MINING SOFTWARE
Deswik ORB can provide automated dispatching in a production environment for autonomous equipment, according to Steven Donaldson, Former Technical Director of ORB from the mine plan are sent directly to our automation stations, and progress updates are received automatically,” Toodu explained.“ This takes us one step closer to a future of fully autonomous mining.”
At the same time as this product / solution integration plays out, Sandvik is designing its software to be capabilities- and datadriven, which, Toodu says, supports broader integration in a couple of ways –“ Firstly, for customers delivering standard connections access points to our data, and, secondly, supporting faster time to market for solutions by leveraging common functional capabilities,”
She concluded:“ These building blocks enable systems to communicate seamlessly and provide our customers with greater flexibility to customise and deploy solutions
A digital platform for better blasting
In today’ s mining industry, the ability to predict and control blasting outcomes is a key value driver, with Dyno Nobel saying its Nobel Fire solution puts that capability right at miners’ fingertips.
Nobel Fire gives operations the tools they need to design, refine, optimise and improve blasts, all in one central platform. It offers enhanced control over blast results using modelling tools to predict and optimise fragmentation.
Fracture Density Model( FDM) is a physics-based tool that models blast outcomes based on the specific geology at a site. FDM uses data, including drilling and loading designs, rock characteristics and explosive properties, to predict fragmentation.“ Unlike traditional fragmentation models, which assume uniform geology and identical waveforms from every blast, FDM can be calibrated using particle size distribution from previous blasts for industry-leading accuracy,” the company says.
Nobel Fire also gives operations the ability
to predict heave and blast movement with its Geologic Element Movement( GEM) tool. GEM uses shapes that accurately represent rock fragments and leverages data inputs, including drill hole and loading designs, explosive properties, geological information and timing, to predict how hundreds of thousands of fragments will travel during a blast, as well as their final location.“ This allows for unmatched predictions of overall blast outcomes, complex ore and waste rock dilution modeling, and cast-blasting optimisation,” Dyno Nobel says.
Using FDM and GEM, operations can simulate trial and error processes digitally rather than conducting them physically, saving time and money while simultaneously ensuring the desired blast outcomes are achieved, the company claims.
In addition to fragmentation optimisation, Nobel Fire offers two tools for vibration control: Advanced Vibration Prediction and Vibration Timing Optimization.
Advanced Vibration Prediction is designed to revolutionise the way operations approach vibration. It accounts for inherent variability in blasting, including confinement, charge weight, bearing to structure, geological differences, and destructive and constructive interference. Using a seed waveform as a starting point, Advanced Vibration Prediction generates thousands of synthetic waveforms to add variability to the convoluted blasting outcomes. A stochastic analysis then provides the likelihood of all potential outcomes to allow operations of all shapes and sizes to confidently predict vibration, Dyno Nobel says.
Vibration Timing
Optimization also offers Nobel Fire gives operations the tools they need to design, refine, improved control over
optimise and improve blasts, all in one central platform, Dyno Nobel says vibration. It quickly helps identify blast timing pairs to reduce vibration at a structure and can run thousands of scenarios in seconds to find the optimal timing for vibration mitigation, according to the company.
Vibration Timing Optimization works seamlessly with Advanced Vibration Prediction in the Nobel Fire platform for a holistic approach to vibration, Dyno Nobel says.
66 International Mining | FEBRUARY 2026