Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology strengthens its leadership position with the most comprehensive solution for optimizing underground hard rock mining production and processes
Continuing the development of its award-winning OptiMine® platform, Sandvik launches the newest OptiMine® functionality that expands the existing offering focused on increasing productivity and improving safety. The new functionalities include smart scheduling, evacuation assistance, and a playback feature.
Sandvik has always worked with customers around the world to address the key issues that affect productivity and safety. And with customer focus in mind, our engineering team develops new digital solutions to increase operational effectiveness. These tools connect thousands of pieces of Sandvik and non-Sandvik equipment around the world. The latest extensions to the OptiMine® suite of solutions add enhanced visibility and control.
OptiMine® Evacuation Assistant visualizes an evacuation mode, searching for the nearest safe places underground and providing the visibility of personnel locations. It guides personnel to the nearest rescue chamber depending on their locations and rescue chamber capacities to accommodate people, making sure they were able to reach a rescue chamber safely. It helps to execute evacuation timely and to focus on things that matter the most.
OptiMine® Playback is built on the 3D Mine Visualizer module and allows to view historical recorded data of locations and statuses of all assets and people that were underground during the selected time period.
OptiMine® Smart Scheduling allows automatic adjustment of production plans based on actual shift completion results. It substantially streamlines the process for the execution of the mine’s production plan most efficiently.
OptiMine® is a powerful suite of digital tools for analyzing and optimizing mining production and processes. It integrates with Newtrax IoT devices, delivering data from all assets, people, and equipment – including non-Sandvik equipment – into one source, providing real-time and predictive insights to improve operations. OptiMine® is open and scalable, giving customers the flexibility to build at their speed and incorporate other equipment, systems, and networks.
“Understanding and improving operations in real time changes the game,” said Petri Mannonen, OptiMine® Product Line Manager, BU Automation, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology. “Our customers are gaining higher efficiency and producing more tons each day as they act on these insights. Information and visibility of the operations make mining safer, more productive and more sustainable.”
Tampere, Finland,11 December 2020
For more information contact:
Petri Mannonen
OptiMine® Product Line Manager
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology
tel: +358400147579
e-mail: petri.mannonen@sandvik.com
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Sandvik Group
Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group offering products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability and safety. We hold world-leading positions in selected areas – tools and tooling systems for metal cutting; equipment and tools, service and technical solutions for the mining industry and rock excavation within the construction industry; products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as products for industrial heating. In 2019, the Group had approximately 40,000 employees and revenues of about 100 billion SEK in more than 160 countries within continuing operations.
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, service and technical solutions for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, crushing and screening, loading and hauling, tunneling, quarrying and breaking and demolition. In 2019, sales were approximately 45 billion SEK with about 14,000 employees in continuing operations.