Wellard Group - Engineering Consulting Services for the Mining Industry

Wellard Technologies provides world-class engineering products, services and solutions to the mining industry. Our range of services and solutions includes consulting, intellectual property development, product commercialisation, project implementation and systems integration.

Process automation commissioning and support

Our engineers have decades of experience in design, commissioning and support for process automation solutions. This practical experience spans a broad range of control technologies from leading suppliers around the world.

Our scope of supply can range from a simple PLC to an enterprise-wide distributed control system. Our automation and control capabilities include:

• Control system philosophies
• Alarm rationalisation and management
• System design and architecture
• Control system tuning and optimisation
• Electrical design
• Instrumentation and electrical component selection
• Drive technology - variable speed drives and servo systems
• PLCs - Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, GE Fanuc and more
• DCS - Yokogawa, Honeywell, PCS7
• SCADA - ClearSCADA, Citect, Wonderware, WinCC, RSView
• HMIs
• Supply chain information and scheduling systems

Mining information systems integration management

With the integration of corporate IT, communications infrastructure and production systems, Wellard Technologies is uniquely positioned to provide a seamless solution for your business across this range of normally disconnected areas of expertise. Our information management capabilities include:

• Decision support systems
• Server infrastructures
• Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
• Historians
• Corporate IT support
• Database design
• Systems architecture

Customised IT and communications solutions for mining applications

Wellard Technologies' communications group is a specialist consultancy, providing a broad range of customised IT and communications solutions.

Our team of engineers, specialists and consultants are highly skilled, and are the most sought after leaders in their fields. We have extensive experience in the rail, mining and telecommunications sectors, providing solutions that present real economic and commercial business benefits, which can be justified and demonstrated. Our communications technologies capabilities include:

• Wireless network solutions
• Fibre optic networks
• Transmission systems and networks
• IP voice and video
• Industrial communications
• Redundant networks for remote operation and control
• On-board passenger information systems
• CCTV and remote security monitoring, both static and mobile
• Rail signalling and wayside systems
• Asset protection and monitoring systems
• GPS and train control programming
• Telecommunications
• Satellite communications
• Access technologies
• Information collection systems