Smart mining is the direction of development,mainly including new terms and concepts such as artificial intelligence,Internet of Things,blockchain,drones,cloud,and virtual reality.Understanding these is very meaningful for the development of the coal machine industry.

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　　3D modeling

　　3D modeling technology has always been a hot topic in the field of digital mining.Modeling technology is usually a computer program used to create a map of the underground area as part of the exploration work before the construction of a new mine.Effective use of modeling can expand the coverage of exploration work by capturing images of hard-to-reach places.

　　Modeling can also improve the safety of exploration work by removing workers from unknown and potentially unsafe underground areas.

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　　artificial intelligence

　　Mentioned 162 times,artificial intelligence covers a wide range of intelligent computer systems,can learn from previous experience,and is often used to improve operational efficiency.Norwegian recycling company Tomra provides intelligent sorting machines for the mining industry,using sensors to detect specific minerals in the recovered ore to extract these minerals.

　　The company has recently deployed a laser-driven scheme that uses the scattering effect of laser light to distinguish ores containing precious quartz from ores with the same appearance.

　　Anerfa also uses the image recognition technology of German garbage classification,uses convolutional neural network technology in AI technology,uses vision to deeply learn coal and gangue,uses big data to identify coal and gangue,and uses the control system to control the robot arm.Control to automatically complete the coal gangue sorting work.

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　　Integrated automation

　　Since the beginning of this year,automation has been mentioned 133 times,and driverless vehicles are becoming more common in mining areas because the company hopes to improve safety by removing drivers from vehicles.

　　The unmanned driving of the mining industry is of great significance,and can completely guarantee the safety of personnel in the mining process.However,unmanned driving has always been an application that everyone is chasing,but the actual application of unmanned driving in mines is still progressing slowly!

　　"Unmanned",the remote control transformation of the equipment above or below the shaft,the personnel completely leave the dangerous area and carry out the control operation of the equipment.It can also autonomously complete automatic driving control in some specific areas,such as automatic loading and unloading of mines,unloading of mines,etc.

　　Anerfa remote control

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　　Blockchain

　　GlobalData***influential people mentioned the blockchain 93 times,because the technology is used beyond cryptocurrency management,it is a securely verified information record.

　　Blockchain can also play a role in eliminating illegally mined or conflict diamonds,because customers know where their diamonds are mined and therefore can avoid illegal sources.DeBeers and Alrosa have jointly developed a blockchain-based solution to minimize illegal diamond transactions.The story of the movie Blood Diamond may be completely eliminated in the future!

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　　Drone

　　The mining industry began to use the potential of drones for surveying and information collection.Compared with other methods,the accuracy of the data collected by its drones has been significantly improved,and because a single drone can cover a large amount of land,it also significantly reduces labor costs.

　　UAV measuring open-pit mine

　　Anfa once shared how we use drones to manage mines,use drones to manage measurement yards,save drilling time,blasting time,etc.And also shared how to choose drones,application methods and so on.

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　　Environment and Emission Control

　　Environmental and emission control refers to smart technologies used to monitor the environmental impact of mines,as well as harmful emission levels.In 2016,the Chinese government used Microsoft and IBM's machine learning systems to collect data from 35 air quality monitoring stations in Beijing,analyze the historical trends of air pollution,and make faster future emissions and technologies with obvious mining potential,More accurate predictions.

　　Prediction technology can also be used to help miners complete environmental impact assessments,and can even make plans for mine recovery projects before the mine is built.

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　　Internet of Things

　　The Internet of Things refers to smart devices that continuously record and share data through network connections,and its concept has been extended to industrial operations as the"Industrial Internet of Things"(IIOT).Since the beginning of this year,extensive data collection and analysis have been mentioned 60 times,which is indispensable for improving the future operational efficiency of the mining industry.

　　The application of Internet of Things has been widely used in various industries in recent years.From hardware to software,it performs protection monitoring for various types of mining equipment,analyzes the operating performance of equipment,and predicts failure information in advance.And Erfa Cloud can integrate all other types of sensor data to store and analyze in the cloud.

　　An Erfa delicate vibration and temperature sensor

　　Anfa has a cloud-based intelligent operation and maintenance platform with a large amount of data.All the equipment data of all Anfa customers are here.A large amount of data is generated every day,and the operation of the monitoring equipment is protected all the time to achieve predictive maintenance!

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　　Clouds

　　Cloud storage systems have obvious uses in the mining industry,especially among international companies,which are responsible for coordinating operations in multiple countries and continents.This service is especially useful for teams in areas where communication infrastructure is not well developed,allowing employees to safely store data for offline use.

　　Cloud services can coordinate office,mine production,equipment operation data,etc.for the management personnel of large mining companies.For comprehensive integrated storage management,if customers have needs,Anfa can customize your cloud services.Anfa is actively promoting the establishment of cloud services for European customers and the management of equipment operation data!

　　Dashboard monitoring equipment operation

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　　Virtual Reality

　　Virtual reality technology has the potential to be used in mapping with drone technology,but it is also used for training and education.In 2019,the University of South Australia and the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy launched a virtual reality project,inviting students to become"geologists of the day"and seeing many field operations across Australia and interacting with many projects.

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　　cyber security

　　As mining companies have adopted more smart technologies,the need to protect data has become more and more important.It has been mentioned twenty times that cybersecurity is the latest trend in this year’s dominant digital mining dialogue.

　　A report found that less than a quarter of companies are prepared to respond to potential cyber threats related to the transformation of cloud-based data storage,especially mining companies.Due to the rise of a“bring your own device”culture,employees’personal devices((Not a company computer)is connected to a network containing important information,so it may be attacked.