Digging Condition Application

Revolutionizing drill & blast optimization through integrating open data platform and advanced analytics

Precision Digging & Loading

  •  Accurate location of shovel and excavators bucket on real-time basis
  •  Allow integrated geo-spatial data analysis for drill & blast optimization, orebody visualization and mine plan compliance.

Bucket Telemetry

Objectives

 Accurate location of shovel and excavators bucket on real-time basis

 Allow integrated geo-spatial data analysis for drill & blast optimization, orebody visualization and mine plan compliance.

Solution: RIGIDprecision™ + HPShovel + HPBucket addons

 Scalable real-time data from shovel enabled by RIGIDsense™ hardware

 Advanced bucket-sensing algorithm to determine the accurate location of bucket on a real-time basis.

 Multiple data pipelines for different applications such as payload monitoring, drill & blast optimization, ore sorting, and coal seam visualization

Impact

 Bucket position with less than 20 cm accuracy

 Enabled increase in mine plan compliance, drill and blast optimization and improved recovery

Dig-to-Limit Application

Objectives

 Improve shovel and excavator spatial awareness

 Improve operators’ ability to remove material as per the mine plan

 Reduce personnel exposure to hazardous environment

Solution: RIGIDprecision™ + DIG.D2L application

 Scalable real-time data from shovel enabled by RIGIDsense™ hardware

 Dig-to-limit real-time guidance to operators enabled by DIG.D2L application

 Detailed engineering analysis and plan refinements using historical data

Impact

 5-10% increase in mine plan compliance

 Improved recovery

 Reduction in surveying requirements

 Improved machine productivity and reduced operating cost

Machine Support

Remotely managed with RIGIDportal™

All of our systems can be monitored, maintained, and managed remotely via RIGIDportal web interface.

Case Study: Bucket Sensing