Introduction
Drilling, blasting, and mining typically are not performed on a single solid within a bench. Instead, multiple solids form a bench area that must be drilled and blasted together as a single blast operation before mining can begin. This tutorial outlines a method for managing this process using a combination of dependencies and task lists in Evolution.
Note: This tutorial limits the schedule to a single bench for simplicity, but you can follow the same process for the entirety or a portion of a complete schedule.
Tip: Before you begin, download the data used in this tutorial
In the tutorial, we will configure our setup as follows:
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Step 1: Create Drill and Blast Groups to define the groups of solids that should be drilled together and then blasted as a group.
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Step 2: Set Task Keys to sort and add tasks only within the created blasting groups.
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Step 3: Set Dependencies to force all of the blasting groups to be drilled before they can be blasted and mined.
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Step 4: Create Task Lists for drilling, blasting, and excavation.
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Step 5: Fine-Tune the Schedule to resolve haulage issues.
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Step 6: Review the Schedule to confirm the final result.
