Mining Operations Software delivers data logging and reporting solution.
September 14, 2010 -
Featuring data logger, visualization tool, and report generator, Midas v2.0 boosts efficiency of mining machines that use Siemens electrical drives. SQL Server Reporting Services generates predefined and custom reports spanning any time period and covering any number of machines. Real-time monitoring and historical review is facilitated by desktop GUI and user-friendly controls. User screens are based on industry-standard icons to reduce training for non-English speakers.
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Original Press release
Siemens Industry, Inc.
390 Kent Ave.
Elk Grove Village, IL, 60007
USA
Midas 2.0 Software Package from Siemens Optimizes Performance of Mining Machinery
ATLANTA - The new Midas 2.0 version from Siemens Industry, Inc. provides mine operators with an improved database driven software solution to boost the efficiency of mining machines that use Siemens electrical drives. The software includes a data logger, a visualization tool and a report generator. Compared with the previous version, the database connection has been updated and the user interface has been given a simpler and more flexible design.
Built on the solid foundation of the .NET platform, the Midas 2.0 solution uses an active SQL Server database to deliver substantial performance increases over the previous release. SQL Server Reporting Services generates predefined reports, as well as custom reports spanning any time period and covering any number of machines. This important new feature significantly increases worker productivity by eliminating the need to retrieve data logs from each truck and each shift and then enters the data into the database.
Real-time monitoring, or historical review, is now much easier with the new desktop GUI, featuring enhanced animations and user-friendly controls. Midas 2.0 is also very flexible for international operations. The intuitive user screens are based on industry-standard icons, instead on written English terms, to significantly reduce training for non-English speakers. Midas 2.0 also supports multiple written languages to optimize its use throughout the world.
The Midas solution is fully integrated with the development of the Siemens AC drive system itself to offer unparalleled insight into the machine's operations. This enables the addition of new functionalities with only a limited amount of modification. It offers read/write options whereas other packages have read-only functionality that precludes the addition of new reporting parameters. For example, a user recently requested to include the operators' identification numbers in reports. This was easily achieved with only minor modifications to the system.
While fully functional as a standalone solution, Midas also interfaces with the industry's leading dispatch and mine planning systems to seamlessly incorporate shovel data into an overall mine monitoring system. The shovel solution has been in use since March 2010, and the dragline solution is scheduled for June 2011.
Further information about solutions for opencast mining can be found at: http://www.siemens.com/mining
About Siemens:
AA division of Siemens Industry, Inc. (SII), Industry Solutions (IS) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, IS's business activities include building and commissioning plants for end customers as well as providing support during the entire life cycle. Business units at the global level include Siemens VAI Metal Technologies, (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa., U.S.A.), and Industry Technologies, (Erlangen, Germany). With
nearly 31,000 employees worldwide, Industry Solutions earned $12.7 billon in new orders in fiscal year 2008. www.usa.siemens.com/industrysolutions
Siemens Industry, Inc. (SII) is the U.S. affiliate of Siemens' global Industry Sector business-the world's leading supplier of production, transportation and building technology solutions. The company's integrated hardware and software technologies enable comprehensive industry-specific solutions for industrial and infrastructure providers to increase their productivity, sustainability and profitability. The Industry Sector includes six divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and OSRAM SYLVANIA. With nearly 222,000 Siemens Industry Sector employees worldwide, the Industry Sector posted a worldwide profit of $2.7 billion on revenues of $47.7 billion in fiscal 2009.
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