ABB has launched GMD Copilot, an AI-powered digital assistant designed to optimise the operation and upkeep of gearless mill drives (GMDs) in grinding mills.
GMD Copilot gives customers fast, context-specific data, immediately offering an entire overview of the system supposed to enhance the choice making of GMD operation and upkeep, the corporate says.
Grinding mills crush ore, separating the precious mineral from the remaining rock. By eliminating all mechanical drivetrain parts and with the ability to function at massive scale, GMDs ship extra environment friendly, dependable operations with decrease emissions, serving to the trade meet the calls for for minerals crucial to a low carbon future, corresponding to copper, ABB says.
Constructing on conventional approaches to upkeep, which might contain technical manuals, web site service experiences and on-line monitoring knowledge, GMD Copilot permits customers to ask questions in pure language and obtain exact, actionable insights in seconds instantly from GMD Join, ABB’s cloud-based monitoring platform, the corporate claims. It has an intuitive person interface for retrieving all attainable sorts of operational knowledge corresponding to technical documentation, suggestions or upkeep tips, serving to customers effectively handle GMD techniques.
“GMD Copilot’s integration with GMD Join additionally serves to floor real-time insights into the well being of the GMD system, enabling customers to detect potential points earlier than they result in unplanned downtime,” ABB says.
Its sturdy safety measures imply all knowledge stays personal and safe, with project-specific entry to make sure no third-party data is concerned.
Designed for world operations, GMD Copilot gives multilingual capabilities, enabling groups in varied areas to entry the assist they want of their most popular language. The answer has been trialed throughout varied mine websites in a number of languages, together with English, Spanish and Swedish.
Carlos Miguez Fernandez, International Product Supervisor for Service, Enterprise Line Gearless Mill Drives, at ABB Course of Industries, mentioned: “By increasing the capabilities of generative AI to incorporate core industrial functions, we’re responding to the rising demand for extra environment friendly, responsive options in GMD upkeep. GMD Copilot is the newest in our suite of instruments which improve operational uptime and assist our prospects in sustaining peak efficiency throughout their GMD techniques.”
