Real-time production dispatch and cave management system
A real-time production dispatch and cave management system, ORB is the world’s first highly automated short interval control solution for production block cave dispatch.
Maximize cave productivity in real-time
- Autonomously dispatch equipment with highly automated short interval control.
- Free shift bosses from manual planning and dispatch allowing them to more safely and effectively lead their team.
- Continuous planning removes artificial planning boundaries.
Manage compliance with draw strategies
- Configure your draw strategy through expressive constraints.
- Monitor compliance to plan continuously with live dashboards.
- Dispatch your draw strategy directly to operators in real-time.
Configure strategies down to draw point precision
- Manage draw point progression by timed targets or ratio bogging.
- Replace daily draw meetings with continuous constraint monitoring.
- Automatically re-dispatch to prioritize under-performing draw points.
Capture, monitor and visualize cave state
- Real-time representation of the operation.
- Control room interface for primary data capture, equipment dispatch and monitoring.
- Dashboards that display actuals and track compliance with configurable views.
Mathematically optimize cave productivity
- Dynamically re-optimize dispatch to maximize mine productivity.
- Mathematical optimization treats equipment as a team with shared objectives.
- Optimize for a combination of throughput, compliance, and/or attribute blend.
Modular integration options to suit any operation
- Configurable data APIs to connect with third-party systems.
- Easily archive data with a data warehouse to support business intelligence software.
- Event based integration triggers to manage complex data workflows.
Elevating underground operations
Advancing underground autonomy
New and enhanced features of the ORB Live / Autonomous module take autonomous dispatch and real-time dynamic cave management to the next level and pave the way for fully autonomous underground operations.
Unlocking critical resources through fully autonomous mass mining
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is assembling a stack of technologies that will allow full autonomy, from planning through to execution, for underground mass mining operations.
Improving operational efficiencies
Automated draw management and loader dispatch optimization
By implementing and leveraging Deswik ORB, a tier-1 mining company with a large block cave optimized its planning and scheduling processes.
Automated equipment scheduling for optimal asset utilization and hard rock mining efficiency
Deswik's ORB equipment scheduler optimized asset utilization and efficiency for a copper-focused mining company by automating scheduling, prioritizing high-value tasks, and allowing shift bosses to focus on critical tasks like safety inspections.
Reducing uncertainty and improving planning processes with simulation
OZ Minerals used Deswik's ORB to model their sub-level caving operation, enabling them to understand strategic and operational possibilities before production.
Using optimization and simulation to maximize mine productivity
Newcrest collaborated with Deswik to develop a real-time optimization tool for managing LHD loaders at Cadia Valley, reducing congestion and improving efficiency, which led to a 20% productivity boost.
World's first highly automated short interval control system for hard-rock underground mines
By implementing ORB, a major gold mining company was able to increase their mine productivity by 20% and draw compliance by 17% by optimizing real-time Load Haul Dump (LHD) dispatch decisions.
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