Client is one of the leading mining companies having the global presence. Three of its mining businesses are based in Kazakhstan focusing on platinum, iron ore and Thermal Coal. In order to monitor the health status of different pieces of mining equipment, a web interface in a form of Equipment Monitoring System was a must for our client. They wanted a solution that performs analysis and interprets mining data obtained from different types of equipment; monitors working condition of the equipment pieces and minimizes the breakdowns.
Key challenges during implementation of Equipment Monitoring System are listed below:
- Status aggregation from the raw data obtained from mine equipment was very cumbersome and difficult to implement.
- Calculation of equipment faults from running average of trends and dynamic addition of trends for each model of mining trucks.
- Limited customer system for handling for example club members.
- Automating the process of system switching from one operation to another after the predefined interval of time.