This is the final post in our series on Mining Innovation, which discusses how the Mining Industry can look to technologies that successfully advanced the performance of other industries. Part 1 examined how technology used in the Energy sector can help the Mining Industry improve both productivity and efficiency while Part 2 focussed on the automotive industry and Part 3 dived into the High Tech Industry. Part 4 discussed how technology used by the Aerospace Industry can benefit the Mining Industry while Part 5 shared examples of technology used by the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries.
Today we conclude the series by looking at how technology from other Dassault Systèmes brands has already been successfully applied in the mining industry.
Coffey
Coffey, a mining consultancy, uses SIMULIA for rock mechanics analysis to improve open pit slope stability and underground safety. Future applications of SIMULIA in mining could also include strategic mine planning for safety and efficiency; such as calculation of maximum slope angles in open pit mines; simulation of underground rock strength; blasting simulation; air flow simulation for ventilation; and schedule simulation for optimum cost and efficiency.
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
University of New South Wales
3DVIA is being used to improve mining safety training. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the University of New South Wales have both created immersive cave, hyper-realistic safety training environments with 3DVIA. In addition, 3DVIA helps mining companies visualize actual mine design, which can be applied to enhance operational communications, improve investor relations with 3D visualizations of exploration progress and operational status, enhance community engagement, and improve environmental impact and remediation communications.
In 2010, SOLIDWORKS customers played vital roles in the rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped for 69 days more than 2,000 feet underground. Schramm, Inc. of West Chester, PA supplied drilling rigs to drill holes to find the miners and to create a “Plan B” tunnel used to bring them back to safety. The drill heads used in the operation, which were credited with helping to reach the miners in a little more than half of the time originally estimated, were supplied by Center Rock of Berlin, PA.
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