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  • University of Sydney Wifi wireless technology underground mining long range

    Australia reinvents wireless fidelity systems

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Researchers at the University of Sydney have been working toward a new method of telecommunications with a safe and cost-effective technology that could be a wireless internet game-changer for connecting mines, with an industrial long-range Wi-Fi system that transmits signals to hard-to-reach places while maintaining high data rates. Supported by an AUD$800,000 grant from the NSW Physical Sciences Fund, this Wi-Fi system that can send signals several kilometers underground is...

  • Rio Tinto autonomous mining haul truck sensors allow for predictive maintenance

    Predictive maintenance dodges downtime

    A.J. Roan, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Advanced wireless sensors are being developed to accompany automated vehicles in next-generation artificial intelligence-operated heavy machinery in mining and other sectors, to help predict malfunctions before they arise. With a fleet of futuristic self-driving equipment being set up to operate standalone, a system for maintenance of these vehicles is necessary to circumvent untimely failures. Typically, standard preventative maintenance is applied, which is just routine...