Preface:.
Intelligent mining has been widely recognized as the production mode of future mines. The construction of intelligent mines is not only a requirement for social development, but also a requirement for the development of the mining industry itself.
The corresponding coal digital economy industry has enormous market potential, and digital transformation and intelligent construction of coal mines have continuously expanded the scale of the coal digital economy industry.
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The "Four Mountains" on the Road of Coal Enterprise Transformation.
① Coal enterprises should attach importance to the top-level design, integrate intelligent construction into the whole digital transformation, accelerate the construction of the Internet support system for the coal industry, accelerate the digital collaboration of the industrial chain, and attach importance to network and information security.
② Management personnel at all levels need to elevate their understanding, application, maintenance, and security of data to new heights, firmly establish the concept that data is the core asset of the enterprise, and is the cornerstone of digital transformation work.
③ The promotion of digital transformation requires vigorously strengthening the cultivation of composite talents and the construction of high-level teams, and establishing a sound and quantifiable talent value discovery management system.
④ To ensure the steady progress of digital transformation work, it is a prerequisite to ensure the overall planning and reasonable allocation of digital special funds.
One of the best industrialization scenarios for AI is in mines.
In 2004, the mortality rate per million tons of coal mines in China was 3.08. In 2018, this proportion dropped below 0.1 for the first time.
According to the 2022 Annual Report on the Development of the Coal Industry released by the China Coal Industry Association, the main economic indicators of the coal industry reached a new high in 2022.
The national raw coal production was 4.56 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%, and the operating income of coal enterprises above designated size was 4.02 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.5%.
With the accelerated development of coal mine intelligence, the market size of fully mechanized mining automation control systems, hydraulic support electro-hydraulic control systems, and intelligent integrated liquid supply systems continues to grow, reaching 6.74 billion yuan in 2022.
According to industry experts, in order to achieve the goal of building 1000 intelligent coal mines by the end of the 14th Five Year Plan, it is expected that the compound growth rate of the market will remain around 5% in the next five years, and the market size is expected to reach 8.16 billion yuan by 2025.
Currently in the stage of local intelligence.
① Single machine automation stage (1990s): The typical features of this stage are the application of classification sensing technology and two-dimensional GIS platform, the formation of single machine transmission channels, and the realization of programmable control, remote centralized control operation, alarm and locking.
② Integrated automation stage (early 21st century): The typical features of this stage are the application of integrated platforms and 3D GIS digital platforms, the formation of high-speed network channels, and the realization of primary data processing, primary system linkage, and comprehensive information release.
③ Local intelligence stage (2010 present): The typical features of this stage are the application of BIM, big data, and cloud computing technologies, achieving local closed-loop operation, multiple system linkage, and professional decision-making.
④ Comprehensive Intelligence Stage (Future): With the arrival of the era of Intelligent Mines 4.0, the level of transparent mines and collaborative control of the entire mine has been achieved.
The current development status of intelligent mines in China.
Focusing on information system construction, we are gradually transitioning towards the integration of new technologies such as 5G, cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence with the business fields of coal enterprises.
The application of mining software and the automation of main equipment have been basically achieved in domestic mining enterprises, and some mines have achieved remote, remote, and unmanned production management.
Some advanced enterprises are utilizing artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing technology to innovate intelligent mining control and decision-making systems, striving to achieve intelligent control of the entire process of production operations and business management.
After the implementation of the New Safety Production Law, the process of mechanized replacement, intelligent reduction of personnel, and intelligent unmanned operation in mines has been accelerated.
A large number of demonstration projects and mines have emerged in the intelligent construction of mines in China, which have reached international advanced levels in the fields of widespread application of 5G technology, unmanned underground electric locomotives, and mineral processing automation.
Huawei: Three "1+N+5" intelligent mining architectures.
In 2021, Huawei established the [Huawei Coal Mine Corps], entered the field of intelligent mine transformation, and launched the [Kuanghong] operating system at the end of the year, aiming to create a unified Internet of Things and data base for the industrial Internet of intelligent mines.
Huawei Technology Co., Ltd., in collaboration with its ecosystem partners, has proposed an overall architecture for three intelligent mines: one network, one cloud, one platform, N applications, and five centers.
The integration of advanced ICT technologies such as 5G+AI+Kunpeng Cloud with mining production helps to achieve goals such as fewer people mining, intelligent transportation, unmanned operation, autonomous driving, and intelligent control.
Currently, three ecological development models for intelligent mines have been explored:.
① Relevant departments will promote the construction of an industrial Internet platform, and [industry, education, research and application] will incubate innovative applications based on the platform.
