OUR SOLUTIONS
Subsoil Technologies delivers smart, real-time solutions for safer, efficient, and sustainable mining.
Subsoil Technologies
On a modern mine reliable communication is an essential utility similar to the arteries of a body. A digital network relays vital data to keep decision makers informed and in control of the mining process.
Subsoil Technologies is the reseller and implementation partner of established global digital technology OEMs.
Our OEM partners were carefully selected for solutions that have rugged design, simplicity of operation, and ease of maintenance suited to the conditions on the mines and mineral processing plants that we service.
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Private LTE
- Pit-to-Port private wireless network
- Long range, Hugh speed, mission-critical network for production environments.
- High-bandwidth data backhaul.
- Huawei Cloud data center and MineHarmony OS
Wi-Fi Network
- 1Gbps backbone
- Wi-Fi hotspot (300m coverage)
- 8 X POE, 2 X non-POE ethernet ports
- IP67
- IS Node specifications:
– IECEx (pending)
– 2.4GHz, 300Mbps & 5GHz, 800Mbps
– Wi-Fi Transmission Power 250 mW
Wireless Mesh Network
- Last mile of connect of connectivity to the work face.
- Operate in Mesh, Access Point and Client modes.
- Specifications:
– 2.4GHz & 5.0 GHz up to 600Mbps
– IP67
– Point-to-point (5km range)
– Wi-Fi hotspot (300m coverage)
– Class I, Div2, and ATEX certified
IO-Link Network
- Point-to-point interface for sensors and actuators.
- Connection of the “last metre” to the sensor.
- Parallel wiring.
- Suitable for binary and analogue sensors.
SENSING TECHNOLOGIES
Environmental Monitoring
- Dust
- Gases
- Ground Movement
Sensors & Condition Monitoring
- Mine ventilation fans
- Conveyor belts
- Pump stations
- Hydraulic units
- Arc furnace tundish flow
- Screens/ Feeders
CCTV
- PoE Powered
- Pan-tilt-zooom and fixed camera
- Secure web-based access of video streams
personnel safety
FOG Monitoring
- Manual: measure bolt elongation with digital calliper and breakable with ohm meter.
- Visual: visual indication of bolt elongation and breakable.
- Real-time: bolt elongation, breakable and vibration can be monitored in real-time over a wireless communication network.
Lamp Room Solution
- IP67 corded and non-corded cap lamps.
- Lithium-ion battery powered.
- designed to house and power tag for location tracking of personnel.
People Tracking
- Wi-Fi/Bluetooth personal tracking.
- 2-WAY communication.
- Panic button.
- Man down.
- Proximity detection system (PDS)
- Clip on to clothing OR Inserted in cap lamp.
Evacuation Management
- Arlam Module
– 110dB Sirens.
– High intensity strobe lights.
– Alarm triggered from the module or remotely from a control room.
software
Fleet Management
Underground
- Utilisation and availability
- Production reporting
- Speed management
- Haul road analysis
- Compliance to plan
- Grade control
- Maintenance management
- Fuel management
- People tracking
- Environment monitoring
- Roof bolt monitoring
- Evacuation management
- Messaging, alarms and notifications platform
- Integrate with 3rd party systems
Geotechnical Monitoring
Failure risk monitoring, modelling and prediction.
- Applications:
– Pit side walls
– Tailings storage facility
– Old workings
– Earthworks & civils - MineScope imagery, topography goup deformation (InSAR)
- Electromagnetics, magnetics, gravity
- Sercel S-scan passive seismic, Fiber DAS, DSS, and DTS
