Production Mode Features

In the Production Mode Features step you may select what mine production activities to include in the project.


Choose what activities to include in your schedule

Production Features

Activity Planning Function

Model drilling of blast holes?

Production drilling

Model charging of blast holes?

Explosives loading

Model drilling of presplit holes?

Presplit drilling for wall control

Model charging of presplit holes?

Explosives loading of Presplit holes. (Does not create mineable stock)

Model drilling of holes not related to blasting (grade control, dewatering)?

Grade control delay. Unlocks the Misc Drilling tab in the Feature Settings panel below, where you can set Hole Density Factors

Model blasting?

Blasting delays

Model a generic activity that occurs before drilling commencing?

Pattern cleanup or wall scaling delays

Model a generic activity that occurs before any mining commences?

Post blast delay. Levelling blast heave, prepping area for dig unit access

Import a schedule for spatial guidance?

Compare spatial production schedule conformance against plans from ATS or APS

Import or specify non-spatial guidance?

Compare production schedule targets or metrics from other plans

Import a product stream from another site for further processing in this model?

Adjust crusher feed to offset another site’s grades (to use Second Site feed)

Model wall panels and related activities

Unlocks the Wall Panels tab, where you may add Activities and Wall Dependencies

Feature Settings

The Feature Settings panel is for animation visualization only.


Feature Settings panel

It consists of five feature settings tabs:

Tab Parameters

Production Drilling

  1. In the Pattern field select drill holes pattern: Staggered or Square.

  2. In the Burden field set a distance from the hole end to the face.

  3. In the Spacing field set a spacing between drill holes.

  4. Toggle Show Undrilled Holes flag to display/hide undrilled holes in the animation.

 

Presplit Drilling

Drill holes display options:

  1. Toggle Show Undrilled Holes flag to display/hide undrilled holes in the animation.

  2. Toggle Show Blasted Holes flag to display/hide blasted holes in the animation.

 

Misc Drilling

Set Hole Density Factors (X) and (Y).

 

 

 

 

Guidance

Set a tolerance for spatial or non spatial conformance guidance.

 

 

 

 

Wall Panels

Add up to 10 Wall Panels Activities, assign colors for visual display and dependencies.

For more details, see: Wall Panels