The leap to Level 9 – 'Zero-Harm' and maximum productivity with integrated CAS solutions

underway at key sites.“CAS Generaon 3 has been developed to provide game changing performance and user experience," says Gert Roselt, CEO of Probe IMT. “This breakthrough from Wabtec is the result of mulple years of field and producon tesng, leveraging the invaluable insights of Wabtec customers and the industry. CAS Generaon 3 offers unique funconality and is the only system to include real-me health monitoring. Powerful intelligence delivers up to fiy mes beer alarm performance, compared to the market. Wabtec's intensive producon tesng has ensured a lower nuisance alarms rate, meaning there is less impact on producvity.”

The Wabtec CAS Generaon 3 soluon is designed to reduce crical vehicle interacon risk through features including smart rules and intelligence, remote monitoring, troubleshoong, 360-degree situaonal awareness, ultra-high accuracy sensing, producvity monitoring, machine data acquision, crical vehicle interacon threat advisories, and detailed reporng and analycs. The soluon offers a user-friendly, intuive interface and is fully configurable with adaptable sengs to fit site-specific requirements. CAS extensions can include integraon with Driver Fague Monitoring Systems, Fleet Management / Dispatch Systems, machine vision and Asset

Performance Management for mobile equipment.

The surface offering can be deployed with a variety of proximity detecon methods including GNSS, radio frequency (RF), VLF magnec and cameras to provide one of the most effecve high integrity systems on the market. The vehicle display unit includes touchscreen HMI, with graphics display of remote objects showing ID, range, speed and heading with configurable audible, voice and visual alarms. Robust wide-view cameras eliminate blind spots with auto switching on direcon of travel and to zones of object detecon. Further features include equipment health monitoring, maintenance tracking, blending, and producon reporng. A strong differenator is the high integrity proximity detecon using high accuracy GNSS augmented with me of flight (ToF) RF combined with real-me monitoring and connecvity provides 360˚ protecon for vehicles, equipment, and personnel. Strategically placed proximity units afford operators unparalleled situaonal awareness—contribung to improved safety levels on-site. Back-to-base reporng provides interacon reports, journey replay, hot-spong, geofenced exclusion zones and alarm events, safety adherence reports and system health monitoring.

Roselt explains that recent rapid advances in technology, such as satellite posioning, LiDAR, intelligent vision systems and faguedetecng soluons, have all had a major impact on collision avoidance systems and the level of soware that is available to mining companies. “With proper system integraon and a whole-of-mine safety approach, mines can reap huge benefits from implemenng high-performing soluons.”

While South Africa has over 30 CAS suppliers, varying from established providers to small new entrants, few can offer the proven track record of mulnaonal players, says Roselt. “Mines should carefully select implementaon partners and technology to ensure a smooth transion to Level 9. Wabtec soluons help our clients comply with Level 9 regulaons, but also avoid the pialls of sensing technology inaccuracies, unnecessary alarms during normal operaons and reduced system availability that can impact producon. Fieen years of operaons with no fatalies or unreported events prove Wabtec's commitment to safety and reliability. We're proud to be implemenng these soluons in a rapidly evolving arena.” www.imtmining.co.za