Broader mining community, Minetec Introduces ELF™ II (Ethernet-over-Leaky Feeder).

Here we talk about high speed data throughput and capacity for underground mining communications management and operations.

Therefore Minetec, a division of Codan Limited (ASX: CDA), has introduced ELF™ II (Ethernet-over-Leaky Feeder), a software-defined communications infrastructure with the goal to provide high speed data throughput and capacity for underground mining communications

management and operations.

Connectikpeople can observe that, the increased data throughput in ELF™ II has been introduced to address the needs of complex mining operations to support high data rate applications from the working face to the rest of the mine, including but not limited to video, SCADA, telemetry and mine management applications.

For those who unfamiliar the Minetec ELF™ II (Ethernet over leaky feeder) can support:

1.     Full voice, Ethernet and IP-based connectivity over previously installed leaky feeder-based, voice communication systems,

2.      ELF™ II is able to provide seamless upgrade over these systems through ‘swap & drop’, Power-on-Equipment (POE) and advanced diagnostics capabilities,

3.      ELF™ II can interface to fiber-optic and RF-based technologies through its Access Point (AP) capabilities,

4.     ELF™ II coupled with powerful mining applications developed by Minetec including SMARTS™, SafeDetect ™ and the Trax+Tags™ II tracking system, with the goal to provide a comprehensive, enterprise-wide solution for underground mining operations.

About Minetec Pty Ltd:

(Willetton, Western Australia), is part of the Codan Group of companies. Founded in 2000, Minetec quickly established itself as a service partner to the mining industry, and has grown rapidly into a trusted technology provider delivering safety and productivity-based products to serve the critical needs and requirements of underground and surface mining operations. An acknowledged leader in hard-rock underground mining, Minetec has expanded this expertise to address the needs of aboveground, open cut mining. Minetec supports products through integrated project engineering, delivery and life cycle services and maintenance.