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Positioning of Mobile Mining Equipment Using GPS Technology
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AQUILA Mining Systems Ltd. is a Canadian company that designs and develops monitoring, control and navigation systems for the surface and underground mining industries. In 1992, AQUILA Mining Systems began the development of technology for monitoring, controlling and positioning mobile mining equipment. In 1993, AQUILA completed its first field test with GPS receivers onboard a blasthole drill, and thus demonstrated the viability and strategic relevance of this technology in surface mining. Since then, AQUILA has installed GPS-based technology on drills and shovels in several Canadian mines. This paper will review the development of these systems and discuss the benefits the mining industry could realise through their production implementation.
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Peck, J. and Hendricks, C., "Positioning of Mobile Mining Equipment Using GPS Technology," SAE Technical Paper 961753, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/961753.Also In
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- Hendricks, C. Peck J. 1996 “Precise positioning of blasthole drills and mining shovels using GPS” IEEE PLANS '96 Symposium Atlanta April