Smart mining is a process that uses information, autonomy, and technology to obtain enhanced safety, reduce operational costs, and gain better productivity for a mine site. Mining corporations emphasize on enhancing productivity by providing state-of-the-art software & solutions. It also comprises remote-controlled robotic equipment for mineral & metal extraction, which is stated as telerobotic mining, and decreases the danger for miners.
Smart mining components and equipment find their application in both underground mining and surface mining, also known as open pit or open cast mining, operations. Although the integration of smart mining in underground mining has improved the working conditions on site as well as increased the productivities of underground mines.
Challenge vs Solution
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SOLUTION OFFERED BY FLOWLINC V1 |
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Connectivity of the devices across the country including Rural areas leading to loss of critical data sets
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Flowlinc is built having connectivity measures through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GSM 2G/4G, LoRa and NB-IoT along with On-device storage for mission critical data to ensure data continuity and integrity in the case of network outages.
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Integration of the data sets with the Data Management system
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Flowlinc is platform agnostic and can exchange data with any platform like Cloud/Local Server/IoT platforms etc.
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Absence of Real time reporting and in-depth analytics – Currently only a system wide monitoring is being done across the Solar plants leading to absence of granular data for deep-dive into the asset parameters.
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Flowlinc can provide real time reporting and Insights which can be extensively used for Preventive Maintenance planning, Input for efficiency monitoring, Power generation data, tap the leakages in the downtime losses etc.
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Device Management - Reliability on the current SCADA systems giving minimal access in terms of remote monitoring and control both from the command sending as well as command execution point of view
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Flowlinc can give access for remote monitoring and management to configure & Control the plant assets as well as the Flowlinc device. Over-the-air and remote upgrade capability for all networks.
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Absence of specific Issue alerts - The current system is not capable to identify specific problems in the plant assets. This leads to high down-time in maintenance activities and financial losses.
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Flowlinc integration helps in generation of automatic alerts/notifications for specific upcoming or identified problems for quick & effective maintenance & operational actions
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Inefficient tracking mechanisms leading to improper visibility and financial losses on account of loss of asset as well as lower productivity
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In-depth real-time view for the solar PV owners & developers enables them for better decisions from the financial & operation points of view
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Inefficient manual inspection methodology
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Equipping the operations & maintenance team with real-time data related to system health & faults leads to precise problem identification and respective efficient solution rather than relying on current visual inspection methods.
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Hardware Integration Constraints
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The Device can either be deployed as a separate device along with the Plant assets or integrated inside making it compact and a single panel.
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