Provix RealTrac:
CAS Tracking and Industrial Wi-Fi Multipurpose System for Enhancing Industrial Safety, Security, and Overall Efficiency of Mining Operations
Written by Karly Winfield, Technical sales consultant at Provix Inc.
Although the total number of mine worker fatalities and fatality incidence rates in North America have trended downward during the past 20 years, collisions still pose a significant threat to the safety of mines. Ensuring worker safety near machines is a challenging problem. In many cases it is an industry-accepted practice to allow workers to be near moving machinery in order to perform their jobs. Proximity-monitoring and detection solutions have been proven to significantly limit these risks.
Provix Realtrac CAS
The Provix RealTrac Proximity detection and CAS system provides positioning, localization, alert notification, and the tracking of people, equipment, and other objects in underground and in open areas, wherever the use of global navigation systems is impossible or inefficient. Additionally, the RealTrac system is scalable to provide voice communication and data transmission between monitored objects as well as between system managers. Complete back and front office application software, site mapping, AI and IOT functionality is fully enabled. Implemented at underground mines, open pits, and industrial sites; RealTrac uses UWB Ultra-Wide band and UHF technology to provide positioning accuracy to within 10 centimetres. Two way tag communication enables operator awareness and pedestrian notification of equipment proximity.
Collision Avoidance: Benefits
- Long range typically from 50 to 100 metres (Not Line of Sight Dependent)
- 360° protection at any visibility
- Dynamic safety zones, fully mine configurable
- Intelligent warnings, operator friendly
- Two-way warnings to pedestrians and operators
- Includes black box recording
- Apart of an overall, consistent CAS/Monitoring/IoT system
- Vehicle to Person (V2P) & Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V)
Safety Zone Concept
Improve Safety
Staff Monitoring; know where your staff and equipment is in real-time
- Know location for urgency or emergency
- Assure correct evacuation
Collision Avoidance; proximity detection & collision avoidance
- V2V and V2P protection
- Operator alert for proximity and danger
- Equipment slow-down or stop in emergency
Victim Localization; a more efficient victim search
- Last known position
- Tag signal search assistance
Increase Efficiency
- Equipment utilization KPI’s
- Traffic management
- Equipment remote control
- Time reduction to locate assets and equipment
Proven Results
- Implemented at over 50 sites (Underground and Surface)
- Over 7,000 Tags in operation
- 10-Year Operational History
Contact Karly Winfield at +1 (519) 803 5805 / karly@provix.net. We look forward to assisting you!