Rightsize Your Hauler Fleet
By Eric Yeomans, Product Manager, GPPE Products, Volvo Construction Equipment (www.miningmagazine.com) Is bigger always better? When it comes to articulated haulers, the industry certainly seems…
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Komatsu selects Texas for newest facility
Equipment producer Komatsu is planning to fast-track its product development and grow its electric drive testing abilities with a new 23,000-square-foot (2,140-square-metre) power lab in…
Komatsu applies IIoT analytics solution
Komatsu has implemented a cloud-based Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) analytics platform from machine-learning and analytics company Cloudera to help boost equipment utilisation. PRESS RELEASE:…
Intelligence Predictive Analysis to Reduce Production Cost
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland and Data Scientist at Mining3. This article addresses the problem of estimating the Rolling Resistance (RR) in…
Improve Haul Truck Availability by Braking System Failure Prediction Using Advanced Data Analytics
The aim of this article is introducing a haul truck availability improvement multi-objective computer model developed by using Artificial Intelligence Methods (AIMs) to complete predictive…
Rolling Resistance in Haul Truck Operations
A. Soofastaei, L. Adair, S.M. Aminossadati, M.S. Kizil and P. Knights www.soofastaei.net Rolling resistance is an important factor in the productivity, cycle times, fuel consumption,…
Payload variance plays a critical role in fuel consumption of mining haul trucks
A. Soofastaei, S.M. Aminossadati, M.S. Kizil and P. Knights www.soofastaei.net Mining3 and School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, the University of Queensland Haul trucks are…
Filling Up the Tank
An investigation about fuel consumption of underground mine haul trucks was conducted by a group of researchers from The University of Queensland supported by Mining3.…
Advanced Data Analytic: A new competitive advantage to increase energy efficiency in surface mines
Ali Soofastaei, and Jeremy Davis It is no secret that Data Analytics is leading to major changes to data-intensive businesses across the world. Data Analytics…