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Sandvik Mining introduces the new Sandvik AutoMine® product family at MINExpo. It delivers high-quality and reliable fleet automation for drilling, loading and hauling, single loader automation, block cave draw control and process/information management systems.
The results bring many benefits to the customers. These include improved safety due to fewer people working inpotentially hazardous areas, increased productivity due to real time process management and control and reduced maintenance costs due to smoother control of equipment. All Sandvik automation products are designed to allow open integration with other IT systems at mine sites. Sandvik wants to work closely with customers to ensure mine site and application specific requirements are carefully considered prior to the final system implementation.
Each customer’s goal is to recover product from their mine as safely, efficiently and profitably as possible. Automated mining solutions and associated software innovations are essential for optimizing these goals, whether it’s a small or large-scale mining operation.
“In developing the Sandvik AutoMine® product family, we stayed true to the values that our customers expect from Sandvik Mining,” stated Riku Pulli, Vice President, Mine Automation. “The Sandvik AutoMine® provides sophisticated fleet and information management and interpretation tools that help to reduce the potential for human error, improve operational efficiencies and ultimately help to optimize mining process decisions.”
The Sandvik AutoMine® products are built on the same core AutoMine® technologies that provide configurable, expandable automation solutions to streamline and standardize workflow while enhancing throughput. The proprietary technologies that drive this reliability and efficiency include:
AutoMine® Loading – provides fleet automation for loading: automated tramming, automated dumping and teleoperationassisted bucket loading. It allows one operator to operate several loaders.
Automation Achievements
Sandvik Mining’s customer success is our success. Many distinguished customers are today deploying the Sandvik AutoMine® technology within the mining industry across the globe. These customers have highlighted the growing need worldwide for safe and productive mining operations:
AutoMine Loading
Codelco, El Teniente
Rio Tinto, Northparkes
Newcrest, Ridgeway
Rio Tinto, Argyle (ongoing)
AutoMine Hauling
Petra Diamonds, Finsch
Barrick, Williams
AutoMine Drilling
LKAB, Kiruna
Inmet, Pyhäsalmi
AutoMine Draw Control
Newcrest, Ridgeway
Newcrest, Cadia East
Rio Tinto, Argyle (ongoing)
AutoMine Process management
Dundee Precious Metals, Chelopech
AutoMine Lite
Inmet Mining, Pyhäsalmi
LKAB, Kiruna
Boliden, Garpenberg
IAMGOLD, Westwood (ongoing)
Sandvik Mining is the world’s leading provider of mine automation technologies, with more than 16 automation systems deployed in some seven countries worldwide. Also, a growing number of other mines globally are showing interest in implementing the AutoMine® applications.
