- CYBERMINE
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- Surface Mining
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- Underground Mining
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  Safety is of paramount importance in mining operations and none more so than the safety of the underground tunnel environment. Mistakes made in the bolting operation are costly, not only in revenue terms, but may endanger many lives unnecessarily. The effective training of operators of bolter machinery is therefore crucial for both optimising the safety of the operating environment and minimising operating costs.
The CYBERMINE bolter simulator range has been developed in collaboration with several of the larger equipment manufacturers to provide for the training, re-training and evaluation of bolter operators in an underground mining environment.
The CYBERMINE bolter operator is immersed in a highly realistic, 3D operating mine world, projected on the three wide screen displays located about the operator’s cab. The entire cab is replicated to provide all drilling, bolting and tramming instruments and controls, correctly located about the operator.
The simulated mine world comes complete with typical tunnel geometry, bolting areas of varying complexities and other essential features typically encountered underground. Artificially intelligent equipment and miners may be activated in the world in support of the bolter training and evaluation process.
During the simulator's drilling and bolting cycle, the operator performs all tasks that would be required on the actual equipment, including collaring, flushing, drilling, resin injection and bolting. Realistic behavioural dynamics, hydraulic systems’ modelling and interactions with simulated rock characteristics (rock hardness and drillability) provide a highly realistic training experience in which safety and productivity may be accurately measured.
Whilst tramming, the operator must employ due care and skill in order to avoid damage to vehicle components through collisions with the ceiling, walls and floor. Correct placement and deployment of the carrier module is required prior to operating in the marked areas.
The operator’s performance is continually monitored and recorded, in terms of bolting accuracies, adherence to safety procedures, correct equipment handling techniques and response to emergency situations and failures. These performance reports together with the instructor’s after-action review capability provide a complete training and evaluation system.
Highly efficient and effective training is therefore realised with no loss of production and no danger of accidents, even in the most complex of emergency situations to which the operator might be expected to respond.
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