Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and Haulage System with a Surge Loader
The open pit mining load and haul system has been a mainstay of the mining industry for many years. While machines have increased in size and scale and automation has become an important development, there have been few innovations to the actual load and haul process itself in recent times. This res...
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| author | Ignacio Andrés Osses Aguayo Micah Nehring G. M. Wali Ullah |
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| description | The open pit mining load and haul system has been a mainstay of the mining industry for many years. While machines have increased in size and scale and automation has become an important development, there have been few innovations to the actual load and haul process itself in recent times. This research highlights some of the potential productivity and safety benefits that the incorporation of a surge loader may bring to the load and haul system through an analysis of the system, discussion of component characteristics, and mine planning aspects. The incorporation of the surge loader into open pit loading and haulage operations also enables improved safety. This is a result of a reduction in shovel–truck interactions and the reduced likelihood of truck overfilling and uneven loading. This paper details the number of mine worker deaths that a surge loader may have prevented within the Peruvian and Chilean mining industries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73997c1a917e44df96a9361f5ee0dcea2023-11-22T19:17:44ZengMDPI AGMining2673-64892021-08-011216717910.3390/mining1020011Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and Haulage System with a Surge LoaderIgnacio Andrés Osses Aguayo0Micah Nehring1G. M. Wali Ullah2Ingeniera Civil de Minas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 3349001, ChileSchool of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, AustraliaDepartment of Mathematics, University of Chittagong, Chattogram 4331, BangladeshThe open pit mining load and haul system has been a mainstay of the mining industry for many years. While machines have increased in size and scale and automation has become an important development, there have been few innovations to the actual load and haul process itself in recent times. This research highlights some of the potential productivity and safety benefits that the incorporation of a surge loader may bring to the load and haul system through an analysis of the system, discussion of component characteristics, and mine planning aspects. The incorporation of the surge loader into open pit loading and haulage operations also enables improved safety. This is a result of a reduction in shovel–truck interactions and the reduced likelihood of truck overfilling and uneven loading. This paper details the number of mine worker deaths that a surge loader may have prevented within the Peruvian and Chilean mining industries.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6489/1/2/11surge loadermine safetyload and haultruck and shovelopen pit mininghaulage systems |
| spellingShingle | Ignacio Andrés Osses Aguayo Micah Nehring G. M. Wali Ullah Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and Haulage System with a Surge Loader Mining surge loader mine safety load and haul truck and shovel open pit mining haulage systems |
| title | Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and Haulage System with a Surge Loader |
| title_full | Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and Haulage System with a Surge Loader |
| title_fullStr | Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and Haulage System with a Surge Loader |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and Haulage System with a Surge Loader |
| title_short | Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and Haulage System with a Surge Loader |
| title_sort | optimising productivity and safety of the open pit loading and haulage system with a surge loader |
| topic | surge loader mine safety load and haul truck and shovel open pit mining haulage systems |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6489/1/2/11 |
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