Intelligent Tunneling and Mining

Underground mining, also known as underground excavation or pit mining, is an operation mode for extracting mineral resources carried out beneath the surface. Compared with open-pit mining, it is applicable to scenarios where ore deposits are deeply buried, the overburden stripping ratio is excessively high, or geological conditions are complex, making it the core development method for coal and a variety of metal mineral resources. On the one hand, it ask for construction a system of accesses from the surface to the orebody for transportation, ventilation, drainage and other functions, such as shafts, ramps and horizontal roadways. On the other hand,  The core of underground mining safety lies in ‌risk control‌. The vast majority of accidents stem from illegal operations rather than sudden disasters. Mining operations involve major risks such as gas explosions, roof collapses, water inrushes, dust hazards, mechanical injuries and electric shocks.As the bottleneck restricting the balance between mining and excavation, the realization of reduced manpower and even fully unmanned operations in roadway excavation is directly tied to the high-quality development of the coal industry.

As shallow mineral resources are depleted and mining depths keep increasing (some mines now exceed 1000 meters), underground mining is undergoing a profound transformation from mechanization to automation and intelligence. For example, by equipping roadheaders with "brains" and "eyes", and leveraging visual positioning, multi-source fusion navigation and digital twin technologies, positioning errors can be effectively controlled, promoting reduced-manpower and even fully unmanned operations. In another scenario, a large number of sensors and intelligent inspection robots are deployed to collect real-time data on gas, water, fire, rock burst and other disaster-related parameters. Remote monitoring and decision-making are realized through the centralized control room, significantly enhancing the intrinsic safety level of mining operations.

We are partnering with research teams in the latest state-of-art of Intelligent Tunneling and Mining ("Smart Tunneling/Mining"). Through the deep integration of artificial intelligence, multi-source sensing, digital twin and other technologies with traditional tunneling equipment, adopting the "vision + inertial navigation" integrated positioning scheme, combined with multi-source fusion navigation technology, as well as digital twin to achieve precise control of the roadheader's pose in the complex underground environment characterized by high dust, low illumination and strong electromagnetic interference. Environmental Monitoring and Safety Early Warning sensors are  deployed to collect disaster-related data in real time and conduct remote monitoring, thereby significantly enhancing the level of intrinsic safety.

For life of human beings, it is our natural needs to explore and utilize various resources on the earth. We help customers in carrying out scientific surveys, measurements, test-boring or sometimes navigation from local residences. We help different researching organizations in their explorations at remote areas by sourcing and providing them practical equipment as well as supporting them with trained animals for their expedition activities from valley to plateau or even in polar regions.