THE POWER TO PERFORM

REPAIR ENGINEERING FIELD SERVICE PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE CUSTOM MOTOR MANUFACTURING MOTOR SALES SYSTEM INTEGRATION
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ISO 9001:2000 Registered

MINE TECHNOLOGY GROUP

Phone: (928) 792-2819

www.flanderselectric.com






THE POWER TO PERFORM
REPAIR ENGINEERING FIELD SERVICE PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE CUSTOM MOTOR MANUFACTURING MOTOR SALES SYSTEM INTEGRATION
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ISO 9001:2000 Registered
ENGINEERING DIVISION
10334 Hedden Rd
Evansville, IN 47725
Ph: 812.867.4014
Fax: 812.867.4190
www.flanderselectric.com

Monday, December 03, 2007

Sergio Rojas
FMI Cerro Verde

SUBJ ECT: AccuWeighModular Mining Communication Specification

Dear Sergio:
Flanders Electric is pleased to present this proposal for modification of the
communication interface to Modular Mining for the Accuweigh system.
We appreciate the opportunity to provide this proposal and the confidence
you have shown in Flanders Electric with your request. We look forward
to providing our services to you.
If you have questions or we can be of additional assistance, please
contact us by phone at (520) 403.6568, or by email to:
cstacy@flanderselectric.com.
Sincerely,

Curtis Stacy
Lead Engineer
Flanders Electric Mine Technology Group

cc: File/Stacy File/ FE Texas File/Baumgart Maurice Kidwell J arrid Cima





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Table of Contents
I. REAL TIME DATA ............................................................................................................................................................ 2
II. MODULAR MINING DATA COLLECTION ................................................................................................................. 4
III. FE DATA COLLECTION ............................................................................................................................................. 5
IV. SPECIFICATION FOR COMMUNICATION ........................................................................................................... 6
A. SERIAL PORT SETUP .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
B. SERIAL COMMAND STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................................................ 6




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I. Real Time Data
Real time data will be sent to the Modular Mining machine computer. The data listed below will
be sent to the MM pc at the rates listed. Only the data listed will be sent via the real time data
interface. The real time data interface is not intended for data storage.

Real time data will be sent via the serial port interface regardless of what is happening on the
machine at the update rates shown in the following table.
ITEM DESCRIPTION UPDATE RATE (MS)
1 Tons in BucketThe tons in bucket is defined as the
current tonnage in the machine dipper.

It will start being displayed when the bucket is
detected as being full and the machine begins
to swing to the truck. It will continue to
calculate the tonnage and update until the
dipper is tripped.

It will be reset to 0 (zero) when the bucket is
tucked prior to ground engagement. The last
known weight in the bucket will continue to be
displayed after the dipper is tripped and until
the bucket is tucked.

500 ms
2 Truck WeightThe truck weight is defined as total
tons detected as having been loaded in the current
truck since the START load command was
received from Modular Mining.

The truck weight will reset when the end
command is received from Modular Mining.

The current dipper weight will be added to the
current truck weight each time a bucket is
tripped in the current truck.

500 ms
3 Customer Defined Data points: Please enter any
other data points you would like to have displayed
on the MM screen real time here





500 ms
4 Customer Defined Data points: Please enter any
other data points you would like to have displayed
on the MM screen real time here



500 ms



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5 Customer Defined Data points: Please enter any
other data points you would like to have displayed
on the MM screen real time here





500 ms
6 Customer Defined Data points: Please enter any
other data points you would like to have displayed
on the MM screen real time here





500 ms



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II. Modular Mining Data Collection
The following data points will be collected on a truck by truck basis. Data collected in this
fashion is based on totals for each truck. Each time an END command is issued from Modular
Mining, AccuWeigh will issue the following data string:

LOAD AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH III J J J

Where:
AAA=Total truck tons (total tons loaded in current truck)
BBB=Total number of buckets loaded in truck
CCC=Total number of seconds between END commands from Modular Mining
DDD=Total number of seconds spent propelling since last truck
EEE=Last bucket weight in tons (weight of last bucket loaded into the truck)
FFF=Total number of seconds spent swinging over 100 VDC on the swing motor armature
GGG=Last truck number sent to AccuWeigh from Modular Mining
HHH=Shift ID sent to AccuWeigh from Modular Mining
III=First bucket weight in tons (weight of first bucket loaded into the truck)
J J J =Total swing angle (total swing angle in degrees spent swinging to and from the truck

Customer defined data points (truck by truck), enter the additional data you would like to collect
on a truck by truck basis in the list below, the AccuWeigh data string will be modified to send the
customer required data within the quotations as defined below:

KKK=
LLL=
MMM=
NNN=
OOO=
PPP=

List of available data points:
Hoist Dig Energy
Crowd Dig Energy
Stage One Boom J acks
Stage Two Boom J acks
Hoist Stall Events
Crowd Stall Events
Swing in Bank Events



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III. FE Data Collection
FE data collection collects the following data points on a bucket by bucket basis and stores it in
a MSQL database on board the shovel. The data is stored on the machine until failure of the PC
hard drive. In order to transmit the data from the shovel to the office server, wireless networking
is REQUIRED. An additional cost is associated with FE data transmission, the office server
must be supplied by the mine site at the mine sites own cost. Any server will work for this
application as long as it has Microsoft SQL installed on it.

The following data points are collected on a bucket by bucket basis:
Bucket Tons
Truck Number
Modular Shift ID
Truck Tons
Number of Buckets in Truck
Cycle Time (number of seconds from dipper trip to dipper trip)
Bucket Fill Time (number of seconds to fill the bucket)
Propel Time (number of seconds propelling since last bucket)
Swing Time (number of seconds spent swinging since last bucket)
Swing Angle
Length of Crowd Stick at Dig Toe
Length of Hoist Cable at Dig Toe
Length of Crowd Stick a Dig Breakout
Length of Hoist Cable at Dig Breakout
Shift Time Stamp from Modular Mining
Available additional data points:
Stage one boom jacks
Stage two boom jacks
Hoist dig energy
Crowd dig energy
Hoist stall events
Crowd stall events
Swing in bank events
Customer requested additional data points:
1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________
4. _____________________________
5. _____________________________
6. _____________________________
FE data collection is based on the following mine responsibilities:
Maintenance of WinCC licensing
Maintenance of mine wireless network



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IV. Specification for communication
A. Serial Port Setup
The serial port communications will function based on the following:

Baud Rate: 1200
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
Protocol: ASCII
B. Serial Command Structure
REAL TIME DATA
Real time data will be sent in the following format:
REAL AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF

Where:
AAA =Current bucket tons
BBB=Current truck tons
CCC=Customer defined 1
DDD=Customer defined 2
EEE=Customer defined 3
FFF=Customer defined 4

TRUCK RESET COMMAND
When the operator touches the truck reset button on the Modular Mining Screen, the Modular
PC will issue the following ASCII command:

RS

MODULAR DATA COLLECTION
At the start of the load of a truck, the Modular PC will issue the following ASCII command:

START AAA BBB CCCCC DDDDD

Where:
AAA =Truck Number
BBB =Target Weight for Truck
CCCCC =Modular Shift Index
DDDDD =Modular Shift Time Stamp

At the end of the truck load cycle, the Modular PC will issue the following ASCII command:

END

Once the END command is received, AccuWeigh will issue the following ASCII string:



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LOAD AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH III J J J KKK LLL MMM NNN OOO PPP

Where the codes are sent as defined in part II of this specification.