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DeviCloud:
A new standard for planning and monitoring drill holes by Rune Lindhjem, Senior Technical Advisor at Devico AS
Recent years have seen a big shift towards digitalization and wireless communication in mining operations worldwide. Network access has become common even in the underground sector, improving planning, scheduling and overall daily operations. With live communication and data transfer between workers, progress can be shared, issues can be corrected and the right decisions can be made immediately. It follows naturally that drilling programs should benefit from the same advancements.
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n a drilling program, an important part of the daily communication between drill site and ‘office’ relates to drill hole positional and navigational data. The drill crew requires information on where to start drilling and when to continue, while the geologists and engineers need to be updated on the current drill hole position and the final results of completed holes. The traditional ways of sending information over the phone, two-way radio, text, email or hand-delivery via USB sticks and paper notes have served reasonably well in the past. However, these methods also lead to issues such
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as difficulties in organizing the data, errors due to poor signal, typos, data loss, security vulnerabilities, as well as inefficient delivery or feedback. All these issues cause countless delays or errors to the drilling operation. DeviCloud is Devico’s complete survey data management system, connecting drillers, geologists and engineers through a fast, secure and uncomplicated cloud-based platform. The onsite processing, transfer and management of borehole survey data are more streamlined than ever. Providing each defined (and unlimited) user group with immediate access to surveys, as soon as they are uploaded
directly from the handheld survey instrument at the drill site. Supporting two-way communication between site and office, DeviCloud also makes it possible to share and sync drill plans directly to the handheld device at the drill site, reducing the risk of miscommunication. At its core, DeviCloud is a drill hole position and navigational data management system set to modernize the way information is shared within a drilling program. However, with its advanced functionalities like direct quality control, plotting and data analysis, DeviCloud is far more than just a data sharing and storing Coring Magazine #17
