Drilling and blasting

Truck queues, inefficient transport routes, operator inaccuracy, fuel levels, equipment integrity, and changes in the short-term plan can all affect mining productivity and operating costs.

A well-executed drilling operation can have a huge impact on all other aspects of your operation. Refine nearly every aspect of your drilling operation, such as drilling cycles, navigation, bit changes, and pipe handling. Komatsu's drilling automation helps you reduce variability to gain benefits throughout the mining chain, such as:

• Improved quality of the disassembly hole.
• Enhanced fragmentation through precise execution of perforation patterns.
• More consistent production
• Reducing damage to machinery and consumables caused by less experienced operators.
• Increased utilization and productivity of equipment
• Greater efficiency in the downstream process

Execute your mining plan with Komatsu's line of high-precision drilling solutions. By drilling precisely at the correct depth and angle according to the drilling pattern, downstream impacts such as uneven bench heights, haul roads, and fragmentation are reduced.

Achieve your drilling goals, the first time, every time. With real-time updates on your drilling operations and high-precision GPS and GNSS drilling guidance, you can:

• Increase the use of the drilling rig during low visibility events, such as inclement weather and nighttime operations
• Reduce delays and downtime in the shredder caused by poor shredding
• Improve bench preparation and maintenance with hole depths up to 10 cm (4 in) from design
• Reducing explosives costs with stratification data
• Maximize the excavator operator's ability to dig into the face with better fragmentation

Freed potential

You make significant investments in technology, equipment, and personnel. Komatsu's technology and workforce performance guarantee programs can help you leverage untapped value and make the most of your existing resources.

Our experts will work with you to identify opportunities to increase productivity, efficiency, and operator well-being, as well as promote sustainable value throughout the lifecycle of your systems.

Komatsu's performance guarantee programs offer:

• Access to global best practices, knowledge and experience
• Excellent truck productivity and overall equipment utilization
• Controlled truck queue times
• Customized plans to meet specific site goals under dynamic conditions
• Enhanced data integrity
• Efficient shift changeover time
• Lower equipment maintenance costs
• Precise degree tracking
• Learn more about Modular Mining

Enhancing your most valuable assets

Maintaining a skilled and knowledgeable workforce is a challenge in most, if not all, mines. Whether you need to onboard a new employee or update the skill set of a veteran, it can be difficult to find training that is engaging, technologically relevant, and easy to fit into busy schedules.

Designed to offer flexibility while meeting your specific training needs, we offer eLearning options, virtual classrooms and simulations, in-cockpit courses, and traditional instructor-led training. Available topics include:

• Training in autonomous transportation
• Training for forwarding agents
• Operator training
• Training in technology and equipment (through immersive simulators)
• Instructor training programs

Participants also benefit from competency assessments, scorecards, and benchmarking; assisted operation, including on-site mentoring and training; and behavior modification to reinforce site-specific best practices.