② Relying on the Kuanghong Industrial Interconnection Innovation Laboratory, fully leveraging the advantages of all parties, focusing on key technical difficulties, promoting the integration of Kuanghong applications, initiating and formulating industrial standards, laying a solid foundation for jointly building the Kuanghong ecosystem and improving industrial security levels.
③ Based on technologies such as Pangu Mining Big Model and Meta Map Workshop, enabling partners to incubate new industries.
Baidu:.
Based on the technical advantages of "cloud intelligence integration", Baidu Intelligent Cloud Development Platform has gradually extended the capabilities of AI middle office and knowledge middle office to production links such as ventilation, coal washing and belt transportation.
In October 2021, Baidu Apollo, in collaboration with Huaneng Yimin Coal and Power Company, officially showcased the results of unmanned demonstration applications for mining trucks, announcing that Apollo was the first autonomous driving mining truck to be put into use in the Yimin open-pit mine.
Baidu AI Cloud, together with China Mobile, comprehensively promoted the localization deployment of 5G intelligent edge computing in the construction of [Smart Mine].
Based on 5G's large bandwidth, low latency, high reliable communication capability and edge computing's intelligent scheduling, intelligent operation and maintenance, automatic deployment and other characteristics, it can achieve efficient deployment of AI scenario services to 5G network edge and millisecond level computing task response.
Provide support for unmanned driving of mining vehicles and unmanned operation of mining equipment, as well as automated management of mining production operation and scheduling.
The industrial chain situation of the intelligent mining industry.
The upstream raw materials, components, and services of the intelligent mining industry chain include electronic components, integrated modules, outsourced processing, etc;.
The midstream products are various intelligent mining information systems;.
The downstream application field is the coal industry, with specific customers including coal mining production enterprises and coal mining equipment manufacturers.
The demand of the intelligent mining industry is greatly influenced by the downstream coal industry, and the overall development status of the downstream industry directly determines the demand of this industry.
Although the overall development of the coal industry is influenced by macroeconomic factors and exhibits certain cyclicality.
But the intelligent mining information system is mainly necessary for achieving the goals of safety improvement, personnel reduction and efficiency increase, as well as energy conservation and consumption reduction in coal mine production.
The development of its industry is mainly influenced by national industrial policies, the level of enterprise attention, and the number and scale of coal mines in China. Due to the huge demand for upgrading and renovating coal mines in China, the intelligent mining industry has a relatively broad development prospect.
Mining industry suppliers are exploring intelligent equipment.
·Dimai Technology is committed to the research and development, as well as market promotion, of software and hardware products and overall solutions for digital mining, which has played a driving role in the construction of digital mines in China.
·Dongfang Measurement and Control is deeply involved in the field of equipment automation and intelligence, and has successful cases in areas such as unmanned automation equipment, online monitoring, and intelligent factory selection throughout the country.
·Feiyi Group focuses on the research and development of mining filling systems, providing advanced solutions in the automation and intelligence of filling systems.
·Beijing Suli has successfully integrated the unmanned electric vehicle system with 5G communication technology, opening up a new mode of "5G+electric vehicle unmanned driving system".
·Tianhe Mining Cloud applies supercomputing technology to the mining field and provides an intelligent mining solution for cloud computing.
·Tuge Zhixing focuses on the research and development of unmanned driving technology for mining vehicles and the construction of unmanned mines. It has successfully implemented unmanned mining systems in multiple mines in China.
The development trend of intelligent mining construction in China.
① Accelerate digital transformation, use digital transformation as the driving force, and promote the construction of intelligent mines.
② The transformation of mining technology suitable for intelligent mining.
③ The intelligent open-pit mining will focus on the development and application of unmanned trucks.
④ Intelligent mine application scenario for [5G+Industrial Internet].
⑤ Data standards and information resource planning are receiving attention.
⑥ Virtual reality has truly entered production applications.
⑦ Ecological mining and green mining will be one of the core goals of intelligent mining construction.
Conclusion: The construction and grading of smart mines will be carried out in sequence.
Large and medium-sized coal mines now have basic intelligence. Elementary intelligence refers to the automation of many functions, which can be solved through mechanical automation.
At present, in the next three years, we need to rapidly achieve intermediate level intelligence in large coal mines.
The level of intermediate intelligence refers to the complete informatization of various business systems, data connectivity, avoidance of data silos, and the ability to collaborate uniformly.
In addition, during the excavation and coal mining process, efforts should be made to minimize personnel working underground.
In the ten years after 2025, the construction of coal mines will be fully expanded to large, medium, and small coal mines.
The intermediate intelligent coal mines that have been built will develop towards the goal of advanced intelligence.
