The document discusses challenges facing the mining industry, including finite labor budgets, reduced resources, and the need for equipment availability. It presents solutions from ABB to address these challenges, including high voltage radiography to inspect equipment internally without disassembly, reducing downtime. Radiography can determine equipment condition with a smaller crew in less time compared to traditional internal inspection. The presentation provides examples of radiography images identifying issues like a loose screw. In summary, it outlines challenges in mining and proposes ABB's radiography solution to inspect equipment with minimal downtime.

1. Don Etheridge, Mining Road Show, 2013
The impacts of a changing business
environment and the challenges of
maintaining existing equipment
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2. Challenges to the Mining Industry
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Finite labour budgets and reduced resources
Need for equipment availability
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3. Availability is everything!
Challenges with an unplanned outage?
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Getting qualified tradies - $$$$?
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Finding spare parts - $$$$?
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Replacement equipment - $$$$?
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Lost tonnage - $$$$?
Overtime - $$$$?
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4. Challenges to the Mining Industry
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Modern solutions for aging switchgear
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Capex - Opex solutions
Simple cost effective solutions to upgrade your existing
switchgear
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5. Challenges to the Mining Industry
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Reduction in unplanned maintenance
Extending the life of your assets
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6. ABB Solutions
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High Voltage - Radiography
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Labour budgets/reduced resources
Equipment availability
Medium Voltage – OneFit – Alberto DeAlmeida
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Modern solutions for aging switchgear
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Capex - Opex solutions
Simple cost effective solutions to upgrade your existing
switchgear
Transformers – TRES & TEC – Ramy Hajjar
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Reduction in unplanned maintenance
Extending the life of your assets

7. What is Radiography?
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8. Site Requirements
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Radiography Crew
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One ABB Master Radiographer
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Licensed Radiography Crew (usually two)
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Laptop with Imaging Software
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One to two EWPs
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Customer contact
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Cassette
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Source (X-Ray or Isotope)
Exclusion zone set up around the equipment (~10m)

9. Why Radiography?
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Finite labour budgets and reduced resources
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Overall lower cost to determine condition of equipment
Performed with a smaller crew (site specific training and indoc
time)
Need for equipment availability
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No disassembly required
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Equipment downtime reduced from days to hours
Radiography
Up to 245kV
3-4 days
4 hours
4 days
420 & 550kV
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3 Hours
300kV
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Internal Inspection
6 hours
6-8 days

10. Contacts
Loose Screw
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11. Contacts
Reverse Image
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12. Bell Housing
Fill Valve
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13. Contacts
Nozzle magnified & diameter measured
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14. 145PM
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15. Contacts
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16. Contacts
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17. Contacts
Reverse Image
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18. Contacts
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19. 550PM
“A”
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“B”
“C”

20. GIS Interrupter
Clip out of
place on
puffer check
valve
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21. Cable Termination
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