We’ve previously published posts on the release of MineSched 9.1 and our improved open pit haulage user experience. Today, we’ll continue by looking at the underground workflow user experience in MineSched 9.1, which enables underground Mine Planning Engineers to deplete their stope volumes, tonnage and grade by any intersecting development headings.
How will these enhancements benefit underground MineSched users?
In previous versions, Planning Engineers would need to cut holes in every stope solid to ensure that the volume, tonnage and grade associated with an intersecting development heading was not counted twice during the scheduling process. Boolean functions can be challenging at the best of times, and correcting invalid solids can take significant amount of time to get right. As a byproduct of this workflow, 2 sets of stope design files would be required to be managed for use in MineSched.
The new enhancements to MineSched mean that underground users can use the original stope solids in MineSched, and have confidence that the reported volume, tonnages and grade associated with any headings that intersect the stopes is excluded from the report.
While the time taken to run the Evaluate Locations function may increase for some scenarios due to the increased work required to deplete the stopes, hours of time will be saved through never again needing to cut holes in the stope solids for use in MineSched.
The below improvements have also been made:
The Evaluate Locations function has been overhauled to deliver results in a quicker time frame. Initial testing has shown that reports can be generated up to 80 times faster than previous versions of MineSched, which can save hours for scenarios with large and complex underground designs. It is anticipated that the improvements will cover the additional work required to deplete stopes for most scenarios.
These changes have the potential to save Mine Planning Engineers hours of prep time.
Watch the demo below:
MineSched 9.1 is provided complimentary as part of a GEOVIA Maintenance and Support program subscription, can be downloaded directly from 3DS Support (you will need to login with your DS Passport), and will require a new token.
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