rail-veyor® best bulk material handling solution for mining, aggregate, construction

The Industry’s Green solutionfor generating 20 to 80% in Operating Savings!

What is the Best

Bulk Material

Handling Solution?

You face some

tough choices . . .

Conveyors

• Difficult terrain a problem?

• Too many transfer points?

• Need flexibility?

Truck Haulage

• Expensive to operate?

• Emission concerns?

• Rising fuel costs?

Heavy Rail

• Do you have large

infrastructure costs?

• Need flexibility?

The answer is Rail-Veyor®!

• Company History

• System Overview

• Facts & General Guidelines

• Benefits

• Customer Studies

• Endorsements

• Installations

Rail-Veyor®

Systems (RVS) is founded and first Rail-Veyor system developed at Florida Inst. of Phosphate Research

Risto Laamanen creates Rail-Veyor®

Technologies (RVT) and acquires marketing rights to USA & Canada

Mining giant VALE installs Rail-Veyor®

at it’s Copper Cliff 114 mine

3rd generation Rail-Veyor®

designs are finalized for improved reliability, efficiency and reduced costs

Harmony Gold installs the first commercial underground system in South Africa

Demonstration site near Sudbury is commissioned

RVT restructures and acquires marketing rights worldwide as Rail-VeyorTechnologies Global (RVTG)

VALE sets records in underground mine advancement and production rates with Rail-Veyor®

Rail-Veyor®

is ready to be your material handling solution

1999-2003 2004-2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 - 2015

RVS markets RV technology in Indonesia, RSA, USA and Canada

Risto passes unfortunately

RVTG is recapitalized

System Overview

ConfigurationsDepending on performance requirements Rail-Veyor can be designed in

a number of variations which generally involve one of the below basic

configurations

System Overview

Loading

Loading of Rail-Veyor® can be with a

variety of methods from a simple

overhead hopper/chute, a pan feeder

or a discharge conveyor.

Loading rate and train speed can be

matched to optimize material flow.

System Overview

Rail Cars

New generation lighter weight

structural cars are now available which

allow for increased loading and greater

efficiency.

System Overview

Track Rail & Ties

The Rail-Veyor® track will be installed

on a lightly ballasted route with rail and

steel ties making up the track system.

The route along an existing truck route,

mine drift or over a quarry floor will

make an ideal base for a level ballast

layer to support the system’s light

footprint with a load of only

8 lbs/sq inch.

System Overview

Drive Stations

New generation Drive Stations will be

distributed along the route. They are

designed for simple installation and

can be easily relocated to meet

changing needs.

Drive Station components are

designed for easy change out to

reduce maintenance down time and

improve reliability.

New steel bases require no concrete

System Overview

Drive Stations

New generation Horizontal Drive

Stations are also available where

overhead clearance may be an issue

System Overview

Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)

Drive stations are controlled using

latest VFD technology.

Regenerative drives are available for

loaded downhill operation.

System Overview

Discharge ArrangementMaterial is discharged from the

Rail-Veyor® train by inverting the train

over a dump loop and then re-inverted

and directed back to the loading point.

14 ft. Dia. Loop

System Overview

Control / Monitoring Station

The Rail-Veyor® system will be fully

automated and can be

monitored / controlled from a fixed or

mobile location to be determined with

the customer.

System Overview

Crossings

Rail-Veyor is able to cross under

roads with minimal impact to road

structure by utilizing metal or

concrete box culverts

Rail-Veyor® Facts & General Guidelines

Material Size:Handles material up to 28” minus (.71 m) using std 30” wide car

Annual Tonnages:R/V SS …. Std. System: More than 1M TPAR/V LS …. Light System: 500k – 1M TPAR/V XL …. XL System: Cars with higher sides providing increased car capacity beyond std is needed to achieve higher TPH rates

Haulage Distance: Generally more than 3300ft. (1 km) is preferred

Curve and Grade ability:100 foot (30 meter) radius min horizontally90 foot (27.5 meter) radius min verticallyR-V can run on grades up to 22%. No vibration to cause material rollback.

