Case Study Dedeman Mining “Everything Tagvance did was done efficiently and on time. They were cost effective, fast, and communicated throughout the whole process. And the tracking system performs as promised and maintains its compliance with regulatory bodies. CAN KIRCI Procurement Director Dedeman Mining Case Study | www.quuppa.com Tagvance is an IoT innovation company based in Singapore. The Tagvance platform enables real-time tracking of industry standard tags and devices, with accuracy even down to a few centimeters. It is a reliable, versatile, highly customizable, fully scalable and cost efficient solution for rural remote industrial applications. Tagvance’s primary markets are the maritime industry and the mining industry. Tagvance has been a Quuppa Partner since 2017 with more than 10 commercial deployments and 5 industrial test-bedding sites. For more information, visit https://www.tagvance.com BACKGROUND Dedeman Mining is one of Turkey’s leading private mining companies. The company started mining chrome in 1947 and expanded to mining lead and zinc in 1964. CHALLENGE Following the devastating Soma mine disaster of 2014, which claimed the lives of 301 miners, the Turkish government introduced new safety regulations for the mining industry. The new regulations require mine operators to have real-time location information and headcounts for all miners that are underground in the mine. The new regulations put pressure on Dedeman Mining, and all other Turkish mines, to find a robust enough location-based solution that can withstand the harsh conditions in the mines. Some mines can be up to 400m deep with a range of 5km. SOLUTION Since 2017, Tagvance has implemented a worker-tracking system in 6 mines owned by Dedeman Mining with an average installation time of 1-2 weeks. 70 Locators were installed throughout the mines, each site being connected to an industrial computer in a secure cabinet via armoured fiber cables. Over 500 trackable tags were installed into the headlamps on workers’ helmets so that no extra equipment is needed and maintenance can be carried out simultaneously for both tags and lamps. Having evaluated multiple solutions, including Wi-Fi and RF based technologies, Dedeman Mining decided on Tagvance’s location-based Bluetooth™ solutions powered by Quuppa, the world leader in advanced location systems, as this solution provides a higher level of location accuracy (less than 10m) at a better price point. The main selling points for the Tagvance solution were: + It works even in confined tunnels due to deep radio penetration and map matching. + It is very flexible and adaptable to the constantly changing needs of mines. + It has an offline mode which enables use even in emergencies when connectivity is limited. + The tags have a long battery life of 1-2 years. + The tags could be attached directly to the headlamps on miners’ helmets. + The tags allow two-way communication, enabling alerts to be sent to workers underground. RESULTS + Dedeman Mining is now fully compliant with safety regulations. + Workers and managers reported they feel safer knowing there is an RTLS system that can pinpoint their location. + The same system can also be used for performance measurements of workers and machinery, improving the efficiency of the mines. NEXT STEPS Dedeman Mining has started R&D activities to explore how the system can be used for performance measurements for both workers and machinery. The company hopes to optimize machinery maintenance by tracking use times, job order fulfillment by tracking subcontractor behaviour in mines, as well as calculations of payable overtime by tracking the time spent down in the mines by workers, to name just a few applications.

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Case Study

Dedeman Mining

“Everything Tagvance did was

done efficiently and on time.

They were cost effective, fast, and

communicated throughout the

whole process. And the tracking

system performs as promised and

maintains its compliance with

regulatory bodies.

CAN KIRCI Procurement DirectorDedeman Mining

Case Study | www.quuppa.com

Tagvance is an IoT innovation company based in Singapore. The Tagvance platform enables real-time tracking of industry standard tags and devices, with accuracy even down to a few centimeters. It is a reliable, versatile, highly customizable, fully scalable and cost efficient solution for rural remote industrial applications. Tagvance’s primary markets are the maritime industry and the mining industry.

Tagvance has been a Quuppa Partner since 2017 with more than 10 commercial deployments and 5 industrial test-bedding sites.

For more information, visithttps://www.tagvance.com

BACKGROUNDDedeman Mining is one of Turkey’s leading private mining companies. The company

started mining chrome in 1947 and expanded to mining lead and zinc in 1964.

CHALLENGEFollowing the devastating Soma mine disaster of 2014, which claimed the lives of 301

miners, the Turkish government introduced new safety regulations for the mining industry.

The new regulations require mine operators to have real-time location information and

headcounts for all miners that are underground in the mine. The new regulations put

pressure on Dedeman Mining, and all other Turkish mines, to find a robust enough

location-based solution that can withstand the harsh conditions in the mines. Some

mines can be up to 400m deep with a range of 5km.

SOLUTIONSince 2017, Tagvance has implemented a worker-tracking system in 6 mines owned

by Dedeman Mining with an average installation time of 1-2 weeks. 70 Locators were

installed throughout the mines, each site being connected to an industrial computer in a

secure cabinet via armoured fiber cables. Over 500 trackable tags were installed into the

headlamps on workers’ helmets so that no extra equipment is needed and maintenance

can be carried out simultaneously for both tags and lamps.

Having evaluated multiple solutions, including Wi-Fi and RF based technologies,

Dedeman Mining decided on Tagvance’s location-based Bluetooth™ solutions powered

by Quuppa, the world leader in advanced location systems, as this solution provides a

higher level of location accuracy (less than 10m) at a better price point.

The main selling points for the Tagvance solution were:

+ It works even in confined tunnels due to deep radio penetration and map matching.

+ It is very flexible and adaptable to the constantly changing needs of mines.

+ It has an offline mode which enables use even in emergencies when connectivity is

limited.

+ The tags have a long battery life of 1-2 years.

+ The tags could be attached directly to the headlamps on miners’ helmets.

+ The tags allow two-way communication, enabling alerts to be sent to workers

underground.

RESULTS + Dedeman Mining is now fully compliant with safety regulations.

+ Workers and managers reported they feel safer knowing there is an RTLS system

that can pinpoint their location.

+ The same system can also be used for performance measurements of workers and

machinery, improving the efficiency of the mines.

NEXT STEPSDedeman Mining has started R&D activities to explore how the system can be used for performance measurements for both workers and machinery. The company hopes to optimize machinery maintenance by tracking use times, job order fulfillment by tracking subcontractor behaviour in mines, as well as calculations of payable overtime by tracking the time spent down in the mines by workers, to name just a few applications.