Global Business Reports - Mining in Ontario and Toronto's Global Reach 2019 features an editorial on how Maestro is enabling the digital mine through connectivity at the working face.
Turn to page 85 of the publication to learn more.
Global Business Reports - Mining in Ontario and Toronto's Global Reach 2019 features an editorial on how Maestro is enabling the digital mine through connectivity at the working face.
Turn to page 85 of the publication to learn more.
Maestro Digital Mine launches its latest underground digital solution: EthernetI/O™
International Mining (press release)
'At the SME Annual Conference in Denver, Maestro Digital Mine has launched its latest digital solution, the EthernetI/O™. Maestro Digital Mine manufacturers Internet of Things (IoT) measurement and control instrumentation for the optimisation of underground mine ventilation and underground digital networks for last mile communication. Maestro’s EthernetI/O™ “provides both remote I/O functions as well as two full PID control loops over standard industrial Ethernet communication protocols. EthernetI/O™ helps to reduce or eliminate the use of complex and expensive PLCs in the underground mine environment, saving both time and money.”' Read more here.
DIGITAL MINING: Maestro launches new solution to make the complex simple
Canadian Mining Journal
'DENVER – Maestro Digital Mine launched its latest digital solution, the EthernetI/O Maestro manufacturers internet of things (IoT) measurement and control instrumentation for the optimization of underground mine ventilation and underground digital networks for last mile communication.
Maestro’s EthernetI/O is a simple solution to complex underground monitoring.
Maestro’s EthernetI/O provides both remote I/O functions as well as two full PID control loops over standard industrial Ethernet communication protocols. EthernetI/O helps to reduce or eliminate the use of complex and expensive PLCs in the underground mine environment, saving both time and money.' Read more here.
Maestro launches EthernetI/O at SME
www.miningmagazine.com
'Maestro Digital Mine manufactures Internet of Things (IoT) measurement and control instrumentation for the optimisation of underground mine ventilation and underground digital networks for last mile communication.
Maestro's EthernetI/O provides both remote input/output (I/O) functions as well as two full proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control loops over standard industrial Ethernet communication protocols. EthernetI/O helps to reduce or eliminate the use of complex and expensive programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the underground mine environment, saving both time and money.' Read more here.
Maestro Digital Mine launches latest digital solution
Global Mining Review
'On February 25 2019 at the SME Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, US, Maestro Digital Mine launched its latest digital solution, the EthernetI/O™.
Maestro Digital Mine manufacturers Internet of Things (IoT) measurement and control instrumentation for the optimisation of underground mine ventilation and underground digital networks for last mile communication. Maestro’s EthernetI/O™ provides both remote I/O functions as well as two full PID control loops over standard industrial Ethernet communication protocols. EthernetI/O™ helps to reduce or eliminate the use of complex and expensive PLCs in the underground mine environment, saving both time and money.' Read more here.
Maestro develops product to replace PLCs
Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal
'Reduced capex, faster delivery. Maestro Digital Mine, the Sudbury-based company that developed the Vigilante Air Quality Monitoring System and the Plexus PowerNet that facilitates the deployment and maintenance of WiFi in underground mines, has launched a new product called Ethernet I/O to reduce the number of PLCs –programmable logic controllers – that are being installed underground. PLCs, says Michael Gribbons, vice-president, Maestro Digital Mine, are a huge expense and take too long to put together.' Read more here.
'One question has been at the backbone of David Ballantyne and Michael Gribbons’ partnership at Maestro Digital Mine: how to make the working conditions of underground mines safer while at the same time increasing productivity.
Maestro specializes in using technology to monitor and control the quality of the air to the mine workings.'
To read more turn to page 44 of The Drift - Mining in Northern Ontario magazine.
The expert Panelists included: Theophile Yameogo, Vice President of Digital Innovation at Dundee Precious Metals; Ethan Hull, CEO of TECHrep Global, and formerly at Barrick Gold; Chris Burgess, Director of Innovation and Transformation at Yamana Gold; and Michel Samovojski, Technology Co-ordinator for the Canadian North-East District of Goldcorp. The panel was moderated by Bob McDonald, host of CBC Radio’s National science program, Quirks and Quarks.
The Digital Mine is founded on the collection and use of data to provide operational visibility and decision support that help increase production, reduce costs and enhance worker safety. The integration of Industrial Internet of Things (digital) solutions into mine operations have provided the foundational building blocks for the Digital Mine. The mining industry is embracing the term “Industry 4.0,” an interactive network of robotics, sensors, and machines regulated by data-driven computer algorithms and controlled via the Internet and its users across mining operations, driven by results. Enabling the Digital Mine starts with connectivity, a digital technology that Maestro Digital Mine specializes in delivering to the mining industry.
