Modern Mining August 2016

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Maptek and VUMA collaborate on mine ventilation solutions

Maptek and VUMA, a subsidiary of Bluhm Burton Engineering Pty Ltd (BBE), have exe- cuted a memorandum of understanding to facilitate collaboration and cooperation around mine ventilation solutions and mine design. The primary focus will be on enabling detailed data transfer between Maptek Vulcan mine planning software and VUMA ventilation simulation software. VUMA software has been developed for analysis of underground mine ventilation, contaminant tracking, refrigeration and cool- ing networks. The heat engineering balance can be examined in detail, taking into account all factors contributing to heat load, including equipment, advance rates, heat from broken rock and mine design. Vulcan software provides advanced underground mine design, planning and scheduling tools. Enabling detailed design, survey and operational data to be transferred to VUMA software will deliver gains in accu- racy, efficiency and speed for analysis and planning around ventilation and refrigera- tion in underground mines. This also allows ventilation factors to be considered earlier Drives supplied to Lift II project at Palabora Copper BMG has supplied external mechanical drives for the PC Lift II project at the Palabora Copper Mine through RSV SA. “These mechanical drives, which will soon be installed on underground conveyors at the mine, comprise the largest motors supplied by BMG to date. These 630 kW, 4-pole, 11 kV BMG motors were designed and assembled by the BMG technical resources team,” says Clive Dicks, BMG’s Sales Manager, Projects. “The order encompasses a 75 kW complete drive for conveyor CV26 and six 630 kW com- plete drives for conveyors CV23 and CV25. These drives consist of BMG electric motors, Paramax gearboxes, couplings, guards and complete base plates. “BMG has also supplied six Marland exter- nal holdbacks, with load sharing capabilities, and some of the belting required for these conveyors.” Clive Dicks, BMG, tel (+27 11) 620-1512

in the mine planning process. “VUMA is an impressive software suite. Integrating VUMA with Vulcan offers huge benefits to mine planning depart- ments,” commented Maptek Africa’s General Manager, Nick Venter. “It will allow mine survey and design data to be used in ventilation and cool- ing analysis, without replication of data, and ensures accurate, current representa- tions of the mine surface can be applied to ventilation planning.”

VUMA software has been developed for the design and analysis of underground mine ventilation.

Maptek, website: www.maptek.com or VUMA, website: www.vuma.co.za

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