MINING

Automation past, present and future

Severi Eerola, product line manager, AutoMine for Surface Drilling at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions, gave GDI’s editor an insight into the company’s automation of surface drill rigs and the role of simulators in that transition

 Sandvik’s AutoMine allows operators to remotely control mining equipment; from a single unit to multiple rigs

Sandvik’s AutoMine allows operators to remotely control mining equipment; from a single unit to multiple rigs

Sandvik Product line manager Severi Eerola explained how the company has always been at the forefront of drill rig automation. "Sandvik introduced its first CAN-bus-based rigs with software intelligence...

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