TorqReg Digital Drives Upgrade ARDVARC Advanced Rotary Drill Vector Automated Radio Control
ARDVARC CONCEPT 1. Create an Automated drill system that would allow the mine operator to train new personnel in a very short time and make them 80-95% as effective as their best operators. 2. Create an Automated drill system that would allow machine operation in hazardous environments that would normally prevent personnel from entering. 3. Create an Automated drill system than reduces the human variance in the drilling process. 4. Create an Automated drill system that could be deployed on EVERY make/model of drill produced. 5. Create an Automated drill system that utilized off the shelf hardware for worldwide parts support. 6. Create an Automated drill system that learns as we learn. 7. Create an Automated drill system that tells us what is wrong and how to fix it. 8. Create an Automated drill system that monitors KPI s and reports them at nearly live intervals 9. Create an Automated drill system that can be monitored LIVE via internet browser
TorqReg Digital Drives Upgrade The first step to our Power Performance Drill package is upgrading the drives to give you unparalleled speed control. ARDVARC Advanced Rotary Drill Vector Automated Radio Control The second step is to upgrade to our Industry Proven ARDVARC system. With several cumulative modules to build upon, you can start small and add functionality as you require.
TorqReg Digital Drives Upgrade Replaced older drives with new off the shelf Siemens Digital DC Drives utilizing torque regulation for optimum speed control in the Hoist and Pulldown modes. Achieves a level of control that was not avaiable with older systems. While the machine is in the Hoist mode - be it low hoist or hight hoist - the drive acts as a Speed Control System. When the machine is placed in the Pulldown mode, the drive then switches to a Torque Control System where the operator selects how much torque - or down pressure - he wishes to apply.
ARDVARC Advanced Rotary Drill Vector Automated Radio Control
ARDVARC INSTALLED BASE ATLAS COPCO PIT VIPER 351 ATLAS COPCO PIT VIPER 271 BUCYRUS ERIE 49RII/III SANDVIK D90K
ARDVARC Implemented in cumulative stages or all at once: Level 1 -One-Touch Drill Control Level 2 - Data Collection Server Level 3 - GPS-Locator Total - Auto-Propel Semi-Autonomous Control All of our ARDVARC modules use off the shelf hardware and a no black box philosophy. This keeps the system open to allow the implementation of 3 rd party enhancements in the future.
ARDVARC ARDVARC systems are simple enough to allow an operator with minimal training to use the system. ARDVARC makes the machine smart with respect to ground conditions when drilling.
ARDVARC Level 1 -One-Touch Drill Control Press one button and the drill does the rest. Uses open off the shelf hardware New A-B ControlLogix PLC Profibus Communications to the Drives Fan-less Industrialized PC 15 Daylight readable touch screen for Operator Interface Ethernet communications for machine control and interface to future networks
ARDVARC Level 1 - One-Touch Drill Control RECORD KPI DATA GROUND DETECTED ONE TOUCH DRILL CONTROL ON PUSHBUTTON START MACHINE AUTO LEVEL (TYPICAL TIME <35 SECONDS) AUTO FIND GROUND ELEVATION (TYPICAL ERROR <9 INCHES) PRE-DRILL WATER INJECT (DONE TO KEEP DUST DOWN PRIOR TO DRILL PROCESS) COLLAR THE HOLE TO PRE-DETERMINED HOLE DEPTH DRILL THE HOLE TO PRE-DETERMINED ELEVATION RETRACT THE BIT RETRACT THE JACKS MACHINE IN SPEED CONTROL MODE DURING COLLARING SEQUENCE MACHINE IN TORQUE CONTROL, SENSORLESS VIBRATION CONTROL, RMS CURRENT CONTROL MACHINE READY TO PROPEL
ARDVARC Level 1 - One-Touch Drill Control Operator only needs to propel the machine from hole to hole. More consistent holes depth and time to drill. Better control of machine drilling characteristics. Maintenance gains due to consistent control of the machine. Less training required to get an operator as proficient as your best operator. The ARDVARC system is repeatable over and over again. 100% focus on the drill operation through automation for machine consistency
ARDVARC Level 1 - One-Touch Drill Control Main Screen
MACHINE HEALTH Active Machine Status screen changes colors from green to yellow to red on all key machine systems to indicate status of each system. Green indicates no problems, yellow indicates warnings are present and red indicates an active system fault.
MACHINE HEALTH Active fault screen displays help text when needed on active faults to assist in troubleshooting
MACHINE HEALTH Machine fault history displays the same help text, simply touch the fault and read the text!
MACHINE HEALTH Smart machine help text assists operators and maintenance personnel with machine operations.
ARDVARC Level 2 - Data Collection Server Data is collected in a SQL Server Database Data is transmitted via a wireless Ethernet network to a central data server. Data collected: Hole Data recorded at one foot intervals during the cycle Hole-by-Hole Data recorded at the end of each drill cycle Shift Data recorded at the end of each shift Drill statistics by machine and by operator kept on a central server. (Operator and machine KPI) Remote monitoring of operator screens.
ARDVARC Level 2 - Data Collection Server Hole Data
ARDVARC Level 2 - Data Collection Server Hole-by-Hole Data
ARDVARC Level 2 - Data Collection Server Hole-by-Hole Data (cont.)
ARDVARC Level 2 - Data Collection Server Shift Data
ARDVARC Level 3 - GPS-Locator Eliminates manual marking of holes. Uses a mine duty network for high precision GPS location. Drill Hole patterns are downloaded to the drill from the remote office server via the wireless Ethernet network. Engineers develop drill patterns in AutoCAD and download them as mine coordinates directly into the drill(s).
