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| − | This wiki has been created to provide a source of all things related to underground drilling and blasting. The site is maintained by iRing Inc., the creators of the most advanced underground drilling and blasting software in the world called Aegis. | + | {{DISPLAYTITLE:iRing's Underground Blasting Wiki & Knowledge Base}} |
| | + | This wiki has been created to provide a source of all things related to underground drilling and [[Blast|blasting]]. The site is maintained by iRing Inc., the creators of the most advanced underground drilling and blasting software in the world called [[Aegis]]. |
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| − | ==iRing Inc.== | + | ==Knowledge Base== |
| − | [[File:IRingWikiLogo.png|thumb|right|iRing Inc. Logo]] | + | An underground drilling and blasting [http://www.iring.ca/_Knowledgebase/ Knowledge Base]. '''This Knowledge Base is optimized for desktop.''' |
| − | '''iRing Inc.''' based in North Bay, Ontario, Canada was incorporated on May 1, 2007 and has distributors throughout the world. It produces a software package called Aegis to help mining engineers design underground drill and blast ring patterns for underground mines. The company specializes in underground blasting applications, consulting, training and research. The software allows mining engineers to lay out ring patterns for entire stopes in a short period of time. There are currently two modules available for sale Aegis Designer and Aegis Analyzer.
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| − | With an inter-disciplinary team of blasting experts, mining engineers, software developers and mathematicians, iRing’s main focus is to develop leading edge underground mining technologies and solutions.
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| − | In 2014, iRing won the Northern Ontario Business Awards – Innovation Award and was nominated for the prestigious Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards for the Aegis toolset.
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| − | ==Aegis==
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| − | ===Aegis Designer===
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| − | [[File:AegisWikiLogo.png|thumb|right|Aegis Logo]]
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| − | Aegis Designer was developed by the mining company iRing Inc. in 2014. It is a standalone mining application that provides automatic ring generation, intuitive editing, effective pattern optimization and advanced forecasting. Aegis Designer is used for the creation and editing of every aspect of ring design, including drilling, loading, priming, timing and slot design. Using detailed cost metrics each ring design can be compared and optimized to provide more effective patterns resulting in cost savings. Designer comes with fully customizable reports and IREDES export capabilities.
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| − | Designer integrates with a geological block model to enhance ring design, with dynamic real-time slicing of the block model in multiple views simultaneously. Planners can consider ore grade while they make design tweaks to rings superimposed on the block model.
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| − | Mines can store rock, explosive, drill and other data in an integrated database. Actual muck pile data and cavity wireframes can be imported to compare blast predictions to actual results to help further refine and optimize the process.
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| − | Features:
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| − | *Proprietary, leading edge, and customizable algorithm will rapidly design entire stope patterns, even complex scenarios.
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| − | *Intuitive, customizable interface.
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| − | *Customizable, dockable window arrangement supports the use of multi-monitor displays.
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| − | *Slot pattern designer.
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| − | *Automatic drill placement module.
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| − | *Allows for the modeling of several blasts.
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| − | *Blast sequencing and timing can be generated automatically.
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| − | *Synchronized multiple 3D and 2D views or the ore body and ring designs.
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| − | *Integrates with a geological block model to enhance ring design.
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| − | *Offers dynamic real time slicing of the block model in multiple views simultaneously.
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| − | [[File:AegisMain.png|left|952x493px|Aegis Interface]]
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| − | ===Aegis Analyzer===
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| − | Aegis Analyzer is an add-on module for Aegis Designer and provides advanced blasting tools. A mining engineer can see the 3-dimensional consequences of ring design decisions. Analyzer allows several approaches to be compared for the same problem. Analyzer offers a looking glass into the rock mass being blasted, and uses proprietary? blasting models for excavation cavity prediction (citation). It also allows for leveraging of Cavity Monitor Surveys from prior blasts or volume/tonnage records to generate projected break cavities for future blasts. Analyzer redefines the term “reconciliation” by distilling the complex 3D nature of blast cavities into a simple match percentage value. Comparison results are incorporated into Aegis’s customizable reports.
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| − | The software enables mine planning engineers to accurately cost out an entire blast, from the products used to the associated drilling costs, and proceeds to organize these costs into spreadsheet-style cost models. Aegis can create multiple models, linking different cost rules to identical products. The toolset can track costs over time, compare against historical costs, and set up cost rules per hole, per ring, per stope or per length drilled basis. Analyzer allows a mine to adapt to changing market conditions quickly and effectively to cope with constantly changing ore values.
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| − | Features:
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| − | *Follow-up prediction with a cavity comparison tool.
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| − | *Compare actual versus predicted excavation cavities in order to better refine future predictions.
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| − | *Tracks costs over time and allows for comparisons against historical costs on a per hole, per ring and per stope.
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| − | *Allows for numerous number of costs models to be created and compared.
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| | ==Glossary== | | ==Glossary== |
| | The following is a [http://www.iring.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Definitions mining glossary] defining underground drilling and blasting terminology. | | The following is a [http://www.iring.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Definitions mining glossary] defining underground drilling and blasting terminology. |
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| − | ==Contact Us==
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| − | *[http://www.iring.ca/ Official Website]
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| − | *[mailto:info@iring.ca E-mail iRing Inc.]
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This wiki has been created to provide a source of all things related to underground drilling and blasting. The site is maintained by iRing Inc., the creators of the most advanced underground drilling and blasting software in the world called Aegis.