Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is introducing AutoMine Core, a comprehensive automation platform for mass mining applications to support customers ramping up from manual operation to fully autonomous production.
Built on Sandvik’s proven AutoMine Fleet and Manual Production Monitoring (MPM) solutions, AutoMine Core provides users with multiple levels of interoperability for Sandvik and third-party OEM fleets. It provides access to industry-leading solutions for underground connectivity, data collection and analysis and an advanced fleet of automated equipment options, making underground mining safer, more sustainable and productive.
AutoMine Core also includes solutions for optimizing mass mining, which integrate seamlessly with Sandvik and partner products, providing insights to optimize operational safety and productivity. Integrated solutions like Polymathian’s ORB can further improve productivity by 20 percent, allowing for autonomous dispatching with real-time end-to-end optimization.
The AutoMine Core platform uses Sandvik’s proven AutoMine Fleet traffic management, from which customers are able to easily control traffic flow of multi-machine operations and handle complex situations such as advanced deadlock control, passing bays, dynamic dispatch and dynamic speed scaling, resulting in greater flexibility and mining output. AutoMine Access Control System also improves safety.
Pairing AutoMine Core with Sandvik’s lifecycle support solutions helps customers maximize uptime and improve efficiency through an extensive service and support offering.