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Boosting Mining Operations: The Impact of Advanced Maintenance Management Systems
Ian Jansen • Nov 07, 2023
In the bustling and demanding realm of mining, the efficiency of maintenance operations is crucial. Our advanced Maintenance Management System (MMS), formerly known as CMMS, is revolutionising the way mining companies handle maintenance. This sophisticated, centralised data store is specifically designed to streamline and automate maintenance operations, thereby significantly boosting productivity in the mining industry.
Optimising Operations with MMS
The MMS simplifies the managing and tracking of maintenance tasks, encompassing work orders, unscheduled maintenance, and preventive planning. By effectively organising these tasks, MMS reduces downtime and ensures that equipment is always functioning at peak efficiency. The system's ability to manage fault duplications and triage faults to work orders means that issues are addressed swiftly and effectively, minimising disruptions to operations.
Enhanced Work Order Management
Work order management is a vital component of mining operations. Our MMS enables the creation, tracking, and management of work orders with unprecedented ease. By consolidating asset faults into work orders and offering detailed component management, the system allows for precise allocation of tasks to personnel. This level of organisation and efficiency is key to maintaining a smooth flow of operations.
Proactive Preventive Maintenance
Preventive maintenance is essential in avoiding unexpected breakdowns and costly repairs. The MMS provides fault, usage, and performance-based schedules, including OEM scheduling and task list notifications. The ability to conduct auto or bulk meter readings further adds to the efficiency, ensuring that preventive measures are timely and effective.
Asset Performance Monitoring
Monitoring asset performance is critical in a resource-intensive industry like mining. The MMS offers KPI dashboards, BI reports, visualisations, and the ability to export data. These features provide a comprehensive overview of progress and downtime metrics, enabling informed decision-making and optimisation of asset use.
Future Trends: Towards a Data-Driven Mining Industry
Looking forward, the mining industry is set to become increasingly reliant on data-driven solutions. The integration of advanced analytics and AI in maintenance management systems will further enhance efficiency and productivity. These technologies promise not only to streamline operations but also to predict and prevent potential issues, setting new standards in mining maintenance.
Our Maintenance Management System represents a significant leap in mining operations, enhancing productivity by ensuring efficient and timely maintenance. As we continue to innovate, our commitment to providing solutions that align with the industry’s future remains steadfast.
The MMS simplifies the managing and tracking of maintenance tasks, encompassing work orders, unscheduled maintenance, and preventive planning. By effectively organising these tasks, MMS reduces downtime and ensures that equipment is always functioning at peak efficiency. The system's ability to manage fault duplications and triage faults to work orders means that issues are addressed swiftly and effectively, minimising disruptions to operations.
Enhanced Work Order Management
Work order management is a vital component of mining operations. Our MMS enables the creation, tracking, and management of work orders with unprecedented ease. By consolidating asset faults into work orders and offering detailed component management, the system allows for precise allocation of tasks to personnel. This level of organisation and efficiency is key to maintaining a smooth flow of operations.
Proactive Preventive Maintenance
Preventive maintenance is essential in avoiding unexpected breakdowns and costly repairs. The MMS provides fault, usage, and performance-based schedules, including OEM scheduling and task list notifications. The ability to conduct auto or bulk meter readings further adds to the efficiency, ensuring that preventive measures are timely and effective.
Asset Performance Monitoring
Monitoring asset performance is critical in a resource-intensive industry like mining. The MMS offers KPI dashboards, BI reports, visualisations, and the ability to export data. These features provide a comprehensive overview of progress and downtime metrics, enabling informed decision-making and optimisation of asset use.
Future Trends: Towards a Data-Driven Mining Industry
Looking forward, the mining industry is set to become increasingly reliant on data-driven solutions. The integration of advanced analytics and AI in maintenance management systems will further enhance efficiency and productivity. These technologies promise not only to streamline operations but also to predict and prevent potential issues, setting new standards in mining maintenance.
Our Maintenance Management System represents a significant leap in mining operations, enhancing productivity by ensuring efficient and timely maintenance. As we continue to innovate, our commitment to providing solutions that align with the industry’s future remains steadfast.
