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Increasing safety and efficiency in mining with self-cleaning camera technology
Mines are some of the most dangerous environments known to operators, where safety and efficiency are of the utmost importance. While perceptual sensors and AI technology are helpful, the need for clear and consistent vision to support them is critical, especially with increasing reliance on remote monitoring and autonomous equipment.
ToughEye™ cameras are specifically designed to withstand any mine in multiple applications, utilizing patented self-cleaning technology that requires no maintenance throughout the rated life of each product.
This avoids costly downtime due to camera maintenance or loss of vision while ensuring staff safety.
Transport trucks
- Ensure clear and consistent vision in all conditions, including mud, rain and dust
- Increase operational efficiency and safety by reducing truck collisions and damage to equipment, infrastructure and personnel
- Increase tire life by enabling drivers to see and avoid running over sharp boulders or objects
- Protect the dump body by avoiding contact with the embankment or shovel bucket
- Provide visual assistance during spotting, especially when there is a breakdown in communication between the spotting dozer and the truck driver
Blast hole drilling rigs
- For both open-pit and underground applications
- Gain situational awareness that is unaffected by extreme dust, mud and grease.
- Prevent steel from falling (releasing drill pipes without fully tightening with the other)
- Visually check the drill connection to the ground without having to open the hatch, especially when accurate GPS is not available
- Maintain good visibility even in extremely difficult drilling conditions
Standalone and remote equipment
- Provide clear, consistent visual verification of what sensors detect as obstacles, avoiding the need to send vehicles or personnel to verify
- Increase machine uptime by not requiring staff to enter the autonomous zone to clean or check the camera
- Remotely monitor road conditions, particularly useful in snow and ice conditions, to determine the optimal time to dispatch graders, bulldozers or other vehicles
- Verification of the stability of autonomous devices, including truck skidding
Monitoring of the material transfer point and chute
- Implement predictive maintenance of material chute and transfer points, clearly observing material build-up and impending blockages, thus preventing downtime
- Eliminate “confined space” work by alleviating the need for personnel to enter hazardous confined spaces for inspection
Underground loaders (LHD)
- Loaders operating in underground mining facilities have severely limited field of view and operate in extremely dusty environments. Additionally, they operate in environments characterized by high impact, shock and vibration – exactly the challenges ToughEye™ cameras were designed to overcome
- Gain situational awareness that will not only maintain the same clarity from the beginning of the shift to the end, but will remain unchanged from month to month
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