New Afton uses automation to deal with the danger of mud and sand inrush

At the beginning of 2017, sandvik LH514 LH514 scraper equipped with AutoMine was put on trial for one month. This is a scraper with a deadweight of 14 tons. Although its length may not be suitable for some narrow corners of the mine room, according to the performance of sandvik LH514 during the probation period, New Afton estimates that the smaller sandvik LH410 can achieve excellent ore withdrawal cycle time and ore shoveling capacity per shift.

During the one-week debugging period at the end of 2017, the first of the two automatic sandvik LH410 ordered by the mine proved that its efficiency was much higher than that of the in-line-of-sight remote control solution.