ARDVARC Level 3 - GPS-Locator
ARDVARC Level 3 - GPS-Locator Operators manually propel to the location and the hole target shows on their Operator Interface. The One-Touch button is used to drill automatically once there.
ARDVARC Total Solution- Auto-Propel Semi-Autonomous Control With GPS coordinates downloaded, the operator simply selects the hole drilling sequence and pushes one button to start the cycle. The machine automatically propels itself to the next hole, targets the hole with great accuracy, levels, waters, collars, drills, raises the bit and jacks and readies itself for the next move. The operator again pushes one button to give permission to the machine to automatically start the cycle again. (for safety)
ARDVARC Total Solution- Auto-Propel Semi-Autonomous Control Operator chooses targeting sequence for holes Zoom in to change the scale
ARDVARC Total Solution- Auto-Propel Semi-Autonomous Control Operator interface shows the sequence of holes as they are being drilled One Button for permission to move as a safety precaution
ARDVARC Total Solution- Auto-Propel Semi-Autonomous Control With the drill in propel, the system shows the operator the target Location of the machine is always updated
ARDVARC Total Solution- Auto-Propel Semi-Autonomous Control As the target nears, the system zooms in to show the operator the hole number Remember, all the operator is doing is monitoring, all this is happening AUTOMATICALLY!
ARDVARC Total Solution- Auto-Propel Semi-Autonomous Control The target is achieved and now the machine will drill the hole automatically When completed, the system will ask for permission to advance to the next hole
VARIANCE REDUCTION 1. AUTO DRILL FEATURE ENSURES CLEAN, HIGH QUALITY HOLE IN 90% OF DRILLING CONDITIONS. 2. DRILL TO AN END OF HOLE ELEVATION INSTEAD OF AN END OF HOLE DEPTH!!! 3. AUTO LEVEL FEATURE ENSURES BOTTOM OF HOLE COORDINATES ACCURATE TO WITHIN 10 INCHES OF TOP OF HOLE COORDINATES. 4. AUTO DRILL SYSTEM MONITORS EVERY SIGNAL ON THE MACHINE AT 4 MS INTERVALS TO KEEP THE MACHINE OPERATING AT OPTIMAL SETPOINTS.
VARIANCE REDUCTION Frequency 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 Frequency 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Auto Manual Auto Manual Faster Propel between holes coupled with faster and more accurate drill times equals increased production and lower operating costs! 2 0 0 0 0 20 20 30 30 40 50 Seconds 40 50 Seconds 60 60 70 80 70 90 80 Manual Auto 90 Manual Auto
VARIANCE REDUCTION Frequency 35 30 25 Auto Manual Since the data collection system keeps all KPIs, manual and automatic, we can compile these performance statistics 20 15 10 5 Greater accuracy more often for consistency and repeatability. 0 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 Feet 1.25 1.5 1.75 2 2.25 Manual Auto
TEST RESULTS OF ARDVARC Leveling Time 0.73 0.56 Manual Mode Auto Mode Difference 0.17 minutes Collaring Time 6.41 3.92 2.49 minutes Drill Time 25.70 21.99 3.71 minutes Retract Time 2.81 2.73 0.18 minutes Propel Time 1.16 0.88 0.28 minutes Total Time 36.81 30.08 6.73 minutes Increase Productivity 22.4%
TRAINING REDUCTION OPERATOR NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO MOVE THE DRILL FROM HOLE TO HOLE, THEN PUSH THE ONE TOUCH DRILL CONTROL START BUTTON OR:
TRAINING REDUCTION.GO WITH THE FULLY AUTOMATED VERSION OF ARDVARC AND TEACH YOUR OPERATORS TO PROGRAM IN THE PATTERN. OPERATORS ARE USING THE AUTOMATED DRILL FEATURES OVER 85% OF THE TIME INSTEAD OF USING THE MANUAL CONTROLS.
TRAINING REDUCTION HOW DOES THIS EFFECT THE DRILLING PROCESS? 1.END OF HOLE ELEVATION IS ACCURATE TO WITHIN THE RESOLUTION OF THE HEAD POSITION DEVICE. 1. BE MACHINES ARE +/- 3 INCHES 2. IR/ATLAS COPCO MACHINES ARE +/-.01 INCHES MACHINE LEVEL ACCUARACY TO WITHIN.25 DEGREES IN LESS THAN 45 SECONDS WHICH EQUALS LESS THAN A 6 INCH ERROR AT THE BOTTOM OF A 50 FOOT HOLE.
Autonomous Enabled??? What is Autonomous?? - Remote control someone driving a drill from another location. -Full Autonomy Drills and entire pattern on the bench and can drive to the maintenance shed if needed. -Something in between?
Other Considerations It is more that just a control system, it is a mine methodology - How will you control the bench? - How do you do collision avoidance? - Is your maintenance program adequate? You can t have failed sensors temporarily bypassed.
SAFETY ASPECTS Because of Automated Features, personnel can be placed in a safe location More than one machine can be monitored via wireless Ethernet by only one person Machines can be operated in Manual Mode remotely using any Ethernet radio Machines constantly monitor forces on the mechanical components to keep the machine running within manufacturing specifications
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ARDVARC PHASE II SENSOR PACKAGE TO DETECT Humans Other Equipment Changes in ground Conditions Berms > 2 feet Bench missing >2 feet Stereo Cameras with software recognition