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It’s all in a tablet

Anew data collection application dated data they have on their tablet,”
could allow underground crews
to eliminate the hours of endless Bunting said.
paperwork and inaccurate data.
The system also provides advan-
Developed by Advanced Mining
Systems (AMPS) in combination tages for maintenance teams with
with Scope Systems, LiveMine al-
lows operators to complete shift operators prompted to log operating
plods and reports using a spe-
cially-tailored tablet app, ensuring hours of equipment at the start of
greater accuracy and convenience
as well as allowing for swift inter- each shift.
pretation of real-time data.
“The feedback we have received
AMPS business manager Alicia
Bunting said the new application has been exceptional, particularly
would eliminate many of the data
entry problems inherent in end-of- from maintenance departments who
shift reporting which can be beset with
missing or incorrectly entered data. are usually waiting 24-48 hours for

“A lot of mining companies overesti- pre-start information,” Bunting said.
mate the accuracy of their data, in a lot
of cases it is actually atrocious,” Bunting The app has four modules – pro-
told Paydirt. “We are continually fixing
clients’ databases. When working with a duction drilling, development drilling,
client we regularly look at the data with
them and management says: ‘this isn’t A new tablet app will enable underground operators haulage and loading – but AMPS is
what happened’ but the problem is there to log end-of-shift reporting more accurately now seeking client feedback on oth-
er applicable areas such as stockpile

is no accountability for incorrectly input- management and explosives manage-

ted data, LiveMine solves this. With its ment.

data validation and naming conventions, Productivity improvements are also

data entry errors are eliminated.” likely to flow from LiveMine’s implemen-

The LiveMine app has been built with tation with the system providing time-

the individual operator in mind, with its stamped data for haulage.

layout designed to bold and easy to op- “LiveMine allows you to track data on

erate underground. The information can ore from the drill-hole to its arrival at

be uploaded at the end-of-shift or in real- the mill and you can track contractors’

time using wifi networks. costs,” Bunting said. “All of the haulage

“Some of the new data is time-stamped so companies can

mines have 4G un- get time-in-motion data which isn’t usu-

derground and this ally available without undertaking expen-

application works sive project studies.”

incredibly well in The easy entry system should also

those situations,” relieve pressure on engineering depart-

Bunting said. “Be- ments.

cause operators “Every company in the underground

can load data in space is short of engineers at the mo-

real time, by the ment,” Bunting said. “If you can optimise

time they get to the what you have got, you could allevi-

hut, everything has ate a lot of pain. Some sites are two or

been uploaded and three engineers down at the moment

the shift boss’s re- but LiveMine allows shift bosses that

port is done imme- half hour at the end of the shift to people

diately.” manage rather than sift through data.”

The app also al- Bunting said AMPS was in negotiations

lows mine plans to to trial and implement LiveMine with sev-

be viewed as an in- eral of the large underground contractors

teractive 3D model, as well as some of the large underground

allowing users a gold miners.

better understand- “Sites we are discussing are located

ing of mine design. here in WA as well as Africa and Europe,”

“Often, mines can she said. “The feedback we have been

end up with two drill receiving since launching at the Under-

plans because the ground Operators’ Conference last year

geologists’ opin- has been very positive. The underground

ions have changed mining industry is realising the gains in

over the course of productivity that can be achieved through

a shift but having effective data management and stream-

plans uploaded into lining their data management systems.”

LiveMine means – Dominic Piper
operators are rely-

ing solely on the up-

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