A New Star of Mining Automation Truck

The new generation of intelligent mining trucks in sandvik combines the industry-leading AutoMine and OptiMine automation solutions and information management solutions, bringing breakthrough progress to transportation operations. Automated truck transportation has greatly improved safety, productivity and profitability.

Mining trucks are the standard solution for most underground transportation applications, as evidenced by the 500,000 running hours of automatic trucks in sandvik for decades.

Underground transport trucks are also facing the pressure of innovation and change today. The main innovation trends include replacing diesel with low-carbon fuel sources and increasingly relying on sensors to monitor mobile assets. The new generation of mining trucks in sandvik mine and rock technology uses centralized central hub and automatic vehicles to carry out scattered and dangerous underground operations.

Sandvik's "smart" productivity mode aims to accomplish more workload by operating fewer but larger trucks, and achieve twice the result with half the effort through automation. In addition, the streamlined heavy-duty fleet can also reduce underground congestion.

OptiMine has the function of data collection and reporting, which complements the AutoMine ore transportation system and realizes the visual management of the whole fleet. By visualizing and analyzing the KPI of production, utilization and working conditions, the support for production decision-making and predictive maintenance is realized. The system supports traditional USB data transmission, Wi-Fi network and data bearing applications of handheld devices in areas without network coverage. As a modular solution, OptiMine can be extended to realize the functions of location tracking, scheduling and task management.

AutoMine ore transportation system realizes the application of transportation drift and ramp. The independent transport cycle of automatic trucks can cover multiple underground areas. In ramp application, the operator can zone a specific ramp for the automatic truck. In addition, it can also be used for unmanned transportation during shift change and blasting cleaning. Assign the whole ramp to truck transportation, so as to realize continuous automatic operation. System operators can supervise the automatic production cycle from a remote location, and each system operator can supervise multiple units. The increase of working hours improves the utilization rate, which means higher shovel tonnage.

Improving safety is another key driving factor to improve mining automation. Moving staff out of potentially dangerous areas means reducing risks. With the AutoMine ore transportation system, vehicle operators can move out of the mining environment and enter the ergonomic control room. The mode of working alone no longer exists, which greatly reduces the fatigue of operators. In this context, "remote" can refer to the surface mining office, or any place in the working area of the nearest town.

Other security features include a proximity detection system interface for flexible connection with third-party control systems. Trainer helps to ensure the safety of new members of the working group in practical conditions. The airborne lifting system, tire monitoring system and accessible ground access used to perform maintenance tasks improve the efficiency and safety of the maintenance team.