China Huaneng has put into operation a 100-unit unmanned electric mining truck cluster it calls “Huaneng Ruichi” at its Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia using a large-scale 5G-A based vehicle-cloud-network.
The unmanned vehicle eliminates the cab, has a load capacity of 90 tons and can operate continuously in harsh temperatures as low as -40° C, protecting personnel and equipment from harsh environments and reducing safety risks.
The 5G-A network provides a 500 Mbps uplink and 20 milliseconds low latency, providing precise network coverage for high-definition video backhaul and cloud scheduling for the trucks. The network will be expanded to support more than 300 unmanned trucks to achieve 24-hour uninterrupted production.
China Huaneng has formed a consortium with Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG), technology company Huawei Technologies and State Grid Smart Vehicle Network to jointly create its intelligent open-pit mine transportation system and replace oil with electricity.
Huawei said it will continue to work with Huaneng, XCMG, State Grid and other partners to provide artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for open-pit mine operations, enabling accurate perception of unmanned vehicles and efficient collaboration in the cloud.
Source: Huawei