Our monitoring systems are used in mining operations worldwide to automate the data collection process of your sensors. The versatility, ruggedness, and reliability of SmartSolo Scientific monitoring systems make them ideal for geotechnical, water level, water quality, slope stability analysis, weather monitoring, ambient air quality, environmental compliance, dam and tailing monitoring, mine ventilation, equipment performance, cameras, and roof and shaft stability. Having a design that can operate in harsh remote locations—where unsafe conditions are often not suitable for personnel—and be reliable enough to keep people safe and mines open is absolutely a necessity. SmartSolo Scientific automated monitoring systems provide many benefits:
Reduced resources (work hours, fuel, safety risks) required to have personnel manually collect data from sensors
Increased data availability (data available 24/7)
Improved data integrity
Better worker and public safety
Ability to monitor critical parameters even during shutdown or long-term care and maintenance
Cost effective implementation of governance around environmental and safety solutions
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Data acquisition, retrieval and communication
Reliable data support allows decisions to be made quickly, reduces risk and liability, and promotes health and safety ; Manage devices efficiently , site, or multiple assets; and ensure environmental compliance 。
Our automated monitoring systems measure virtually any commercially available sensor and then process, store, and transmit the data to your cell phone, field office, or corporate headquarters. Data collected automatically from sensors can be communicated via radio, cellular modem, satellite modem, local network, and the Internet. This accessibility allows for easy and convenient viewing and making informed decisions based on changing conditions.
Alerts are easy to integrate, so you can pause operations, move devices, evacuate an area, or resume work. The system can be programmed to send alerts or report field conditions by calling a computer, telephone, radio, or pager.
Training
The training courses offered by SmartSolo can take place at your location and are tailored to your specific needs. Hands-on training with our engineers helps ensure your system delivers the real-time field condition data you need now and in the future.
Application: Slope Stability Analysis
Slope stability data can be obtained from known problem areas or from a network of monitoring systems located around the mine. Common parameters used by our system to monitor slope movement include lateral displacement, water level and flow, tilt, soil moisture, fracture monitoring, and precipitation.
Application: Weather Monitoring
The data provided by the weather station can be used to keep mining operations running when conditions permit and to shut them down when personnel and equipment need to be protected. Weather stations are often used to monitor wind speed and direction, air temperature, precipitation, air pressure, and relative humidity.
Application: Environmental protection (air and water quality)
In surface and underground mining operations, multiple air and water quality conditions are often monitored to ensure compliance with environmental regulatory requirements.
Air quality and pollution monitoring systems automatically collect and report data by measuring solar radiation, gases, particulate matter, atmospheric stability levels, and other desired parameters.
Our water quality monitoring and control systems are reliable regardless of salinity, pollution levels, or other harsh environmental conditions. These systems measure all relevant parameters including pH, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, level, flow and discharge. Specified times, events, or measurement conditions can automatically trigger the water quality system to control various equipment such as pumps, mixers, valves, and gates.
Application: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Every mining organisation needs to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as part of their work in the markets and communities they serve, and in the past, manual monitoring and visual inspection may have been good enough. With expectations now higher, SmartSolo continues to provide automated monitoring and control solutions for the mining industry, implementing cost-effective solutions around the governance of global mine environment and safety.
Other applications
Our versatile measurement and control systems are used in a variety of mining applications, including:
Dam and tailings monitoring system to measure water level, flow and turbidity; slope stability Air and water quality 。
Mine ventilation systems measure air pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed.
The Equipment Performance System maintains mining equipment at optimum performance levels by monitoring temperature, pressure, RPM, speed, power, acceleration, position, torque and strain.
Roof and shaft stabilization systems are used to warn of possible landslide conditions by monitoring changing conditions, cracks, and load distributions.