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Equipment Utilization Optimization: Maximizing ROI on Your Mining Fleet
Every mining operation relies on its fleet to hit production targets. However, simply owning high-capacity trucks and excavators does not guarantee profitability. The real challenge lies in how effectively you are using those assets during a shift. When equipment sits idle in a queue or waits for a shift change, you spend capital without moving material. This article examines the strategies fleet managers can employ to bridge the gap between potential and actual performance. We [...]
Wireless Connectivity in Harsh Mining Environments
Today's mining industry has undergone a seismic shift. Operations that once relied solely on experienced intuition and manual processes are now embracing automation, real-time data analytics and the Internet of Things to boost productivity and improve safety. This digital evolution promises smarter, safer and more efficient mines if you can overcome the critical hurdle of establishing robust wireless connectivity in environments that are actively hostile to wireless signals. Mining's Connectivity Challenges Mining operations unfold in [...]
Rajant Field Tip: Antennas, Connectors, and Mounting Mistakes
In the world of Rajant Kinetic Mesh®, your network is only as strong as its physical installation. Even the most powerful BreadCrumb® node can’t overcome poor signal propagation caused by basic mounting errors. At Intermountain Technologies, we see these three common pitfalls frequently. Use this guide to ensure your deployment delivers maximum throughput and reliability. 1. The Antenna "Shadowing" & Spacing Trap The Mistake: Mounting antennas too close to metal masts, [...]
Rajant Technical Service Bulletin
03-200011-001: Rajant Technical Service Bulletin, Remediation of Loose FE1 RF and Front Panel Ports ISSUE This guide is intended for remediation of loose RF and front panel ports on Hawk and Peregrine models. Several steps have been taken in Rajant MFG to eliminate this issue beginning with serial number 105,538. This guide is intended for units that may exhibit this issue before the MFG changes were implemented, or ports that have become loose. The [...]
What is Your Why for Safety?
By Michael Gray, Intermountain Technologies General Manager What is your why? Why do you commit to working safely every day? Safety is more than a set of policies and procedures we follow at work. It’s about the people we care about, the relationships we cherish, and the responsibility we have to ourselves and others. When we truly understand our why, safety becomes personal—a value that shapes our decisions and actions, both on [...]
Monitor and Reduce Exposure to Silica Dust with Solutions from Teledyne
Exposure to silica dust can cause a variety of serious chronic and irreversible health effects, including silicosis, lung cancer, and kidney disease. To help reduce miners’ exposure to harmful silica dust, the Mine Safety and Health Administration issued new regulations for controlling and monitoring exposure to respirable silica at coal, metal and nonmetal mines. Mine operators can protect their miners from serious health issues and stay compliant with these new regulations using air monitoring solutions from [...]