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GPPH Principal
Brian Baumhammer
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GPPH Principal
Brian Baumhammer
Brian has more than 30 years’ experience in coal and metals operations across Australia and Indonesia in many different mining environments. Within this experience he has held a wide range of roles with a strong management and technical background.
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GPPH Principal
Geoffrey N. Pitkin
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GPPH Principal
Geoffrey N. Pitkin
Geoff has 40 years’ experience in the New South Wales and Queensland coal industries with a background in open cut and underground operations, new mine development and the preparation of feasibility studies.
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GPPH Principal
Dean Sorley
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GPPH Principal
Dean Sorely
Dean has some 21 years’ experience in the coal mining industry in both underground and open cut. He has been working in the Australian coal industry since 1993 in various roles and has worked as a consultant for several years.
Truck Simulation
The Haul Simulator, first developed in 1991, provides both truck haul times and fast efficient determination of truck and loader fleet productivity. The Simulator is a highly versatile tool used in concept, feasibility, implementation and operation review. It is designed to be used as an add-in to any spreadsheet with flexible data entry.
Features
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Integrated Equipment Database
Integrated with a comprehensive Equipment database with truck specifications, productivity, costing as well as rimpull, retarder and grade-ability data.
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Safe & Realistic Speed Limits.
Speed limits determined based on truck and road design. Speed is limited by retarder specifications, road curvature, visibility, stopping distance and user defined road condition. Can give a realistic comparison of alternate road designs.
Fast Calculation with Variable Acceleration.
Calculation includes the standard constant acceleration or variable acceleration that matches rimpull specifications. Variable acceleration makes the calculation more precise and faster than constant acceleration.
Adjustable Segment List.
With an adjustable segment list the haul description can be detailed or as brief as needed.
Comprehensive System Outputs.
Truck simulation outputs include cycle time information in both graphical and tabular form to allow ready checking against the haul route. Other outputs include TKPH for estimating tyre heating and fuel burn both by segment and for the total cycle.
Integrates Seamlessly with Excel.
The Simulator add-in integrates with Microsoft Excel enabling fast calculation with the unrivalled flexibility of spreadsheets. Adding Simulations to a new or existing worksheet is easy with complete freedom of adding as many simulations as required.
Comprehensive Productivity & Truck Matching.
The haulage package has the advantage of being fast, simple and reproducible. It requires few inputs and accurate results as verified in many operations. The haulage package uses queuing theory coupled with binomial probability for downtimes.