Authors: A.Yu. Voronov, Yu.E. Voronov

Title of the article: Current state and development prospects of the autonomous haulage at open-pit mines

Year: 2019, Issue: 6, Pages: 16-24

Branch of knowledge: 05.05.06 Mining machines

Index UDK: 622.23.05

DOI: 10.26730/1816-4528-2019-6-16-24

Abstract: The urgency of the discussed issue. Remote-controlled autonomous (or unmanned) haulage systems have been used in open-pit mining for more than 10 years. The elimination of the "human factor" from the production process, as a rule, allows increasing its safety and productivity, as well as reducing operating costs. Despite the obvious advantages of unmanned technology, it is not spreading as fast as expected. This suggests that there are a number of problems that limit the development of this technology. Therefore, a review and analysis of the experience of using autonomous haulage systems at open-pit mines in order to identify possible directions for their further development seems to be an urgent task.
The main aim of the study is to review and analyze the experience of using the autonomous haulage systems at open-pit mines in order to identify some prospects for their improvement.
The methods used in the study. In this paper, the methods of theoretical and empirical knowledge are used: abstraction, comparison, analysis and synthesis.
The results. The prerequisites, a brief history and some important results of the implementation of autonomous haulage systems at open-pit mines, their main types and their constituent elements are outlined, as well as existing problems and expected directions for their development are highlighted.

Key words: open-pit mine mining truck automation autonomous haulage remote control

Receiving date: 12.12.2019

Publication date: 31.12.2019

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