I'm at the Shaanxi Coal Company in Yulin Shaanxi
where I'm going to show you how Huawei working together
with the Shaanxi Coal Company have developed
an automated intelligent mining solution
based on a three level industrial internet platform.
The solution has used 5G, cloud computing, and AI
as well as related digital applications
to significantly improve production efficiency
and operational safety at the mines of Shaanxi Coal Company
Okay, so I'm all kitted up and ready to go
got my light, got my hat, got my overalls
The solution is also the first of its kind to use
an industrial internet platform
with a three level architecture of Shaanxi coal company
its mine subsidiaries, and the coal mines themselves.
This platform has enabled collaborative management and control
intelligence sensing and efficient decision making.
So we're actually in a substation now
and the substation that we're in this is one of the substations that
supplies all the power for the mining Machinery
in other parts of the mine.
Many key facilities in the mine such as
the underground water pump rooms and electricity substations
now operate intelligent unattended operations.
Thanks to machine patrol inspection and video based monitoring
sensors are able to autonomously detect and give out warnings
related to gas build up, fires, flooding
ventilation issues, and geological events
making the mine a much safer working environment.
I tell you what
it's a lot more cleaner down here than I was expecting
in this area for sure anyway.
Huawei has leveraged the expertise it has built up in 5G, AI,
cloud computing, big data, and other Technologies
as well as its capacity to integrate global resources.
This partnership has created a new Benchmark
of intelligent Mins for the industry.
We're fairly deep underground in Hong Yao Ling mine
and we've just arrived at the mining face
and we're gonna have a look.
I'm not sure whether the actual face is cutting
but that's where we are at the moment.
That is so cool
they've even got a mini little shop down here for the the miners
if they get a bit peckish, or a bit thirsty
they have a whole little shop down here.
How cool is that
that's something that I just never ever expected.
I just feel so fortunate to be able to come and experience this
this is probably for me once in a lifetime thing going in
a large-scale coal mine in in China, or anywhere in the world
it's pretty amazing really.
By installing a 5G Network throughout the Mine
Workers are able to make video calls from within the mine
the 5G also enables unmanned and autonomous driving
hugely improving the convenience
and safety for the underground workers.
So these are all the cabling and piping
that's all suspended along here that supplies all the electricity
and fluids to what I guess is the Cutters at the mine face.
The main challenge of the mining industry
is to unify industry standards and systems.
Each mine contains thousands of different pieces of equipment
creating huge amounts of data.
Systems and data from different vendors equipment is not compatible
and these systems are not able to integrate with each other.
There are also no regulations or standards within the mining industry
which is something that is needed for the industry to innovate
towards intelligent mining in the future
so the main challenge is to unify these systems and standards
so that all of the data from these different systems
can be brought together and used to provide
better decision making capability.
Some Huawei equipment here.
It's a huge amount of stuff that all has to be supplied
to cut coal from the face, incredible.
Previously all of the information was in different systems
and it was difficult to get a complete overview of all the data,
however now with the industrial internet architecture
all data is stored in a data Lake,
breaking down the information silos thus allowing the data
from various systems to this displayed in order to
support collaboration and control.
Now system users can simply log in through a computer
or mobile phone and monitor the entire working face.
Previously 13 people per shift were required to work underground,
now with this new intelligent mine solution
this has been reduced to five
with a production increase in coal of around 50 percent.
A massive chain down there, look,
it just blows your mind to think that
they have to get all this kit down here and
and have it all maintained,
it's really quite something.
All these hydraulic rams above us,
these are basically what hold the roof up,
nowadays they're all hydraulic
but if you go about many years they won't hydraulic like that
they were wooden trusses and they would hammer them into place,
it's quite incredible now to see this,
this is engineering on a big big scale for sure.
It's kind of hard to believe all this is, you know,
hundreds of meters underground
and many kilometers from the place where we entered the ground,
which is incredible really.
Some massive cables going on there, look at that,
it's really really big machinery.
Many people were previously employed working underground
in order to inspect and monitor the belt
carrying the cut coal to the surface,
however by introducing many sensors and HD cameras,
as well as Patrol robots which measure speed, vibration,
temperature, and coal volumes, much data can be collected,
fed into the data Lake and analyzed by the system
in real time and any issues can be identified much earlier than before,
hence better decisions can be made.
So what that guy was just saying is that
they have sensors in the walls which they monitor
for vibration or movement of stuff in the mine,
so if there is too much movement they are able to be aware of that.
The entire production and operation of the mine
is scheduled and controlled from this room.
The data powering all of these screens
is created on the industrial internet platform,
this platform was jointly developed by Hong Yao Lin and Huawei
and means the data from all the thousands of devices in the mine
follow unified standards and architecture,
and is pulled into the data Lake to support the real-time control
and decision making of mining operations.
2700 pieces of equipment capture 170 million data points per day
into the data Lake, by using big data analysis on this Data
Business insights are available from a single system,
which allows the company to make
much more accurate business decisions.
It also allows vendors to easily develop intelligent applications
based on the industrial internet platform.
I can't believe that this is the campus of a mining company
just blows my mind man.
it's like a miniature City, so cool
honestly I can't get my breath,
these are all the facilities that are provided
for the workers at this mine,
these are like world-class sports facilities,
it's amazing.
I hope you found this video interesting and informative,
it's amazing how technology is transforming traditional Industries
making them both safer and more efficient,
I hope I can bring you
more of this type of content in the future
however, as always for now, take care....