PS. Introduction
Alastri Production Scheduler is used to generate detailed two week plans of mining activities such as drilling, charging, blasting, mining, hauling, stockpiling, crushing, and product handling.
Terminology
General | |
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Project | Alastri Production Schedule file type with a “.aps” extension |
Scenario | A set of time-based schedule inputs |
Report | Schedule results summarized in tabular form |
Period | Schedule time increments |
Run | The software process of generating a schedule |
Scheduling | The human process of generating a schedule |
Setup | |
Agents | Agents execute the scheduling logic into an ordered list of schedule transactions |
Calendar | A table of schedule inputs (crushers, fleets, inventories, constraints, specifications) by time period |
Constraints | Limits on movement by period, source, destination, material and agent |
Dependencies | Dependencies prevent a block being mined before its nominated predecessors |
Fleet Assignments | A list of permissible truck/loader combinations assigned to user-defined mining areas, such as Manned/Autonomous or Production/Rehandle |
Preschedule | Blocks that are mined or partially mined before the starting point of the schedule |
Product Specifications | Specify grade targets and limits for materials at source, in stockpiles, at crushers, railed or shipped |
Steps | The components of fleet movement required to transport material from point A to point B; used to model rehandle and mixed fleets |
Data | |
Table | A database of 3D scheduling blocks and inventories. Contains a block tree and associated reserves |
Level | The table's block hierarchy, ie. Mine\Pit\Stage\Bench |
Phase | A volume of dirt in one location that is mined in one or more benches |
Bench | A volume of dirt at one elevation that is blasted in one or more blasts |
Blast | A volume of dirt that is blasted together |
Dig Solid | A volume of dirt that is mined together |
Flitch | Elevations of dig solids inside a blast |
Parcel | A material type with properties such as volume, tonnes, grades, and moisture |
Dry Tonnes | The weight of a given material, excluding moisture |
Wet Tonnes | The weight of a given material, including moisture |
Product Fields | Fields (such as grade) which have both an in situ value and a product value |
Navigation | |
Viewport | Any 3D visualisation area |
Tab | Tabbed working area |
Panel | Interactive frame within a tab |
Dialog | A new window that opens to enter information |
Dropdown | A dropdown box that lets you choose from a list |
Icon/Button | A button that can be pressed |
Checkbox/Flag | A box that can be ticked on or off |