FLEET MANAGEMENT
time between September
2017 and May 2018 was
reduced from 164 hours
to 136 hours, a gain of automate the formation of unified production
reporting at existing Polymetal open pit mines
and during underground work. “The developed
system confidently passed all the tests, whether
approximately 28 truck-
hours. it was difficult mining work under the ground,
frosts, or sudden temperature fluctuations – from
a warm mine to a strong cold in the open air.”
Underground FMS
VIST Group (now a
subsidiary of Zyfra), one
of the Russian leaders in
the field of digitalisation
Focussing on aspects of an operation through
FMS, such as refuelling can, mean major cost
savings
months later, the PA team expanded the fuelling
configuration to include custom parameters that
would enable refuelling assignments for specific
trucks to occur between 24% and 19% or 25%
and 20%, depending on truck type.
Between September 2017 and May 2018, the
PA team identified a reduction in non-productive
travel time (time from receiving assignment to
arrival at fuel bay) and fuel delay time (time from
arriving to departing at the fuel farm). Across the
fleet, non-productive travel time dropped from 80
hours to 42 hours, for a gain of approximately 38
truck-hours (see graph). Despite a slight spike in
March (resulting from a truck running out of fuel
because of a broken sensor), overall fuel delay
of large mining enterprises, has recently
launched into pilot production a fleet
management system for underground mining
works at the experimental site of the Lunnoye
deposit in the Magadan Region. The company’s
specialists have successfully implemented a pilot
project, which includes the development of new
technical solutions and new software
functionality.
The customer was Serebro Magadana, a
subsidiary of JSC Polymetal, one of the Russian
precious metals mining leaders. “The
development of deposits is a complex process
that requires the involvement of special
equipment, equipment, and highly qualified
personnel. And innovative automated solutions
are a reliable and modern way to make work
much more efficient.”
The software created for the pilot site will
As part of the project, new technical solutions
were applied to ensure the necessary functionality.
To this end, the specialists of VIST Group
conducted a series of studies and experiments,
working in extreme conditions. To work out the
solutions, two underground dump trucks and a
loading and hauling machine operating in the
common cycle were connected to the system.
“Once again, the VIST Group specialists
proved not only the opportunity to offer the
customer a truly unique solution based on an
individual approach, taking into account all the
existing nuances but also the ability to perform
the tasks set in any conditions,” the director for
work with key customers of the company notes
VIST Group’s Alexey Rylnikov.
Now, Polymetal specialists will have to start
working in the new system, assess the
opportunities offered by the new tool for
managing underground mining operations, and
most importantly, analyse the results, draw the
necessary conclusions, as well as work out the
development paths taking into account the
peculiarities of the company’s work. IM
87% 30% 25% 100
Improvement in
Bench Elevation
Accuracy*
Reduction in
Shovel Hang
Time*
Reduction in
Unplanned
Maintenance*
Billion Additional
Tons of Optimized
Haulage*
FLEET MAINTENANCE MACHINE GUIDANCE COLLISION AWARENESS
Doing More to Deliver More
* Achieved at customer sites