With the end goal of reducing overall mine costs, the first steps toward automation are simple; identify repeatable tasks with the biggest efficiency payoff and eliminate potential for human error.
Time intensive manual loading and tagging of individual detonators along a blast plan is one of the biggest drill and blast challenges open-cut mining companies face.
To overcome this challenge, Dyno Nobel has just introduced Differential GPS (DGPS), an industry-first technology that pairs with its DigiShot Plus.4G electronic initiation system. Combined, they may help to:
- Eliminate human error
- Reduce labour costs
- Speed up the blasting process and
- Integrate into future autonomous (robotic) deployment and tagging
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