says it is “excited to announce the
release of our first solution developed
specifically for underground geotechnical
convergence monitoring, the GML-Underground.”
GroundProbe officially launched the Geotech
Monitoring LiDAR (GML-Underground) at their
exhibition booth at the inaugural International
Conference in Underground Mining Technology
2017 in Sudbury, Canada. The GML is a high
resolution and highly precise convergence
monitoring system capable of detecting rock
and ground support movement with sub-
millimetre accuracy.
“We have taken