Canadian-headquartered mining software and simulation company CAE Mining this month launched CAE Sirovision 5.1, an improved version of its Sirovision photogrammetric geology and geotechnical data acquisition and analysis tool, which now boasts 40 new features.
Sirovision is a geology and geotechnical mapping and analysis system that generates scaled three-dimensional (3D) images of rock faces. It can be used in openpit and underground mining operations.
It also functions as a tool that provides data to support the mapping and analysis of mining structures, which is useful to geo- logists, geotechnical engineers, surveyors and mine engineers.
Over the years, CAE has been enhancing Sirovision’s functionality and the company has managed to make the device quicker and more accurate, which has been manifested in the creation of CAE Sirovision 5.1.
CAE says that, because of the product’s improved accuracy and swiftness, mining professionals can digitally create structural maps directly onto the surface of the 3D models and get instant geotechnical results. The company says this added advantage will help mining companies improve the efficiency of their mining operations.
“The system provides a fresh approach to structural analysis in mine planning by encouraging analysis and sampling of rock structures in three dimensions, rather than the conventional two dimensions,” says the company.
CAE is convinced that its advancement to the Sirovision 5.1 photogrammetric geology and geotechnical data acquisition and analysis tool has given the company a significant advantage over other mining software developers.
“CAE Sirovision has become a global market leader in photogrammetric data acquisition software. It is widely used by geologists, geotechnical engineers, surveyors and mine engineers in both openpit and underground operations and the system can take photographs from a distance of up to 2 000 m,” says CAE mining president Damian Mackay.
He adds that CAE Sirovision 5.1 improves the underground safety of workers, as there is no longer an immediate need to enter freshly blasted and unstable mine shafts to gather information for mapping purposes.
“The system can generate 3D mosaics of entire rock walls, enabling mining personnel to see the bigger picture from outside the mine. They are also able to map large-scale structures that may traverse an entire wall, as opposed to trying to collate many pieces of paper,” he says.