SwedenManufacturing2026 – ongoingBoliden
AI vision detection of foreign objects on ore conveyors
Boliden used AI vision to detect foreign objects on ore conveyors
Problem
Foreign objects in raw ore created safety problems for Boliden's mine operators.
Approach
Boliden built an AI vision system that automatically detected foreign objects on ore conveyor belts. Mine operators' requirements guided development through a cross-functional partnership with Norrin.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
Mine operators helped define the detection task that Boliden and its development partner addressed.
Categories
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Goal
- Quality and risk
- Evidence
- Vendor case study
Sources
Source summaries
Norrin reported that Boliden built an operating AI vision system for detecting foreign objects in conveyed ore. It attributed improved operator safety to the project and described an operator-led development partnership, without numerical results.
Full details are in the original sources.
