MINING SOFTWARE enabling customers to adopt numerous digital products and share data between applications and workflows.”
ODS’ strength lies in its combination of hardware and software, enabling integrated workflows in all three core categories: Orebody Intelligence, Blast Design, and Execution and Geosolutions. This unique synergy, Craft says, allows the company to deliver hybrid solutions that connect physical and digital technologies, creating smarter, more efficient operations for customers.
Among the recent innovations highlighting this capability are the introduction of a new generation of MonitorIQ ® to enhance GroundProbe’ s radar monitoring systems, delivering improved performance and analytics for geotechnical risk management.
Similarly, the next-generation SaaSuite for Measurand brings advanced sensor data into a streamlined, cloud-enabled environment – delivering precise geotechnical insights for monitoring ground and structural movement, mitigating failure risks and ensuring operational safety, Orica says.
“ These advancements complement the earlier launch of ENVIROTrack, which integrates seamlessly with Syscom hardware to provide a vertically integrated solution for blasting vibration management,” Craft said.
Furthermore, Orica expects complementary hardware to software workflows with the AXIS All-Gyro™ tool and BlastIQ™ Underground.
Craft concluded:“ Together, these developments reinforce our commitment to building an open, secure and integrated ecosystem that transforms how mining operations plan, execute and optimise their processes.”
Information exchange in action
Integration has been top of mind for the Digital Mining Technologies division within Sandvik Mining in recent years, with the OEM making some bold acquisitions to expand its remit beyond its traditional mining equipment core.
Included within this division is the Deswik, Newtrax, Polymathian and AutoMine ® businesses: an assortment of platforms able to provide data feedback and automated end-to-end process optimisation.
The former three companies all came into the Sandvik fold in a busy period from 2019 to 2023, providing significant opportunities for the company to add mine design, scheduling and planning, plus collision avoidance and proximity detection data, into its offering. These opportunities also came with the challenge of integrating the companies – some of whom had very different sales model to Sandvik Mining’ s traditional business.
Elen Toodu, Business Development Director at Sandvik Mining, told IM that the integration work has been progressing as planned, with numerous customers using its products for mine planning, operational management and automation in an integrated manner.“ I am sure this work will never be finished, but we have delivered some great progress,” she said.
Data can now be“ seamlessly exchanged” between the AutoMine solution and operations management and short interval control solutions, Deswik ORB and Deswik OPS, she said.
Steven Donaldson, Former Technical Director of ORB, said ORB and AutoMine offered a“ plug-and-play” integration with multiple benefits.“ For instance, ORB can provide automated dispatching in a production environment for autonomous equipment,” he said.“ Data can also be pulled from Sandvik equipment and brought into ORB through AutoMine for reporting purposes.”
Deswik OPS, a collaborative shortterm planning and shift execution tool for monitoring and managing operational compliance across all mining methods, is also being integrated with both AutoMine and Deswik ORB. In block cave operations specifically, this integration enables dynamic management of cave execution and development.“ In simple terms, assignments
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