ThoroughTec Launching Advanced New Simulators at AIMEX

INTERNATIONAL MINING – AUGUST 2011

ThoroughTec Simulation will offer hands-on experience of its new CYBERMINE4 mining and construction training simulation technology on Stand B1002-6 during AIMEX. The new simulators, which the company describes as incorporating its fourth generation technological advances, uniquely enables both surface and underground mining machines on the one simulator. ThoroughTec produces surface mining simulators for haul trucks, dump trucks, ADTs, drill rigs, excavators, shovels, bulldozers, loaders, draglines and graders.

Drill rigs, roof bolters, load/haul/dumps, haulers, XLP (extra low profile) dozers, locomotives and scalers are among its underground simulators.

“Although the mining industry’s use of simulation is relatively young, the world’s leading mine sites and training schools are increasingly aware that they need to integrate simulators into their training programs,” ThoroughTec Executive Director, Mark Walker, said. “You can’t imagine a pilot not training on a simulator before taking his first solo flight, so why isn’t it the norm for operators of 90 to 360-plus tonne mining trucks to enhance their competency?”

“You can’t imagine a pilot not training on a simulator before taking his first solo flight, so why isn’t it the norm for operators of 90 to 360-plus tonne mining trucks to enhance their competency?”

Safety, productivity, emergency scenarios, damage to an expensive vehicle and excessive fuel usage and emissions were among matters that could be addressed with simulator training, he said.

ThoroughTec is headquartered in South Africa, with a recently expanded Perth office servicing the Asia Pacific region, a Toronto Canada office servicing the North American region and a new office in Santiago, Chile for the South American region. The company says its success in both the surface and underground mining industry is due to its required high engineering standards over 20 years of producing military simulators for defence forces around the world and being ISO:9001 accredited. It most recently won competitive bid contracts with Rio Tinto in Mongolia, BHP and Assmang in Africa, University of Alaska in the USA and Wesfarmers in Australia.