Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine installs Wenco Fleet Management
June 2008 – Vancouver, BC. Taseko’s Gibraltar Copper Mine has installed Wenco’s Fleet Management System. Wenco’s fleet management system is a key component to Taseko’s major expansion and modernization plan.
Wenco will install 23 units of their onboard Axon computer hardware and software for the entire truck, shovel, loader, drill and crusher equipment fleets, and three Mobile Supervisor Terminals. The complete system selected by Gibraltar consists of FleetControl, Auto-Dispatch and Ore Quality Control, and, Mine-Vision, a complete real-time monitoring and control system with summary statistics and real-time mining performance reports.
Auto-Dispatch and Ore Quality Control features the ability to automatically assign trucks, optimizing equipment to maintain quality targets at stockpiles, crushers, or blend points. MineVision dynamically displays current position and status of all equipment. Each component contains a complete list of properties available with the click of a mouse.
Wenco has provided an onboard interface between Wenco’s Axon computer and a third party tire monitoring system called TyreSense. The TyreSense System monitors the actual temperature and pressure inside the tire chamber. The interface transmits TyreSense data through Wenco’s Motorola MESH Communications network to the TyreSense database.
Field Supervisors at Gibraltar are now enabled to make timely decisions and modify operational plans to meet specific objectives. The Mobile Supervisor Terminal allows Field Supervisors complete control of the operation within their vehicles
By implementing of The Wenco Fleet Management System, mines have increased efficiency and production, eliminating the need to purchase additional production equipment.
About Gibraltar Taseko Mine
Taseko Mines Limited is a mining exploration, development and production company. Taseko’s Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine, located in south-central British Columbia, is a 36,700-ton per day operation with an annual life of mine average production of 70 million pounds of copper and 1.1 million pounds of molybdenum.
About Wenco International Mining Systems Ltd.
Wenco provides GPS-based fleet management systems for open pit mines worldwide. The system provides sophisticated automatic dispatching to maximize production while delivering specified ore qualities, plus high precision GPS applications for the positioning and guidance of excavators, dozers and drills. The products and services include real-time control and reporting software, MS SQL Server© database, Windows-based computer terminals for mobile equipment, a broadband radio communications infrastructure, as well as installation, training and commissioning services. Founded in 1986, Wenco can be found at www.wencomine.com.
