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    Minex Tips - Pit Design, How To Create A Switchback Ramp

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    The document provides instructions for creating a switchback ramp in a pit design using GEOVIA Minex software. It details the steps to: 1) Create the initial pit boundary and designate where the ramp will start. 2) Define the ramp parameters such as gradient, width, and berm details in the Edit Ramps form. 3) Create the first section of the ramp by selecting the starting points. 4) To create a switchback, reset the ramp points, move them to provide space for trucks to turn, and reselect the points to build the second ramp section that changes direction from the first.

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    The document provides instructions for creating a switchback ramp in a pit design using GEOVIA Minex software. It details the steps to: 1) Create the initial pit boundary and designate where the ramp will start. 2) Define the ramp parameters such as gradient, width, and berm details in the Edit Ramps form. 3) Create the first section of the ramp by selecting the starting points. 4) To create a switchback, reset the ramp points, move them to provide space for trucks to turn, and reselect the points to build the second ramp section that changes direction from the first.

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    The document provides instructions for creating a switchback ramp in a pit design using GEOVIA Minex software. It details the steps to: 1) Create the initial pit boundary and designate where the ramp will start. 2) Define the ramp parameters such as gradient, width, and berm details in the Edit Ramps form. 3) Create the first section of the ramp by selecting the starting points. 4) To create a switchback, reset the ramp points, move them to provide space for trucks to turn, and reselect the points to build the second ramp section that changes direction from the first.

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    Minex Tips - Pit Design, How To Create A Switchback Ramp

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    The document provides instructions for creating a switchback ramp in a pit design using GEOVIA Minex software. It details the steps to: 1) Create the initial pit boundary and designate where the ramp will start. 2) Define the ramp parameters such as gradient, width, and berm details in the Edit Ramps form. 3) Create the first section of the ramp by selecting the starting points. 4) To create a switchback, reset the ramp points, move them to provide space for trucks to turn, and reselect the points to build the second ramp section that changes direction from the first.

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    Minex Tips – Pit Design, How to Create a Switchback Ramp

    November 13, 2018


    By Ranajit Das

    When Mining Engineers want to create a ramp for a pit design, whether along the pit boundary or along
    intermediate strips, the ramp parameters they need to consider for the design include ramp gradient, ramp
    width, ramp and berm intersection criteria and switch back details, amongst others. GEOVIA Minex provides
    the features and tools required to create ramps both along pit boundaries or along strips. The following process
    details how to create a Swtichback Ramp.
    To build a pit with ramps you will need to have a GM3 file open, a bench list file ready. You can create a Pit
    design boundary for one starting bench for crest or toe using the pit/dump design menu and digitise the
    boundary.
    Normally you would move the digitised boundary points and create a place where the ramp would start. Note
    the two encircled points in the images below. The selected line is the base line or the boundary that you have
    digitised first. This could be the pit bottom or the pit crest line.
    Choose, Normal Manual option in the pit/dump design menu for creating the rest of the pit boundary. In the Pit
    Design form you will be required to define the Ramp as below:

    Select Build Ramps, then you have to define the ramp using the Create/Edit Ramps option. Fill in the details in
    the Edit Ramps form as below.
    There are 4 types of Berm exit, choose the one that suits you best to design the berm and ramp intersections.
    Taper distance is the distance over which the ramp width would increase from just the defined ramp width to
    ramp width plus berm width, as shown below.

    Once the details are filled in, click on “Fill Table”. Note the Lower Bench and Upper Bench option here. You
    could have a ramp from a certain bench to another. You could then decide to change the direction , width or
    other parameters of the ramp and go for the next few benches. In order to create a switchback you would alter
    the direction (Type) of the ramp from clockwise to Anti Clockwise or vice versa.
    Once you click OK on the Pit/Dump design menu you will be prompted to choose the two ramp start points.
    Choose the two circled points as shown earlier. Note that there should be no intermediate points between the
    two points to be selected as ramp starting point. As you keep progressing the pit the ramp will also keep
    progressing between the upper and lower benches selected earlier. You might sometimes be prompted to select
    Ramp points. Ramp points are sometimes lost and you may have to choose the points again.
    For creating a switchback the process remains the same, only that you may like to move the points and create
    some room for a switchback as in the image below. Before you go for a switchback click on the Reset ramp
    points.
    Move the points of the toe in such a way to make room for trucks to turn and for the next ramp to start. When
    you click OK on the Pit/Dump Design window you will be required to select the new ramp points again.
    You will be prompted whether you want to delete the existing ramp, choose No. Also you would be prompted
    on would you like to combine it with the previous ramp, choose yes.

    You can be creative with your ramp and switchback designs and create the ramps to suit your site
    requirements.

    The above process can be repeated for Strip Ramps as well, if you wanted to do some intermediate phase
    ramps for your pits.

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