Machine guidance helps to improve productivity of not only the machines, but the operators on site as well. High precision machine guidance technology provides a 3D visual of each machine’s location in the mine, as well as an accurate status of the machine’s position in relation to the mine plan.

Machine guidance uses positioning data to track the location, volume and material type a machine is moving. The machine operator can easily view this information via onboard displays, and use this knowledge to evaluate how they can better work to the mine design.

With real-time as-built information available to operators and supervisors, the technology improves efficiency and productivity on site, helping to reduce or eliminate rehandling and rework.

Aptella offers machine guidance systems that give machine operators and mine managers on Australian mine sites the critical information they need to ensure their work effectively contributes to the mine performance and project timelines. Learn more about them here.

Working to the design

Machine guidance gives operators more control over their work with the ability to monitor the machine’s position relative to the mine design, in real time.  

Traditional data analysis involves a delay to get as-built report information back to operators supervisors or managers. With live data visible in the cab of the machine to operators as they work, as well as to managers and supervisors in the office, high precision machine guidance enables instant productivity and efficiency improvements to achieve design grade.

Problems with over digging, under digging and moving material to or from the wrong location, can all be drastically reduced or even eliminated with machine guidance technology. With accurate positioning data and easy to read visuals of where and how much to dig, operators have the information they need to perform their job as effectively as possible.