Reutech Mining

Movement and Surveying Radars for Slope Stability

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35 Electron Avenue,
Technopark,
Stellenbosch,
7600 Other,
South Africa

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35 Electron Avenue,
Technopark,
Stellenbosch,
7600 Other,
South Africa

Reutech Mining, a division of Reutech Radar Systems, is a leading supplier of advanced geotechnical slope stability monitoring radar systems. These products provide the mining industry with cutting-edge technology to improve mine safety and production output in open-pit mining operations.

Radar and surveying systems

The MSR uses state-of-the-art radar and surveying technology to provide highly accurate, real-time, all-weather surveying and slope movement monitoring – a critical element in the early prediction of slope failures and slope stability in open-pit and open-cast mines.

Features include:

  • Real-time detection of sub-millimetre slope movements
  • Geographically referenced slope movements
  • Advanced, dual user-defined alarm generation software to cater for all types of mining operations (with selectable scan speeds and the ability to configure high-threat areas and exclusion zones)
  • Full recording and playback functionality
  • The MSR 200 is able to operate up to a distance of 1,200m and the MSR 300 has the capability of effectively operating up to a distance of 2,500m
  • Performance under extreme weather conditions, and can withstand temperatures varying from -30°C to 55°C, dusty environments, wind speeds of up to 100km/h and rain of up to 60mm/h
  • The MSR has an integrated Leica geosystems station and can be operated remotely via high-speed wireless communication. It features comprehensive built-in test functionality (BIT) and is able to provide stability and surveying measurements simultaneously
  • Industry leading operational availability of higher than 97% without the need to have full-time technicians on the site

Slope radar systems for the mining industry

The MSR 300 system, with its 1.2m dish antenna, is the only slope radar system that is capable of resolving a 15m bench failure at its full operating distance of 2,500m.

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    This same technology is incorporated in the MSR 200 with a maximum operating distance of 1,200m. This feature is unique to the MSR product range and proves that size does not matter when advanced technology is incorporated.

    The MSR was designed to operate reliably under harsh mining conditions and provides fully geo-referenced data accurately, which in turn allows on-system integration with standard digital terrain maps (DTM). This enables the system to function blindly, completely unaffected by light or atmospheric conditions.

    Data regarding the different digital model layers on a site can be imported to allow correlation of radar-based displacement data for specific material types, joints and faults located on the mine slope. These features ensure accurate monitoring and facilitate rapid response to any anticipated slope failure. Early detection of slope instability ensures that people and expensive equipment can be evacuated from problem areas safely and promptly.

    The simultaneous execution of stability and surveying measurements, combined with the high-speed external data links for remote operation, and extremely high reliability, makes the MSR an essential real-time mining safety, planning and productivity improvement tool.

    Radar system spare parts and support

    Fully trained and qualified technicians are available twenty-four hours per day to provide support and to ensure that spare parts are readily available. Various partners and distributors worldwide contribute to ensure that the system remains operationally available.

    Anglo Coal Acquires its First MSR Radar from Reutech Mining

    Anglo Coal's Landau Colliery has recently expanded their movement and surveying radar (MSR) fleet with the addition of a number of MSR 060Vs. The MSR range is manufactured by Reutech Mining and provides precise, real-time and round-the-clock surveying and slope movement measurements in the highly demanding and often extreme mining conditions around the globe.

    16 May 2014

    Operational availability and reliability…

    Daily operations on mines have become crucially dependant on the reliability of the equipment used to safeguard critical resources responsible for productivity.

    15 Oct 2013

    Reutech Mining at Slope Stability 2013

    Reutech Mining presented a technical talk entitled "Guidelines for Deriving Alarm Settings Based on Pre-Determined Criteria Using the Movement and Surveying Radar (MSR)" at the Instrumentation and Slope Monitoring Workshop on 23 September 2013 that formed part of the International Symposium on Slope Stability in Open Pit Mining 2013 that was held in Brisbane, Australia.

    15 Oct 2013

    Distributor in Russia and Surroundings Appointed

    The VIST group has been appointed as the official distribution and support partner in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). This area includes countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, the Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and the surrounding countries.

    27 Aug 2013

    Reutech’s New Waste Spreader Positioning System

    Reutech Mining and Stone Three Venture Technology successfully collaborated in the delivery and deployment of the first Waste Spreader Positioning System (WSPS) at the Sishen iron ore mine in the Northern Cape, South Africa. The system ensures the safety of the waste spreader operator

    13 Jul 2011

    Reutech Annouces New Self-Powered Container

    In line with its policy of offering flexible solutions within the mining environment, Reutech Mining can now provide solar power options to suit the client's individual needs. In the case of remote access, or no available electricity, solar energy can provide a cost effective option. Th

    13 Jul 2011

    Reutech Mining Appoints New Regional Managers

    Reutech Mining, a division of Reutech Radar Systems and a leading supplier of advanced geotechnical slope stability monitoring radar systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new regional managers. Cala van der Westhuizen has been appointed to further develop relations in Eas

    23 Jan 2011

    Reutech Mining’s Commitment to Improve Operational Availability

    As the MSR products are being applied to safeguard mine personnel it has become crucial to our clients that the MSR is operationally available for the maximum possible time. Reutech Mining has identified operational availability as an essential and crucial component in the MSR offering to our cl

    08 Jul 2010

    Reutech Mining

    35 Electron Avenue

    Technopark

    Stellenbosch

    7600

    Other

    South Africa