An accurate Digital model for the main decline of an underground mining operation is important and offers valuable benefits for mining companies and operators. From optimising resource extraction to enhancing safety protocols, the meticulous mapping of main declines serves as a cornerstone for efficient and sustainable mining practices. Let's explore some of the key advantages and benefits: 1. Enhanced Safety Protocols: Accurate mapping of the main decline enables mining companies to identify potential safety hazards such as unstable ground conditions, geological faults, or reinforcement movements. By proactively addressing these risks, mining operators can implement robust safety protocols, reducing the likelihood of accidents or incidents and ensuring the well-being of personnel working in the area. 2. Improved Resource Optimization: Mapping the main decline provides valuable insights into the geological characteristics and mineralization patterns of the surrounding ore body. This information allows mining engineers to optimise resource extraction strategies, including the design of mining methods, stope layouts, and ore handling systems. By maximising resource recovery while minimising waste, mining companies can enhance operational efficiency and profitability. 3. Enhanced Operational Planning: Accurate mapping of the main decline facilitates comprehensive operational planning, including scheduling of drilling, blasting, and extraction activities. By visualising the spatial layout of the decline and associated infrastructure, mining operators can optimise workflows, streamline logistics, and minimise downtime, leading to improved productivity and cost-effectiveness. 4. Facilitates Infrastructure Development: Detailed mapping of the main decline provides essential data for the design and construction of infrastructure such as ventilation systems, service lines into the operation, and support structures. By accurately assessing the spatial constraints and geological conditions of the decline, mining engineers can optimise the layout and configuration of infrastructure elements, ensuring efficient operation and maintenance throughout the mine's lifespan. 5. Supports Regulatory Compliance: Mining companies are subject to stringent regulatory requirements governing safety, environmental protection, and resource management. Accurate mapping of the main decline helps ensure compliance with these regulations by providing comprehensive documentation of underground workings, geological features, and safety measures undertaken. This enables mining operators to demonstrate due diligence and accountability to regulatory authorities and stakeholders. Mapping the main decline of a mining operation is a strategic imperative that yields a multitude of benefits that Digital Terrain know and understand. By leveraging the insights gained from a digital twin generated through our Lidar services that seamlessly rolls into Maptek, Deswik and other mining software, mining managers and operators can navigate the path to success with confidence and foresight. Digital Terrain Digital Terrain have solutions that replace or augment existing capabilities for capturing, processing, analysis and reporting. We also offer onsite instruction and training where customers seek to build their own expertise. > Enjoy the sample video of our capabilities and contact David Juany for any comments, questions, or service information. david.Jaunay@digitalterrain.io or +61434317580 #lidar #autonomousdrones #slam #hovermap #scanning #underground #stope
Underground mining is a harsh environment to operate in, where the next decision can be the difference between continued progress or productivity halting delays. Often it is the ‘gut-feel’ or ‘intuition’ that results in pulling Lever A as opposed to Lever B, but when it is estimated that the average adult makes 35,000 decisions a day (Sollisch 2016), it is clear that not all of these can possibly be the optimal solution all of the time. Traditionally, data collection has been a lagged, cumbersome process, fraught with inaccuracies (poor radio communications, misplaced/damaged/destroyed paperwork), double handling (horizontally integrated systems) and delays (data entry occurs progressively by site administration on the following shift for the one preceding it). However, with the advent of digitization, this narrative is rapidly changing. Real-time data collection and analysis empower stakeholders to access accurate and timely information, enabling them to make informed de cisions on the fly. Coupled with Digital Terrain’s RDI-WRS Wireless Repeater System ( https://www.digitalterrain.io/revolutionising-underground-mining-with-wi-fi-mesh-technology ), Simbio PLOD can present decision makers within your business the information they need to execute your plans and achieve your goals. Digital Terrain‘s Simbio Core Suite (SCS) puts frontline personnel at the heart of their solution. Operators are empowered to capture their own data, in real-time, through the use of the Simbio PLOD app (available on Android and iOS). Each operator logs the progress of their shift as they complete their assigned tasks (using Simbio’s PLAN module) including Task Workplace Inspections (Take 5’s, Stop and Thinks, Safe Stops etc), Prestarts, Hazard Forms, Productive Time, Downtime, Maintenance Faults, Trigger Action Response Plan (TARP) workflow escalations and more. The Digital Terrain team is committed to ensure that your operation can hit the ground running from Day 1.