Maximum Train lengthTechnically there is no limit but it is usually determined by system layout (loops, sidings), and loading

Loading Rate:Recommended speed 5 ft/sec, 3.35 MPH (1.5m/sec) R/V SS … Up to 3,100 tons (2,800 tonnes) per hourR/V XL … Up to 6,000 tons (5,500 tonnes) per hour

Tramming Rate Loaded:Recommended speed 20 ft/sec, 13.4 MPH (6.0m/sec)R/V SS … Up to 12,400 tons (11,200 tonnes) per hourR/V XL … Up to 24,000 tons (22,000 tonnes) per hour

Dumping Rate:Recommended speed 10 ft/sec, 6.7 MPH (3 m/sec)R/V SS … Up to 6,200 tons (5,600 tonnes) per hourR/V XL … Up to 12,000 tons (11,000 tonnes) per hour

Easy Portability ( Relocate / Extend):Ability to install or relocate a drive station in one 8-10 hour shift

Rail-Veyor has a simple light footprint:Only 8 PSI load with small level roadway needed with 4-6” (10-15cm) gravel base 6 ft (1.8m) wide (just track), 15 ft (4.5m) wide (at drive station)

Health & Safety

Benefits• Operates remotely with no on-board

operators

• Little human interaction or need for

sophisticated communication systems

• Provides a healthier environment with

a clean solution unlike trucks emitting

fumes, Diesel Particulate Matter DPM,

or high volumes of noise and dust

• Eliminates vehicle collisions &

accident risks

Eliminate These Risks!

Benefit

Summary• IMPROVED SAFETY . . . SAFETY FIRST!

Automated operation, no onboard operator, inherently safe

• LOW LIFE CYCLE COSTS . . .

Significantly lower operating and maintenance costs vs.

Traditional methods of conveyors or trucks

• GREEN TECHNOLOGY . . .

No diesel particulate emissions

• HANDLES DIFFICULT TERRAIN . . .

Easily operates on grades up to 22% and

multiple curves with as little as 100 ft. (30 meter) radius

Benefit

Summary• LOW POWER USAGE . . .

Electrically powered drive stations with low

electrical usage

• REGENERATIVE POWER CAPABILITY . . .

Drive stations are capable to generate power

during downhill operation

• QUICK DEPLOYMENT . . .

Enables rapid mine development compared

to traditional mining methods

Benefit

Summary• SMALLER AND LIGHTER FOOTPRINT . . .

able to travel under / over roads and water features

with the light rail system

• QUIET OPERATION. . .

More than 50% quieter than conveyors

• LAYOUT FLEXIBILITY. . .

Modular design allows ability to reuse, relocate and extend

the system to follow activity expansion

• HIGH RELIABILITY & AVAILABILITY . . .

Customer support assuring 95+% availability

Benefit

SummaryLow Cost Ease of Maintenance

• Very few adjustments required

• No high tech manpower required

• No mid-life overhauls

- Hub/Wheel bearings and clevis car connections

designed to go 20 year life

- Motors and gear boxes are proven industrial

products designed for heavier and much higher duty

service

• Components designed for easy change out

…. Results in little down time

Underground Mining

Benefits• Enabling technology for rapid mine

development (2 to 4 times faster!)

• Reduced Energy Requirements

• Green Technology …No Emissions

• Reduced personnel

• Reduced Vehicle Collisions

• Reduced Accidents

• Integrates with existing systems

• Expands along the working face

• Reduces demand on ventilation

• Easily travels 22% grades

• 100 ft (30m) horizontal turning radius

Surface Application

Benefits

• Low Life cycle costs …. Lowest OPEX

compared to trucks and conveyors

• Highly efficient steel wheels on steel rail

• Green Technology eliminates dependency

on diesel fuel

• No transfer points like conveyors

• Low Profile - Crosses under roads easily

• Easily travels 22% grades

• 100 ft (30m) horizontal turning radius

• Variable or consistent speeds

• Flexibility to easily relocate or expand

• Eliminates dust & road maintenance issues

3.1 Miles (5km)

1.5M Ton / Year

Underground System

Rail-Veyor® CAPEX

• 45% lower than

Conveyor

• Comparable to

Trucks

Rail-Veyor® OPEX

• Over 80% lower than

conveyor

• Over 90% lower than

trucks

Benefit

examples(customer studies)

Benefit

examples(customer studies)

Large 32,000 T / day operation studied:

• Rail-Veyor® CAPEX significantly better than conveyors!

• Rail-Veyor® OPEX Half of Conveyors …. A third of Trucks!

Benefit

examples(customer studies)

1.75 Mile Haul

3.6 MTPA

1800 TPH

Loop System

Rail-Veyor ® provides

significant savings

(over 80%) in

Operating Costs

compared to trucks

Benefit

examples(customer studies)

Benefit

examples(customer studies)

Less than a 3 year payback!

Benefit

examples(customer studies)

3km Aggregate loop operation at 1.3MTPA studied:• Note no additional manpower required for Rail-Veyor®

as current crusher operator can also operate Rail-Veyor®

Benefitexamples(customer studies)

Rail-Veyor®

Endorsements

Coal Haulage Study On

Rail-Veyor® Material Handling

Versus Conveyors

“ The most surprising outcome of this

research, however, is the

comprehensively competitive

possibilities of the Rail-Veyor® system,

which proved to be the only technology

that was competitive under

every single scenario.”

