FATIGUE MONITORING & COLLISION AVOIDANCE
equipment with asset tracking will show up in
MineVision; the real-time map application of
Wencomine. Any vehicle without a Wenco
system can plug in a low-cost display too that
will warn them about collisions. So, there’s one
small box that can give that additional layer of
safety — with or without other Wenco
applications.
In terms of how V2X works, Wenco states: “In
its simplest terms, two vehicles drive toward
each other and they’re going a certain speed. We
predict when and if those vehicles are going to
collide. Now, a lot of proximity detection
systems use overlapping zones — if you’re
inside that zone, you get a warning. We’re not
doing that; we’re trying to be a little bit smarter.
We take all our information into account —
distance, time to collision, EMESRT collision
scenarios, the road network from our fleet
management system, equipment elevation. So,
you’re only going to see a warning if you’re X
number of seconds away from that vehicle and
there’s potential for a crash.”
Wenco’s V2X project has had a successful
proof-of-concept (POC) in Australia recently and
is currently engaged in a POC in Canada. Geoff
Gauthier, Wenco Marketing Supervisor told IM:
“Additionally, we have expanded resources to the
V2X team to ensure maximum performance out of
the project and we now have dedicated staff from
Wenco HQ in Vancouver and development
members from our Australian office in Brisbane
on the project. The expected commercial release
of V2X is Q2 of 2018.”
targets for automated movements
and collision avoidance.”
In the current technology, there
are three solid state inclinometers
mounted on the inner boom
(hoist), outer boom (dipper),
hammer (tilt), and an encoder
mounted on the boom swing
motor. Based on the boom
position feedback from these
sensors, the oil flow (boom
speed)/pressure (boom dorce) can be adjusted
to suit through the program to match boom
requirements. “At this stage the predetermined
site information is programmed to limit the
boom movements, speed and forces. At the
autonomous stage, the site information will be
BTI is advancing automation for fixed
underground breakers
determined by the surface mapping sensors and
the output from these sensors will be interacting
with the boom operational software. IM
Cradle to cradle
Rock breaker collision avoidance
Breaker Technology Inc (BTI), has developed