GE Introduces the Digital Mine to Boost Efficiency and Drive Improved Safety and Productivity
September 27 2016 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
Advanced data technology and analytics can
deliver savings across industry - up to potentially $5
billion
Today at MINExpo, GE Mining, a division of GE Transportation
(NYSE: GE), unveiled the Digital Mine, a suite of technologies that
can improve performance, reliability, safety and operations. Each
mine is a mini-city, requiring power, water and transportation.
Intelligent, real-time monitoring across the mine, allows operators
to make data-driven decisions that improve equipment reliability
and optimize mine operations – yielding up to a potential $5
billion annually in savings.
Powered by GE’s Predix™, the world’s only open, cloud-based
operating platform built exclusively for industry, the Digital Mine
delivers interconnected technology needed to achieve breakthrough
levels of efficiency and maximum performance. It combines machine
sensors, connectivity, data capture, visualization and analytics to
support management of an asset’s lifecycle.
“Mining, as an industry, faces strong headwinds and must drive
productivity and improve operational savings. Digital Mine, through
advanced sensor technology and analytics, seizes the industry’s
untapped data to help make a difference,” said Scott Phillips, Vice
President and CEO of GE Mining. “As we’re doing successfully for
the rail industry, we’re using our Industrial Internet mindset to
actively monitor and diagnose equipment and operations to improve
assets, maximize efforts, boost fuel efficiency and lower
costs.”
GE’s suite of condition-monitoring capabilities collects
information such as vibration data, temperature and pressure to
inform mine operators of machine health, and also detects impending
failures before they occur. Data collected from disparate systems
enables the linking of insights across machines and processes,
which can lead to better predictivity and decreased likelihood of
accidents – all while increasing productivity.
GE Mining’s digital solutions have the potential to help
customers reduce equipment failures, deliver up to five percent
improvement in mineral recovery, and increase optimization. For
example, a leading gold mining customer maximized mineral recovery
by 1.5 percent, which is equivalent to nearly $1 million a year. A
platinum mine customer increased smelter throughput by 10 percent
while improving recovery.
In addition to software, GE Mining provides customized
solutions. Komatsu, a leading mining equipment maker, is using GE’s
400 Ton Wheel Motor on its new 980E-4 mining haul truck. It is the
industry’s most powerful and efficient electric wheel motor and has
created a new class in haul truck performance. Its drive system
delivers the lowest operating cost per ton in the 400-ton haul
truck class market.
“Our efforts span the globe, and we will continue to develop
world-class mining equipment that employs GE’s advanced systems and
technologies,” said Rod Schrader, CEO of Komatsu America.
As the first services agreement between the companies, Komatsu
and GE are teaming up to create services shops in Australia to
provide the highest-quality repair capabilities on GE blowers,
alternators and wheel motors.
For key sessions on GE Mining insights and capabilities, please
join us for the following:
- How Big Data is Driving Efficiency and
Productivity on Mining Truck Haulage Systems - Speaker(s): William
Halli, executive product manager, GE Mining; and Doug Vroman,
product service manager, GE Mining
- Tuesday, 8 – 10 a.m., North Building
Upper Concourse, Room #N257
- How the Industrial Internet Will Drive
an Increasingly Efficient Mining Operation - Speaker(s): Rahul
Shaw, general manager, digital mine and mining solutions, GE
Mining; and Ken Scholey, global product manager, process
optimization, GE Mining
- Tuesday, 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., North
Building Upper Concourse, Room #N253
- A New Approach to Underground Mine
Dewatering - Speaker: Terry Small, global product manager, GE
Mining
- Wednesday, 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.,
North Building Upper Concourse, Room #N255
For more information on GE Mining’s products and services,
please visit Booth 6911-C at MINExpo International 2016 or
http://invent.ge/GEMINExpo16.
About GE Mining
For more than half a century GE (NYSE: GE) has been solving the
world’s toughest mining challenges. GE Mining, a unit of GE
Transportation, is dedicated to transforming the mining industry by
doing what GE does best – developing leading technologies to build,
power and move the world. As global demands for energy and raw
materials continue to grow, mining companies face ever-increasing
challenges to bring these resources to market. To help mines
achieve success, GE Mining delivers innovative solutions for the
most critical requirements of power, water and productivity.
GE Mining delivers solutions such as power generation and
distribution systems for reliable and readily available electricity
as well as water treatment systems for filtration, desalination and
reuse. GE Mining also provides productivity solutions including
components and systems for crushing, grinding, conveying and
hoisting; service expertise in turnkey systems development;
optimization software for monitoring and controlling remote
operations; and electric-drive systems for mining vehicles and
underground mining equipment.
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Media Contact GE Transportation:Mailee
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