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Immersed in automation AUTONOMOUS mining is a hot topic in industry circles as mine operators press ahead with adopting new technologies that allow them to achieve increased productivity and safety combined with reduced overheads and time savings. A sometimes overlooked benefit of automation is the opportunity it offers mine workers for job enrichment, as all mine-site staff need to be trained up to operate safely in an environment of autonomous vehicles and excavators. For example, a maintenance operator carrying out scheduled maintenance on autonomous trucks may have to manually drive autonomous vehicles out of the inspection bay and back to the mine. Though not directly involved in the operation of autonomous equipment, these maintenance operators need to be trained in...

The LX6 shares the same underlying technology as the PRO4 and IM360 but with a smaller footprint platform.   SURFACE and underground mining equipment supplier Immersive Technologies has launched the latest addition to its medium fidelity simulator range, the LX6.   The brand new medium fidelity simulator platform offers the same value for early stage training as the high-fidelity simulators such as the PRO4, and is ideal for machine and site familiarisation, emergency response training and compliance training. Compatible with a wide range of equipment modules or Conversion Kits® available from Immersive Technologies, the LX6 allows sites to expand their training throughput and extend the utilisation of existing simulator equipment Conversion Kits®. The deployment of medium fidelity simulators such as...