Sustainable Intelligent Mining Systems

World Class Demonstrations

Prof. Jenny Greberg

www.SIMSmining.eu
 SIMS Project
SIMS is a 3 year Horizon 2020 funded project.
The SIMS project will develop, test and demonstrate intelligent mining technology and systems in
physical test sites located in operational mines (Boliden, LKAB, Agnico Eagle, K+S, KGHM), and in a virtual
test site located at Lulea University of Technology
Project Total Budget:16.3 Million Euros
Project start: May 2017

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 Demonstration Locations

Successful demonstrations of each

technology are key points in the SIMS
project.

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 Drone Inspection / Material Identification

• Semi-Autonomous UAVs for inspection activities

• Humans kept out of potentially unsafe areas
• Shaft inspection
• Inspection of hazardous areas
• Post blasting inspection
• Uses modern 5G communication infrastructure
• Extraction face material detection
• Long wave infrared imaging
• Detection of material and boundaries
• Faster identification
• Higher effective planning

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 Battery Powered Tramming Drill Rig

• Reduced diesel emissions

• Increased underground air quality
• Reduced ventilation demands
• Drill rig performance is not compromised
• Atlas Copco Technology

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 Robotizing the Charging Machine

• Semi-Autonomous Charging (explosives)

• Remove humans from potential unsafe
operations
• Charging a full tunnel face will be
demonstrated
• ABB Technology

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 Optimization of Production Blasting

• Testing of firing patterns

• Induce stress relief in surrounding rock
• Improve stability control in underground rock
• Reduce rock-mass pressure
• Increase safety in tunnels

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 Semi-Autonomous Battery Vehicles
• Driver Assist
• Moving operators to control room
• Eliminate machine wall damage
• Increase life of mining vehicles
• Atlas Copco Technology • Diesel-free Loaders & Trucks
• Improve underground air quality
• Economical impact and reduced environmental impact
• Battery charging and handling for mining vehicles
• Atlas Copco Technology

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 Increased Bolting Efficiency
• Historically, Bolting is a ‘bottleneck’
• HP Boltec will significantly reduce bolting cycle times
• Increased safety with faster bolting
• To be verified at LKAB
• Atlas Copco Technology

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Communication & Positioning
• 5G enabled industrial communication network for automation and robotics
• High-precision positioning of mobile equipment using Ultra-Wideband
• Generic collection of positioning data

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 Process Control

• Automated collaborative
Real-Time Process Control

• Dispatch / Fleet
management system
• Connection of several
mobile mining machines

• The Virtual Mine / Digital Twin

• To simulate and optimize mining operations

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 Thank you!

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European Sustainable Intelligent Mining Systems for the Global Mining Industry
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