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engineering-focused major vendor and a data science software solution is providing incredible value to the mining industry .”
Maptek ’ s Coloma references another collaboration that sees PETRA ’ s latest digital twin performance models come into the Maptek Evolution mine schedule optimisation platform as evidence of the increased value of interoperability .
“ The digital twin and artificial intelligence ( AI ) technologies from PETRA integrate optimised mining and beneficiation processes and the resource model , mine design and scheduling capabilities ,” he said . “ We make it as easy as possible for customers to access the machine-learning apps by launching them from within Maptek products .” Coloma argues the software integration process must go both ways . “ We ’ re also proactive in opening up our software for integration with customer systems through application extension toolkits ,” Coloma explained . “ Workflows , APIs and software development kits in scripting languages allow our users to expand the capabilities of Maptek software products .” acQuire ’ s Mundell points to a recent collaboration agreement the geoscience software company struck with cloud-based image capture and management tool Imago as evidence of industry interoperability .
“ This was released as part of our GIM Suite 4.3 product update and gives GIM Suite customers the ability to view high-quality images alongside their geoscientific data within the GIM Suite interface ,” he said . “ Geologists find value in having the data and imagery displayed together so they can quickly validate and verify any anomalies or find issues , and it is one of the most streamlined ways available in the mining industry today for viewing images and matching it to geological data .”
MICROMINE ’ s Brew says it is critical the company provides a means for data to move through the various software offerings as seamlessly as possible .
“ I believe it is safe to say that the ability to integrate is no longer a ‘ nice to have ’, but rather something that is essential to any operation and definitely something which we are measured against with any new or existing customers ,” Brew said .
“ MICROMINE ’ s data management solution , Geobank , captures and validates core sample data whilst being supported by customisable workflows and forms , creating the fundamental understanding of the resource ,” he explained . “ From here our customers will model , design and schedule the mining of this resource either using our Micromine software or indeed a competitor software .”
Rob Daw , Chief Technology Officer of Hexagon ’ s Mining division , says the company ’ s goal of autonomously connecting ecosystems means it must integrate between “ portfolios ” to allow customers to connect people and processes for “ better decisions and quicker access to data ”.
“ A good example is the recent integration of IDS GeoRadar ’ s slope stability monitoring solution with our collision avoidance system ,” he said . “ It means mines
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Hexagon Mining ’ s Rob Daw says the recent integration of IDS GeoRadar ’ s slope stability monitoring solution with the company ’ s collision avoidance system means mines can now receive real-time equipment visualisation with timely alerts about hazardous areas for people and machinery
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