What does Industry 4.0 look like to the mining industry in action? Digital transformation enables disruptive mining innovations, connecting mine wide systems, helping to unlock value and drive better safety and production outcomes! Maestro Digital Mine brought together global mining leaders who are enabling digital technologies into operating mines. The Panel discussed valuable insights, successful integration examples, lessons learned and best practices & processes on how to improve safety, efficiency and productivity through integrating digital technologies into mine operations. Ultimately, discussing the future for advancing the digital mine!
To view video of panel session, CLICK HERE.
Here is a clip featuring the audience in attendance.
'Data democracy' changing the mining industry
Northern Ontario Business
'Why should the mining industry go digital?
Several experts at the 2019 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention had their reasons, emphasizing that data is critical for all aspects of operations and gives all members ownership in the results. Sudbury’s Maestro Digital Mine hosted a special panel discussion on the subject at the convention’s Northern Ontario Mining Showcase on March 4.' Read more here.
The Challenges and Triumphs of [digitalization]
CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL
'The ongoing digitalization of mining is presenting both exciting results and plenty of challenges. A panel of experts at this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto in March dished on both aspects to an audience of more than 120 gathered at the Northern Ontario Mining Showcase. Moderated by Bob McDonald, host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, and organized by Maestro Digital Mine, the panel discussed what the digital age is already enabling miners to do, how they see it progressing in future, and also shared their difficulties with the process. But first, they outlined why digitalization is so important to the mining industry.' Read more here.
Digital mining is here to stay, but there are some challenges
Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal
'Digital mining is here to stay for Canadian mining companies but there are still some challenges to be overcome. That was the consensus of a group of mining executives who took part in the panel discussion hosted by the Maestro Digital Mine company of Sudbury at the annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) held in March. The event was one of the key presentations at the Northern Ontario Mining Showcase and was moderated by Bob McDonald, the well-known hosts of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks science program.' Read more here.
The challenges and triumphs of digitization
Canadian Mining
‘PDAC panel dishes on mining sector’s digital journey. The ongoing digitalization of mining is presenting both exciting results and plenty of challenges. A panel of experts at this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto in March dished on both aspects to an audience of more than 120 gathered at the Northern Ontario Mining Showcase. Moderated by Bob McDonald, host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, and organized by Maestro Digital Mine, the panel discussed what the digital age is already enabling miners to do, how they see it progressing in future, and also shared their difficulties with the process. But first, they outlined why digitalization is so important to the mining industry.’ Read more here.
Maestro Digital Mine works with mining companies globally to address the challenges associated with traditional communication backbone solutions.
Its Plexus PowerNet™, which is one of the first powered coaxial gigabit networks, delivers a high-speed, low-latency digital communication network that provides PoE+ [powerover- Ethernet] power to WAPs [wireless access points], cameras and any other IP-based device. Gribbons says: “The system eliminates the need for costly outside fibre optic contractors and can be installed and maintained by any internal tradesperson or development miner.”
It provides a robust, simple-to-deploy, one-cable solution for network connectivity. Gribbons states: “Plexus makes installation simple, using a single coaxial cable that carries both power and network connectivity. This eliminates the need to run both fibre and power to new network devices.” It is designed to simplify the installation, extension and maintenance of the network, while enabling high-bandwidth, low-latency, low-jitter data and endpoint power using coaxial copper cable. Gribbons says: “The termination process now becomes easy and cost-effective, utilising basic tools. A termination can be completed by any tradesperson in less than two minutes.”
In addition, the nodes provide an easy way to terminate, troubleshoot and deploy standard based IP devices from the Plexus PowerNet™ embedded network switch.
The Plexus PowerNet™ is currently installed and being expanded at 20 mines in Canada, the US, Spain and Finland. “Our current clients have compared other gigabit network solutions and concluded that CAPEX can be decreased in the area of 40-60% without any compromise of network speed or capability,” explains Gribbons. “The Plexus PowerNet™ can be used in mines with or without a fibre optic network. The Plexus has been designed for the quickest, simplest and least expensive ‘last mile’ of communication.”
Maestro continues to develop Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and LTE devices and networks. Gribbons says: “LTE is being attempted at a few mines in Canada but so far, the current technology is not available for accurate tracking. Likely in the next five years, this will be addressed but for today, 802.11 Wi-Fi is the only network that can handle all of today’s use cases.”
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