Reliable site-wide communications for demanding quarry operations
Foresolutions designed a radio system around the real quarry environment — large operating zones, heavy plant, high noise and lone-working risks — rather than treating it as a simple handset replacement.
CEMEXWhat had to change.
CEMEX UK needed to address the operational issues below.
Large quarry footprints with difficult or unreliable mobile coverage
High ambient noise around crushers, conveyors and processing plant
Constant coordination between mobile plant, banksmen, maintenance and weighbridge teams
Lone workers operating in remote and isolated areas
Designed around the operation.
Foresolutions designed the deployment around CEMEX UK’s workflow, combining the required hardware, software and implementation support.
Surveyed the operating environment and designed coverage around the actual quarry layout
Deployed rugged handheld radios for ground teams and supervisors
Installed vehicle-mounted radios for plant operators
Added repeater infrastructure plus emergency and lone-worker functions
The technology behind the outcome.
The project used the following technology as part of the deployed solution.
What the customer gained.
CEMEX UK gained the following operational improvements from the deployment.
Faster weighbridge, loading and dispatch coordination
Safer communication between ground teams and moving plant
Quicker maintenance response without operators leaving their cabs
Consistent communication from extraction areas through processing and dispatch
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