Editor’s note: This article was updated Sept. 30.
Sandvik had its latest innovations on display at MINExpo International in Las Vegas last week, including its new Toro diesel-electric truck demonstrator and its latest battery-electric concept surface drill rig.
Sandvik also relayed its vision for the future of mining in its 21,000-sq.-ft. exhibit (Booth 7415) in Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
“As the mining industry helps drive the global green transition and decarbonization efforts accelerate within our own sector, we continue to innovate within automation, digitalization and electrification – key areas that empower our customers to mine more sustainably,” says Mats Eriksson, president of Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions.
The centerpiece of Sandvik’s MINExpo exhibit was an immersive room that provided a sensory experience showcasing the company’s end-to-end digital offering and other technologies. MINExpo attendees could step into a mine control room and cap lamp room, explore Sandvik’s MineGame advanced simulation tool, and discover technologies such as Sandvik’s digital convergence system and collision-avoidance system.
In surface drilling, Sandvik highlighted the DR411i rotary blasthole drill rig and the Pantera DP1510i top hammer drill rig, as well as its latest battery-electric concept surface drill rig.
Additionally, Sandvik displayed some of its latest rock tools, including the new CT55 and CT67 curved thread top hammer tool systems for surface bench drilling and underground longhole drilling. Sandvik also launched new rock tools at the show, including a new down-the-hole hammer and bit family, as well as a new collective concept for its digital rock tools suite.
