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Glencore

(Lady Loretta Mine)

Thorburn Australia has been servicing the Lady Loretta mine site since it’s development in 2012 up until when it went into care and maintenance in late 2015.

We have been involved with many value adding projects to ensure the mine’s safe and continuous operation.
Projects have included:

• Control System Upgrade
• HV & LV Power Studies
• Arc Flash Study
• Compressor & Bore Fields PLC’s
• Fuel Farm Control System Integration
• Vent Fans

The Vent Fan project was performed in conjunction with Rockwell and Howden, installing 2x610kW, 10 Pole Mine Ventilation Fans and associated control system and instrumentation.

Integration of several smaller package plants were required to complete the Factory Talk SCADA System.

Project Features

Programmable Logic Controllers

Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers, Remote IO and Stratix Switches.

HMI

Allen Bradley FactoryTalk Implementation and Panelview Plus HMI’s.

Power Systems Study

Power load flows, arc flash studies for underground subs, protection settings.

Documentation

Providing the site with professional Computer Aided Drafting services utilising AutoCAD.

Variable Speed Drives

Integration of Rockwell 610kW, 10 Pole Mine Ventilation Fans.

Telemetry

Miri Technologies AD2000 advanced telemetry modules using leaky feeder and fibre connections.