China, sandvik: Electrification+Digitalization to Create Energy-efficient Rock Treatment Technology

Electrification+Digitalization to Create Energy-efficient Rock Treatment Technology Drought, rainstorm, high temperature, typhoon ... Extreme weather is testing human beings everywhere. How to curb global warming, reduce climate disasters and achieve sustainable development is the common concern of governments and many enterprises. In the last issue, Xiao Ke told everyone about sandvik's plan to build a magic weapon for the electric vehicle industry. In this issue, we will talk about how to achieve sustainable development through energy-efficient electric crushing and screening equipment and digital solutions.

In the mining industry, rock treatment is an essential step to obtain gold, silver, copper, iron and other metals and various minerals, as well as rare earth metals that are essential for green transformation; In infrastructure construction, rocks need to be treated many times before they can show their talents in projects such as buildings and roads.

In order to improve energy efficiency, realize the transformation to electric operation and reduce carbon emissions in mining and infrastructure sectors, sandvik provides customers with sustainable rock treatment solutions through high-efficiency electric+digital crushing and screening equipment, and effectively reduces global energy consumption.

100%-90% to promote the full electrification of crushing and screening equipment.

In order to compete fiercely with hard stones and finally win, the power of crushers and screeners is relatively high. Whether to adopt clean energy will directly affect the sustainable development of the industry.

At present, sandvik's fixed and wheeled crushing and screening products have achieved 100% electrification. By the end of 2025, more than 90% of mobile crushing and screening solutions in sandvik will be electrified. At the same time, considering that it may be difficult to access the power grid in remote areas, the latest electric mobile jaw crusher in sandvik is also equipped with a vehicle-mounted generator set, which can use HVO biofuel as energy source.

Pontus Alexandersson, head of sustainable rock treatment business in sandvik, said: "We are committed to working closely with our customers to make rock treatment more environmentally friendly by providing leading equipment, services and solutions."

Compared with traditional equipment, electric equipment can not only reduce energy consumption, but also bring many additional benefits, such as reducing operating costs by reducing maintenance and repair. Sandvik's rock crushing and screening products have been widely used in many countries and regions around the world, even in the Antarctic region with extremely harsh climatic conditions.

In China market, the fixed crushing and screening solution provided by sandvik is 100% electric, which has been successfully applied to many metal mines, cement, sand and gravel aggregate enterprises in China.

50% VS 5% Improve energy efficiency with excellent technology and services.

Sandvik is promoting the transformation to faster, greener and smarter operations in various ways. "Not only to electrify our equipment, but also to meet the energy challenge by continuously optimizing our customers' existing equipment and processes." Alexandersson said.

According to statistics, the mining industry consumes about 6% of the global energy. Among them, the traditional method of grinding rocks consumes 40% of the total energy consumption of the mining industry, and the energy utilization efficiency is only 5%.

The energy utilization efficiency of sandvik fixed crusher has reached about 50%. This is mainly because sandvik adopted the method of "more crushing and less grinding", and carried out more crushing in the early stage of rock treatment, conveying finer particles to the downstream process, thus obviously reducing the energy consumption of the mine.

At the same time, sandvik Rock Treatment Technology also provides customers with life-cycle solutions. Through experienced technical experts, targeted knowledge transfer and clear guidance, we can customize service solutions for different customers to help them reduce equipment use costs, improve operation and energy efficiency and achieve sustainable development.

Using connected devices to improve sustainability and productivity

In order to improve the sustainability and productivity of rock processing equipment, sandvik has introduced a new generation of automation and connection system ACS, as well as digital solutions such as digital service tool SAM™. Based on data and intelligent interconnection, the equipment operation is smarter and simpler.

These digital solutions can not only help customers improve sustainability, but also improve productivity and profitability. Alexandersson said: "By using connected devices, for example, data analysis provided by our digital service SAM™, the operation will become more outstanding, and customers can achieve sustainable development and gain more benefits by optimizing equipment and production processes."

At the same time, the transformation of more energy-saving rock treatment solutions can also help customers get more benefits. "Generally speaking, the production income can be increased by 10-15% by configuring and customizing interconnected equipment for existing equipment." Alexandersson said that he expects more industry partners to realize the importance of energy-saving solutions and work together to push the whole industry towards a sustainable future.

SANDVIK!

As a global high-tech engineering group, sandvik is striving for a better world by promoting electrification, automation and digitalization to achieve higher production efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. In the next issue, we will talk about the electrification solution of mining and rock technology in sandvik.