SmartCap’s real-time fatigue monitoring wearable empowers workers and businesses by providing early warning alerts and risk alarms. However, individuals with consistently high alarm frequencies (HAFIs) may need additional support. This post explores how to create an assistance-focused process for identifying and helping these individuals.

Proper GNSS antenna placement is essential for precise machine guidance in mining. This blog post explores best practices for optimal antenna positioning, signal quality, environmental protection, and regular calibration. Accurate installation improves system efficiency, safety, and long-term performance.

Explore how AI might revolutionize fleet management systems with enhanced usability, predictive maintenance and dynamic route optimization.

Discover how Wencomine FMS v6.3 empowers loading unit operators, reduces truck wait times, and enhances overall mining efficiency.

Learn the key role of Supervisors in successful fatigue monitoring initiatives.

World-class mines no longer think in hours. They don’t even think in minutes. They think in seconds. Want to know more? Manager of the Wenco Centre of Excellence Hal Galbraith is hosting a webinar called A Matter of Seconds: How to Extract More Value from Your Mine ...

Travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted mines to upskill staff already on site. Training workers from a distance may sound complex, but e-learning technologies greatly ease the process. 

Wenco leverages the high morale of its workforce to push forward the mining industry through the latest technology: the internet of things, data analytics, and autonomous machines all contribute to the company's mission of making the mining process as safe, effective, ...

Don't underestimate the benefits that come with integration. With an integrated system, all your equipment stays in sync. Each unit works from the same database so they share information easily, whether they're shovels or dozers, loaders or light vehicles. There's no need to ...

Contractors with thin margins need to consider priorities beyond cost and benefits for their mining solutions. For many of them, reliability needs to remain top of mind.

Many mine contractors don’t see the value of an FMS built to optimize dispatching and material movement. But, they can still reap huge benefits from accurate data about their processes. What can they do? They can use high-precision machine guidance.

Three key factors are fundamental to making rework at mines an occasional slip-up instead of business as usual.

In version 6.1, Wenco advances the performance and scalability of System 6 with a more powerful architecture, improved data filters, and enhanced system integration. Read on to learn more about the latest updates to Wenco solutions that make mining simpler, smarter, and safer.

This summer, Wenco International Mining Systems successfully completed recertification for two ISO standards: ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety and ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems. These certifications form a major part of Wenco's ...

To change to a demand-driven, customer-centric model, mines need to integrate their operations and their systems — from planning to pit to plant to port (or "pit to port", for short). With the advent of automated systems across the pit-to-port spectrum, mining companies are ...

Mining technology has made significant jumps in recent years, offering Digital Mining solutions that can help any scale of operation — not just ones that can handle extensive infrastructure, overhead, and upkeep. Many small- to medium-size operations are finding significant ...

Today, we go under the hood to explain how the updates in System 6 handle your mining data differently, extracting new value from analytics and laying the groundwork for autonomous mining.

More than ever the global mining industry is facing new and growing challenges to support and sustain a viable business. At the product end of the business, commodity prices can fluctuate substantially and rapidly force mining companies to be more reactive and less ...

A Fleet Management System (FMS) for a mine site is a suite of specialized software running on ruggedized hardware. Using GPS and a wireless radio network, the FMS tracks and monitors production, maintenance, and safety in your mine.The graphic below shows how a ...

As we enter the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere, mines are already making plans to deal with the inevitable inclement weather. Mine sites constantly have to be aware of changing conditions that can affect everything from road conditions and visibility, to ore weight ...

While there hasn't been a new satellite launch in recent days for the BeiDou satellite constellation, the system is still slated to be available globally in 2020 with 35 total satellites. Launched back in 2000, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is China's government ...

In the design of the GUI we are optimizing the operator's Situational Awareness. Situational Awareness (SA) is being aware of what is happening around you and understanding how information, events, and your own actions will impact your goals and objectives. We ...

To be successful in today's mining industry, mines increasingly have to target very specific ore qualities and High Precision GPS is the solution that makes it all possible. Current HP-GPS solutions now link high precision GPS software on the equipment, and high precision ...

One in three of these workers will retire in the next decade. On top of that, fewer and fewer workers stay in the industry long-term, opting instead for jobs in other sectors. The result? A lack of low-level workers who build knowledge and move into senior positions — a process ...

The Wenco Drill Navigation system helps the machine operator be able to quickly and precisely move the drill to each hole location in the pattern. In doing so, the system eliminates the need for tedious field survey work and delays in laying out planned drill patterns. Setup of ...

Many factors play a role in determining a machine's position accuracy. First and foremost, which part of the machine are you trying to measure?On dozers, our BenchManager machine guidance system measures the machine's elevation at track level. Track elevation tells us ...

A new year often sparks a new round of trendspotting for the year to come, even in the mining industry. The Big Four auditing firms have all chimed in with their predictions for mining in 2015. While Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG each have their own thoughts on the state of the ...

Almost everything we do is a project of sorts. The Project Management Institute (PMI) says a project is "a temporary endeavour to create a unique product, service or result." With this in mind, a project can be something as small as starting a blog or something as complicated as ...

When dispatching, mines have different priorities. While some sites strive to keep their shovel use balanced, others just want to reduce equipment wait times. Regardless of these preferences, every site wants a consistent grade of ore delivered to the plant as efficiently as ...

Mine managers need help. They're pulled in a thousand directions every day and they're still on the hook to keep their site performing better all the time. Even with a technological edge, they can only do so much. It's just not enough for mine managers alone to track KPIs ...