Industry Challenges
Challenges facing the Mining Industry
- Accelerated Erosion: Exposure to high moisture, abrasive materials, leads to degradation of equipment surfaces and structural components.
- Hard-to-access Locations: Equipment is often located in remote, or hazardous areas, making routine inspections difficult, time-intensive, and unsafe.
- Lack of Predictive Maintenance: Lack of continuous quantitative data disables predictive maintenance and proactive planning, increasing risks of unplanned shutdowns.
- Safety: Due to the need for manual inspections in hazardous areas, elevated structures or confined spaces.
Applications
WAND Technology provides versatile, reliable solutions for monitoring wall thickness, corrosion, and erosion across a wide range of industries. Learn more about how this technology provides solutions in erosion monitoring for mining assets.
Application 1
Continuous Monitoring in Critical Mining Systems
The WAND Solution enables continuous, accurate erosion monitoring and can increase predictive maintenance with natural gas pipeline, electrostatic precipitator, and filtration areas in the mining industry.
WAND TM Sensors are low-profile, embeddable and can be permanently installed for long-term, non-intrusive monitoring. Our sensors deliver ultrasonic thickness measurements from the same location consistently, delivering continuous, accurate erosion monitoring within these critical systems, enabling predictive maintenance for operators.
Our WAND Remote Data Collector (RDC) also enables operators to monitor erosion rates remotely, increasing safety, data accuracy and operational efficiency.
Application 2
Accurate Reporting in Machinery
Unpredictable machinery and component wear can impact operational performance and increase the risk of unplanned shutdowns. The WAND Solution provides highly accurate data on wall thickness, through the installation of WAND TM Sensors on machinery. WAND helps to extend machinery life by providing predictive insights to service engineers, enabling them to accurately track the wear of components over time.
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Application 3
Digitalisation of Mining Equipment to Manage the Supply Chain
Digitalisation in mining enables real-time monitoring of equipment health, which improves efficiency and supply chain management. WAND TM Sensors can be applied to assets like feeders, and filtration systems to provide continuous, accurate wall thickness data. This supports predictive maintenance and reduces downtime by enabling proactive decision-making.
Data collected from these sensors can be integrated with centralised platforms like WAND-Online and iDART, allowing operators to remotely access and analyse equipment health data. This digital solution helps streamline maintenance schedules, manage spare parts inventory, and optimise resource allocation, ultimately reducing downtime and improving the overall supply chain process.
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