The concept of automation is neither new, nor achievable by installing a few robots. Maurice Jones cuts through the hype.
Das Konzept der Automatisierung ist weder neu, noch kann es durch Installation einiger weniger Roboter umgesetzt werden. Maurice Jones durchleuchtet den Hype.
El concepto de automatización no es algo nuevo, pero tampoco algo alcanzable mediante la instalación de unos pocos robots. Maurice Jones rompe con los preconceptos.
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More to automation than ‘robots’
uch has been said and written in praise of mining automation as though it is the
panacea for two of the industry’s main worries, safety and efficiency in the face of lower commodity prices. Firstly though, what is it? It is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘Te use of automatic equipment in manufacturing or similar processes’ whereas ‘automatic’ is defined as ‘Operating by itself
without human control’. Tus any process that involves human control is not automation, and much that is called automation is actually remote control including the major applications of advanced technology in mining today. Neither is automation in mining
new. Apart from its use in mineral dressing, it had been installed in longwall coal mining in the ‘70s, although dropped through technical difficulties, and has been employed for rail-bound transport at LKAB’s
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