Tag: Automation
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Smarter Maintenance Starts with Better Data: Why IO-Link Matters for Maintenance, Automation, and Engineering Teams
In mining, failures don’t happen suddenly – the signals are there. The challenge is catching them early. The week’s Blog from Ionic Mechatronics shows how its innovative IO-Link solution provides maintenance, automation, and engineering teams the data they need to act sooner, troubleshoot faster, and keep operations running.
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Black Rock Engineering: Delivering Practical Solutions for Modern Mining Operations
In an industry like mining, where complex systems where even small inefficiencies can have significant impacts on production and cost and conditions can change rapidly, having a responsive and adaptable engineering partner is essential. This week’s Blog takes a look at one such partner – Black Rock Engineering – which has positioned itself as a…
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Uranium Drumming: Where Automation Becomes a Safety System
Packaging is too often an afterthought – a final step before shipping product to market. In uranium processing, however, it is one of the most critical stages in the entire value chain. This week’s Blog shows how uranium drumming has evolved from a manual task into a highly engineered process – and why automation specialists…
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Transforming the Future of Mining: How ifm Technology Is Driving Efficiency, Safety, and Sustainability
As demand for minerals grows and environmental expectations rise, the mining industry is undergoing a rapid transformation. At the forefront of this shift is ifm, delivering rugged, intelligent, and highly reliable solutions designed specifically for the harsh realities of surface and underground mining. This week’s Blog looks at what ifm brings to the table and…
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Future-Proofing Canada’s Mining Operations with Precision Heap Leaching
Heap leaching has been the backbone of metal recovery for decades, yet some operations still rely on outdated irrigation leaching systems. This week’s Blog from Orbia, Netafim showcases how transitioning toward systems able to sustain diffusion uniformity, along with automated technology, can help streamline operations to improve metal recovery while reducing costs and environmental impact.
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3D SLAM Mapping For Bulk Materials Assessment And Tracking
Bulk materials present unique challenges that make it difficult to obtain accurate, real-time information in a cost-effective way. However, the Nexys is changing the way bulk materials can be inventoried and can be seamlessly integrated into existing surveying workflows to provide a more cost-effective and autonomous way of tracking materials on job sites, storage facilities,…
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3D Mapping With SLAM For Fast & Accurate Project Planning
Foreseeing all possible roadblocks and creating contingencies before construction begins is the key to keeping a project on budget and finishing on time. Fortunately, an eye in the sky can help. This week’s Blog from Exyn Technologies shows how accurate 3D mobile mapping overcomes challenges as a cost-effective option that developers and planners can add…
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Autonomous Drones Flying in Dusty Environments: How Does It Work?
With the advancement of 3D mapping drones making their way onto construction sites and other industrial environments, the presence of impossible to get rid of dust causes problems for onboard navigational sensors. Or – at least it used to. This week’s Blog from Exyn Technologies highlights how its package of proprietary SLAM algorithms that power…
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Komatsu introduces new WA700-8 wheel loader
Komatsu recently announced its new WA700-8, a powerful and efficient addition to its range of wheel loaders designed for quarry operations and aggregate producers. This wheel loader is an ideal four-pass match with 70-ton trucks such as Komatsu’s new HD605-10 haul truck. The WA700-8 also offers substantial improvements in performance, efficiency and operator comfort compared…
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Autonomous Robots in Mining: The Differences Between Online and Offline SLAM
There are many ways we can empower robots to navigate their environment autonomously. We can equip them with GPS, use an array of cameras and sensors (including smell), even get them to talk with each other and strategize. But if you want a robot to do all that on its own without using any outside sensors…