Production Benchmarking | Epiroc Passed
Tuesday June 1, 2021 12:30 - 15:30 Automation | hosted by Boliden
Speaker: Olav Kvist
Moderator: Peter Burman
Theme: Automation
Production drilling is one of the most rewarding mining processes to automate. A production drill is usually stationary in a stope for several days under controllable conditions. Still the amount of miners using automation for production drilling is low. Epiroc as a leading OEM has decided to change this by benchmarking and demonstrating what good looks like to our customers, lowering the threshold. This talk will share some learnings on what you can achieve and some tips for the journey to improved productivity.
Lecturers
Olav Kvist Speaker
Global Portfolio Manager Production Drilling
Epiroc AB
Olav’s academic profile is economics and process development. 15 years in the defense industry followed by the last 20+ years with Atlas Copco/Epiroc and automation of mining and construction machines. Highlights include project management developing the first autonomous loader as well as a surface crawler drill rig with a fully autonomous drill cycle. In the last years positions has included strategic automation planning and lately portfolio manager of production drilling underground.
Operational efficiency is one of Olav’s keen interests, why are customers not using the machines more?
Peter Burman Moderator
Program Manager Mine Automation
Boliden Mines Technology