Carlson Software
Surface Mining
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Quickly calculate volumes, generate tonnage reports, design pits, and produce accurate, customized reports with Carlson Software’s renowned ease of use. Inspect mine designs in plan, section, and 3D View.
Quickly calculate volumes, generate tonnage reports, design pits, and produce accurate, customized reports with Carlson Software’s renowned ease of use. Inspect mine designs in plan, section, and 3D View.
3D PITS AND SPOIL DESIGN
Design pits with varying highwall angles and bench parameters
Construct spoil piles in a variety of shapes and styles
Incorporate ramps in the pit or spoil pile with berms and ditches automatically, or with RoadNetwork from Carlson Civil
Designate benches by strata, elevation, width, or depth
PIT, PROPERTY, & SPOIL LAYOUTS
Utilize multiple pit layout algorithms to represent full mine pits or simply subdivide reserves into smaller production blocks for short-term scheduling
Subdivide and identify pits with property lines to automatically calculate royalties with Surface Mine Reserves
Calculate reserves from drillholes on-the-fly, block models, or stratified geologic models
Choose between vertical quantities, overall highwall slopes, or detailed bench layback designs
Store quantities and qualities into the pits for scheduling
Create full reports including volume, tonnage, quality, area, and strip ratios
Analyze deposits with Reserve Classification for measured, indicated, inferred, and hypothetical categorization in Surface Mine Reserves
HAUL TRUCK CYCLE ANALYSIS
Define fleet productivity
Incorporate different truck types into one fleet
Create haul road networks for possible routes based on color-coded 3D polylines representing actual slope and length
Calculate cycle time, as well as overall productivity or required fleet size
Simulate haulage in a 3D movie
Link to spoil and dump scheduling routinesCIVIL MODULE FOR ROADNETWORK
Use Carlson Civil as a base foundation for surfaces, sections, profiles, and roads
Quickly redesign and edit haul roads and ramps
Output to sections and updated surfaces with color-coded road features
Simulate vehicles driving on the designed road
SCHEDULING AND TIMING
Establish surface mining rates on overburden removal or ore tonnage
Define equipment calendars for individual units or collective fleets
Create multiple calendars to explore “What if?” scenarios
Produce color-coded timing maps
Report timing by calendar periods, tonnage, or volume of overburden
Integrate precedence rules to account for timing constraints
Schedule pits with 3D Pick for short-range sequencing
Create 3D surfaces of each period to simulate the mine progression
Schedule spoils and dumps linked to the pit advances
Simulate mine progress in 3D movie
DRAGLINE RANGE DIAGRAMS
Test interactive range diagram options for detailed dragline sequences and associated volumes
Quickly update range requirements by changing strata and pit dimensions
Analyze dragline height, reach, and digging depth based on design geometry
Evaluate designs based on actual geologic sections with the Cut and Place series of commands
Output final pit sections to 3D; extrude down a centerline to create a 3D pit surface
DOZER PUSH AND OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
Combine dozer push analysis with cast blasting, spoil flattening, and dragline cuts to obtain the optimal combination of equipment type and sequencing
Process section designs to create pits and spoiled surfaces in 3D, colored or textured by actual geological outcrops