SIMBA Automation and Remote Control Why automation? -Increase safety and efficiency -Reduce mining production costs Why remote control? -To take the most out of the advantages of automation

SIMBA Automation 1984SIMBA H222S - LKAB Prototype SIMBA with one hole automatic 1985SIMBA H259S - Austria First SIMBA with one hole automatic Rig still in operation! 1990SIMBA ECS Control System Automation available for all SIMBA rigs 1995SIMBA W469 - LKAB First W469 with full fan automatic

SIMBA Remote Control 1996SIMBA W469 - LKAB 2 rigs (W469) controlled by wire (Kiruna) 2 rigs (W469) controlled by wire (Malmb.) 1998COM LKAB 5 rigs (W469) controlled wireless (Kiruna) 4 rigs (W469) controlled by wire (Malmb.) 2001SIMBA RC - WMC 4 rigs (SH4356) controlled wireless (ODO)

SIMBA Remote Control SIMBA W469 - Project Targets - Improved precision drilling - Reduced capital and drill costs - Increased time of availability

SIMBA Remote Control SIMBA W469 - Rig - Precision drilling - Water pow. ITH - Remote supervised - Automated drilling - Holes 55m/115mm

SIMBA Remote Control SIMBA W469 - Project Results - Precision drilling<1,5% at 30m - Penetration rate0,6 - 0,8 m/min - Automaic92,5% holes in auto. - Time of availabilityMTTF > 100 hours - Down time< 7%

SIMBA Remote Control SIMBA W469 - Project Experience - Sturdy and reliable equipment - Close cooperation between customer/supplier - Preventive maintainance, service contract

SIMBA Remote Control COM Project Targets - Wireless communication - New control room for up to 11 rigs - Drill pattern handling and result analysis

SIMBA Remote Control COM Communication One control room Fiber optics Wireless up to 11 rigs Wireless

SIMBA Remote Control COM Control room - 2 work stations - Ctrl of up to 11 rigs - Con. with LKAB DB

SIMBA Remote Control COM Project Experience - A well defined modularity is nessesary - Prevent from fixed size limitations - Standardise communication - Operator workplace - Make it simple !!

SIMBA Remote Control SIMBA RC - Project Targets - Reduced capital and drill costs - Introduce remote control on Std SIMBAs with ECS control system

SIMBA Remote Control SIMBA RC - Layout Workstation Fiber optics Wireless up to NN Work stations up to NN rigs Wireless

SIMBA Remote Control SIMBA RC - Control room - NN work stations - Ctrl of NN rigs - Feed positioning - One hole auto. - Simpl. fault handling

SIMBA Remote Control SIMBA RC - Drill Rig - Rig positioning - Adv. fault handling

Automatic Production Drilling at LKAB Mines Nichlas Radegård Atlas Copco RDE Örebro

Robotised production drilling at LKAB History Hole deviation Robotised drilling with SIMBA W469

LKAB Kiruna

Sublevel caving

Sublevel caving- normal to super Blasts/day Production at Kiruna 60,000 ton/day

Simba W469

Targets: New generation longhole drill rig Simba W469 New generation longhole drill rig Simba W m 30.0 m - Improved precision drilling - Reduced capital and drill costs - Increased time of availibility

Cooperative developement agreement, october -93 LKAB - Atlas Copco Delivery of up to rigs before 1999 Drill rig 1 - delivered 1995 Drill rig 2 - delivered 1996 Drill rig 3, 4, 5 and 6 delivered during 1997 Drill rig 7-9 delivered 1998 and 1999 Drill rig no 10 to be ordered 2000 New generation longhole drill rig Simba W469 New generation longhole drill rig Simba W469

Length 12.9 m - Width 3.0 m - Height 3.0 m Weight 37 ton - Power 170 kW Simba W469 Hole depth 55 m - Hole dia. 115 mm Parallell holes 4.4 m

Precision drilling Target: hole deviation < 1,5% at 30 m hole depth Total length rock drill + guide tube= 2,3m Drill tubes dia. 102 mm, length 2,3m

Simba W469 control room at Kiruna Controlroom at 740 m mainlevel

Simba W469 - ”Robot Simba” DemandResult Precision:Deviation. < 1.5% at 30mConfirmed Collaring:Max. fault < 0.5 o Confirmed Automatic:Min. 6 holeAverage of one fan from hole

Simba W469 - ”Robot Simba” DemandResult Available time:MTTF > 100 hours103.9 hours Not available time:< 12 hours of hours Penetration rate:> 0.60 m/min m/min (300 m/day, best > 630 m)

Simba W469 - ”Robot Simba” Automatic facilities - precision positioning of the feed - accuracy and smooth collaring - drilling and tube handling to preprogrammed hole depths - uncoupling, positioning of drill tubes to tube magazine - repositioning of feed to next collaring point

Experience of successful automatics sturdy and reliable equipment close cooperation between customer/supplier predictive maintenance, service contract Simba W469 - ”Robot Simba”

Close Cooperation between customer/supplier Simba W469 - ”Robot Simba” define customer needs -application -drill capacity need -softvare parameters -logging functions -drill pattern transmittion operators - service technicians

The concept for remote control

Power media: Compressed air, 7.0 bar Compressed air, 18.5 bar Long Hole Production Drilling 1000 m 3 /man, shift Handheld rock drill flexible drill steel Heavy rock drill column mount Rail rig carrier hydraulic positioning Light mobile rig with air traction Twin drill rig unit remote control Crawler carrier ITH-hammer, large holes Crawler ITH, high pressure large holes 500 Pneumatic drilling

Power media: Hydraulics, bar Water hydraulics, bar Long Hole Production Drilling m 3 /man, shift Hydraulic rock drill light mobile rig, air traction Diesel traction, operator’s cabin remote control, rod handling Diesel traction, cabin, high- power drill automatic controls, tube drill string Robot drilling, two units, precision drill string water powered ITH hammer Hydraulic drilling