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While the ability to remotely monitor the performance and condition of mining equipment is not new, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has taken great strides in applying data analytics and dedicated algorithms to give mines even greater value from their machine data. T his has been witnessed in the company’s remote monitoring service (RMS), which has rapidly evolved from the company’s telemetry data reporting solution, better known as My Sandvik SANDVIK STEPS UP REMOTE MONITORING FOR BETTER MINING – and even transmitted and stored to be displayed on digital dashboards.

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By enhancing the power of data, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions’ RMS takes proactive maintenance to another level.

readings from our technology; these insights then feed into response processes and our interactions with customers, to improve and stream line operations.” RMS is most capable on Sandvik’s i-series drills, loaders and trucks, which come standard with intel ligent capability. Through the company’s Global Reliability Centre, reports on each item of equipment are generated through a range of powerful algorithms, pointing to potential issues demanding attention. “We can pick up indicators that

RMS takes this further towards meeting the strategic objectives of mining customers, according to Logan Pillay, Sales Support Manager at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. “The strategic focus today is on safety, cost effectiveness, produc tivity and sustainability – and RMS allows us to find the opportunities in the data to accelerate our path on this journey,” says Pillay. “It is about the conclusions to be drawn from the various combinations of

Insight Insight and Productivity for underground. RMS takes further digital steps to give mines even more uptime and productivity while prioritising safety and driving down maintenance costs. “The digital age has seen mines embracing the value of data in their decision making, and as an OEM we support this by raising the value of data to another level,” explains Zandre de Witt, Portfolio Specialist for RMS and Digitalisation at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. “We use data to generate more detailed insights into machine health, which allows mining operations to embrace a proactive maintenance mind set.” The My Sandvik telemetry data reporting solution, already oper ational in the field for about eight years, has allowed data to be gathered on the ‘Knowledge Box’ installed on Sandvik equipment

The digital age has seen mines embracing the value of data in their decision making, and as an OEM we support this by raising the value of data to another level

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