ChinaManufacturing2022 – ongoingCMOC
Sandaozhuang adaptive ore blending and mining dispatch
CMOC reported ore-grade fluctuation falling from 15.82% to 3.35% with intelligent blending
Problem
The mine's earlier dispatch system tied trucks to excavators and crushing stations. This maintained blending plans but caused queues and limited transport efficiency.
Approach
CMOC worked with a research institute at Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology on integrated autonomous mining. Swarm-intelligence optimization adjusted dispatch and routes, while blending plans adapted to loading and unloading conditions. Workers and autonomous equipment received instructions through mobile terminals.
Results
Takeaway
Blending and transport were optimized together; the reported grade improvement came from mine management.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- OptimizationRobotics and automation
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Reporters described operating autonomous equipment and adaptive dispatch at Sandaozhuang. A mine manager attributed a fall in ore-grade fluctuation from 15.82% to 3.35% to intelligent blending.
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