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Sandvik geoSURE Realtime On-Board Rock Mass Analysis

Tuomo Pirinen

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology

Sandvik geoSURE – Tuomo Pirinen

Singapore – 11 November 2016

Stakeholders

Marti Holding AG

Ryfast/Solbakk Tunnel Project (Stavanger, Norway)

Dr. Marco Filipponi

www.martiag.ch/en

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryfast

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geoSURE Video

https://youtu.be/Zv60gNYv13s

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Needs for Measurement While Drilling (MWD)

MWD

Data

Reporting requirements from clients

Lifetime maintenance

of tunnels

Geological analyses

Tunneling process

optimization

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Questions on Data Utilization

How to

meet client

requirements?

How to manage

data with minimal

work and cost?

Which devices

or services

are needed?

How to utilize

collected data?

How to keep

things simple?

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Drill rig

properties

Drill rig

operation

and settings

Rock (mass)

properties

The analysis problem

Several factors contribute to MWD data

Challenges:

• How to get data on

rock mass properties only?

• How to compensate

non-rock effects?

• Sampling resolution of

exported data is low

• Ease and speed

of analysis

Measured Data

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Solution: geoSURE – Drill Rig is the Analyzer

Realtime onboard analysis

Fracturing

Rock strength & class

Rock quality & class

Water indication

Analysis validity

Data collection and transfer

MWD and analysis results

WLAN or USB

Full iSURE compatibility

Data exporting

Online MWD

Visualizations

Easy viewing of results

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geoSURE - Key Features

Results available immediately

Consistent repeatable results

Ease and speed of use

Minimal calibration to site conditions

High accuracy/resolution

2 mm FRACTURE

OFF-BOARD ANALYSIS

SAMPLE SIZE

2 cm 2 cm 2 cm

geoSURE ONLINE ANALYSIS

FRACTURE DETECTED

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Viewing the results

2D Planar

Multiple patterns

Top

Side

Unrolled

3D Structural

Multiple patterns

Cross-sections

Isosurfaces

MWD Graphs

Single-hole

Multiple variables

Detailed examination

3D Pattern

Single pattern

Individual holes

Quick-look analysis

Office side visualizations

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geoSURE – Result Examples

Geological mapping vs. system results

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Sandvik geoSURE

Realtime On-Board Rock Mass Analysis

Tuomo Pirinen

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology

tuomo.pirinen@sandvik.com

Thank You!

Sandvik geoSURE – Tuomo Pirinen