3D Laser Scanning Cobar Mining – Pipework & Brownfield Plant Modifications
3D Laser Scanning Cobar Mining – Capturing Pipework & Brownfield Plant Before Modification Brownfield mining and mineral-processing plants present a very different engineering challenge from a new installation. In an existing copper or gold processing facility, the equipment visible today may not exactly match the drawings produced when the plant was originally constructed. Pipework may have been rerouted. Pumps may have been replaced. New valves, supports and access platforms may have been installed. Conveyors and transfer chutes may have been modified, while additional structural steel and services have gradually filled the available space. For engineers and mechanical designers, the problem is simple: How do you confidently design new equipment into an existing plant when the available drawings may no longer represent what is actually installed? One increasingly useful solution is engineering-grade terrestrial laser scanning. For mining and mineral-processing facilities ar...