SAFETY
SAFEmine Track data showing water truck locations and paths on a map view
To determine the usage of the water
In addition to increasing operator awareness and reducing vehicle collisions, this system has the ability to track vehicle location and status, and transmit this to a server via cellular (GSM) or WiFi data communications using the SAFEmine Track service. T e CAS main processing unit can also connect analogue and digital sensor inputs, and this data can be transmitted and stored using Track.
The approach T e mine conducted a pilot study of six trucks to demonstrate the ability of the SAFEmine CAS processing unit to collect and transmit water truck usage data. T is was accomplished using the SAFEmine Track real-time vehicle tracking and reporting application.
trucks, the following data from the vehicle was transmitted to the Track server via the internet: vehicle location, speed, heading; and water pump and valve on/off status from the control panel (12V inputs connected to digital I/O on SAFEmine MainUnit). T is data was collected every 30 seconds for each water truck and reports were generated to summarise their activity.
Results T e initial results from this project have provided the information necessary for management to monitor and control water truck usage and refi lling activities. Operations managers used mobile phones to receive real-time alerting using the SMS texting ability of SAFEmine Track, which allowed them to be notifi ed of truck inactivity. Production managers used the automatic summary reports the system generates to optimise dust control activities, truck usage and refi ll status of water supply points.
Installation of SAFEmine’s collision
avoidance technology with cellular or WiFi communications capabilities, in combination with the SAFEmine Track web-based application, allows the mine to track and monitor water truck activity to improve usage and effi ciency. T is solution is a smart combination of collision avoidance, sensor monitoring and tracking/reporting functionality, providing cost eff ective and timely vehicle productivity data in addition to traffi c safety. With more than 20,000 systems installed at mining operations worldwide, SAFEmine’s intelligent traffi c awareness and collision avoidance technology considerably increases situational awareness for operators. Adding SAFEmine Track vehicle location tracking and reporting services can extend those benefi ts to optimise mine planning and operations. ●
Todd Ruff is Hexagon Mining’s safety product manager.
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