For more than 30 years, LIM has been designing and developing embedded solutions for drilling in the worldwide mining sector.
In recent years, a global on-board solution has been developed by LIM for production drilling in the mining sector. This solution is broken down into a production part and a drilling machine monitoring part, regardless of the brand and model of the latter.
The production part consists of the NaviLIM RTK GNSS (GPS) drill guidance PocketLIM application and cloud @ LIM platform.
Image 1 - NaviLIM is an application of the PocketLIM system that allows the operator to position the drill bit
The NaviLIM is an application of the PocketLIM system that allows the operator to position the drill bit with very high accuracy (using GPS RTK technology) on the planned location of the borehole, whether the latter is vertical or inclined, on the basis of a drill pattern uploaded to the recorder. Therefore, the NaviLIM can replace the layout of the boreholes carried out by a surveyor (see Image 1).
Cloud@LIM
Cloud@LIM is a cloud platform that brings together a whole set of applications related to machine monitoring and data processing.
Mirroring remotely repeats in real-time the screen of the PocketLIM-6G drilling data recorder installed on the drill on a laptop, tablet or smartphone. The supervisor can also take control of the device remotely.
LIM @ mail performs the synchronisation, uploading and automatic data pre-processing of the MWD datafiles recorded by the PocketLIM-6G data recorder. The datafile used is the open and documented BOR format (https://bor-form.at/en/). For the presentation of the borehole logs with MWD, the templates are specific for each customer.
In order to control the quality and geotechnical nature of the drilling, LIM@mail sends an email notification in real-time at the end of each drilling session with the attached PDF log of the recorded drilling parameters or MWD (see image at the top of the page).
Drill@LIM
Drill@LIM provides real-time information on the operation and geolocation of the drilling machine (see Image 3) as well as performance reporting by machines and /or by geographic or commercial areas.
Image 3 - Drill@LIM provides real-time information on the operation and geolocation of drill rigs
Drill @ LIM helps in the management, control and real-time monitoring of a fleet of several dozen drills by giving information on the status of the machines (engine parameters, machine parameters, alerts, etc.) regardless of their type, brand or model.
Fleet application
As a case study, the company Newcomat, a French player known for the rental of production drilling machines for drill and blast all over the country, has installed PocketLIM drilling data recording systems on all the drill rigs within its fleet. The drill rig fleet is composed of five Epiroc (T40, D50), five Sandvik (DX700, DI450, DX900i), eight Furukawa (HCR1550, HCR1800) and one TMB 28.
Thanks to the Drill@LIM web application, the Newcomat production manager is informed in real-time about the exact geolocation of each drill rig with technical and production information concerning the hammer, machine and engine parameters also being readily available.
And above all, in the case of a breakdown or incident, he is able to promptly make decisions about what to do next, thanks to the Drill@LIM application's real-time alert system.
A single system installed on the drill rig, the PocketLIM-6G, a single player, LIM, regardless of whatever the brand and type of machine for a truly global solution.
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