Rail-Veyor®

Endorsements

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38

Rail-Veyor®

Endorsements

• International Mining Magazine

• Mining Solutions Journal

• Reuters

• Yahoo News

• Republic of Mining

• Skillings Mining Review

• CIM Magazine

Rail-Veyor®

Installation Summary Sudbury Demo

& Test Site

Copper Cliff Mine,

114 Sudbury

Phakisa Mine,

South Africa

Rail-Veyor®

Installations

Rail-Veyor® Sudbury

Demonstration & Test Site

• 750 m test loop with over 25,000 circuit cycles completed

• Dump loop with re-invert and re-load capability

Rail-Veyor® Installations

Vale Copper Cliff Mine 114 Ore Body Commissioned in 2011 Installed in 6 months!

• 1 km haulage distance

• Shuttle style operation

• 15% gradient uphill haul

• 1 train 432 ft (132m) long

• 26 Drive Stations (100HP x 2 motors)

• Loading Speed – 0.25 to 0.45 m/s

• Dumping Speed – 1.5 m/s

• Travel Speed – 3 m/s

• 15,000 RVT hours injury free

• Achieved 400-470 ft./week of drift development …

2 to 4 times faster than traditional methods!

Rail-Veyor®

Installations

Some of the Vale

Project Team were

interviewed about

how Rail-Veyor®

was used at Vale’s

114 ore body.

Rail-Veyor® InstallationsSome of the Vale Project Team were interviewed about how Rail-Veyor®

Material Haulage System was used at Vale’s 114 ore body.

Alex Henderson, Vale, GM, Underground Mining Technology

“The key benefits of the Rail-Veyor® material haulage system are more in terms of the ability to integrate the solution into our development process for high speed development and significantly reduce the lead time to production. Lead time to production for any project is extremely critical for the return on investment for the project. So if we can develop twice as fast as we currently do to bring an ore zone into production so rather than 4 years of pre capital expenditure before we bring in cash and we can reduce it that to 2 years it has a huge impact in terms of the return on investment.” “Things have progressed extremely quickly with respect to building the facility and installing the Rail-Veyor® System and ultimately how we’re going to use the Rail-Veyor® for high speed development and high speed production. Everything from building to installation has gone very well. All our timelines associated with the project and the building of it has gone extremely smooth all the targets and timelines in respect to various components have been met.”

Kate McLaughlin, P.Eng., M.Sc., Vale, Manager Technical Systems Development Canada“The thing that impressed me most with the Rail-Veyor® here at 114 ore body was how quickly it was constructed. There has been a tremendous amount of work done engineering all the different components,and because of that they go together very quickly and construction happens much more rapidly than I ever thought would be possible. Because of that I think the real benefit is your ability to get into production and development much quicker than with some other historical systems.”

Rail-Veyor® InstallationsSome of the Vale Project Team were interviewed about how Rail-Veyor®

Material Haulage System was used at Vale’s 114 ore body.

Peter Golde, Vale, Manager of Mines Research & Development

“What the Rail-Veyor® represents to Vale, as an opportunity, is for us to begin changing the way that we think about designing and building new mines, as well as how we would deal with the very deep ore bodies, the ever increasing depths to which we are mining today. It represents a possibility, an opportunity, for us to radically simplify those new mine designs, and to eliminate many of the typical installations that we need to put in underground, that require creating huge openings, say for large underground crusher installations, it eliminates for us the need to put in, in many cases, ore passes to move the ore to the bottom depths of the mine where these crusher installations are.”“Rather than having to position other intermediate ore handling systems, to move the ore from where the ore bodies are to the location where the shaft is situated which in many cases could be kilometers away from where the shafts are located. We now have the ability to take the principle ore handling system and move it directly to where the ore is located which is something we’ve never been able to do previously.”systems.”

Harmony Gold Phakisa Mine Project 2005

South Africa

• 4.7 km long tram one way

• Operates as “Bicycle Chain” style with 3 trains

• Slight downgrade loaded haul between two shafts

• 4M Tonnes /year (300 TPH)

Harmony, headed by CEO Graham

Briggs comments about Rail-Veyor® in

Mining Weekly 2013

“Phakisa's technological innovations

enable the mine, a deepening project

which is ramping up to full production in

2014, to extend 2,4km below surface.”

“The Rail-Veyor® is cheaper and safer

than using trucks or conveyor belts to

transport ore, since electricity

consumption is minimal and it is

driverless. And it is simple to use, and

easy to repair and maintain.”

Questions?

What is your material handling challenge?

Let us provide you a

Green $$$ Cost

Saving Solution …

A Rail-Veyor® Solution

Tel: 705 682 0450

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