Mine Logistics Solution (MLS) is in process of being deployed in a major open pit mine in southern part of India. The aim is to gather real-time online data from different vehicles and people in the mine; analyzes the data and suggests the optimum usage of assets and hence increase profitability.
Hardware Features
- Vehicle Console Units (VCU)
- - Shovel VCU
- - Dumper VCU
- Supervisor handheld console
- License free 2.4 Ghz RF network
- RF repeaters with Mesh network and redundancy
- Solar mobile RF repeaters
Software Features
- Dumper VCU software module
- Shovel VCU software module
- Supervisor handheld console software module
- Online vehicle monitoring software module
- Dumper shovel requirement simulation software module
- Assisted dispatch control software module
- Machine shift report module
- Intranet MIS module
- Alerts and events module
Software Architecture
Various layers of the software architecture are:
- Mine Server: It is the basic software block of the software architecture. Residing under this layer is the device communicator, data manager, notifier and the database.
- Device Communicator Layer: Handles the communication between the supervisor, shovel and dumper in the field and the manager layer.
- Manager Layer: Directs the data flow to the database and the notifier as required.
- Notifier: Handles the various mine clients.
- Mine Clients: It uses various applications, like on-line vehicle monitoring, assisted dispatch control, simulation of equipments (shovel and dumper) required, reports, graphical data analysis, master data management etc.
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