On May 23rd, a delegation led by General Manager Haug Ruels, Deputy General Manager Xu Zhen, and Deputy General Manager Ren Ke of SMT Scharf Group in China visited the High Tech Institute of the University of Technology. The two sides had a long, pleasant, and in-depth exchange on the technical cooperation of unmanned mining monorail cranes. Professor Wei Zhen, Chairman of the High Tech Department of the University of Technology, and Cheng Yun'an, Executive President, received the visiting distinguished guests.

　　Both sides had in-depth exchanges on the unmanned driving technology of mining monorail cranes, focusing on the technical difficulties of real-time perception, analysis, and control of the driving environment and vehicle condition information of underground monorail cranes. Discussions were conducted on obstacle detection intelligent terminals, monorail crane unmanned driving and ATP protection systems, and equipment fault and degradation feature data mining and analysis software. Both parties reached a consensus on technical solutions and implementation paths, and conducted detailed discussions on the cooperation technology in the unmanned monorail crane project of Huaibei Coal Mine.

　　In the future, both parties will engage in further technological research and development and industrial promotion cooperation.

　　General Manager Hog Ruels expressed his full expectations for the unmanned monorail crane system and hoped that both parties could conduct in-depth exploration in the commercial cooperation model and form a deep level of cooperation.

　Chairman Wei Zhen stated that USTC High Tech has rich experience in research and industrialization in the fields of intelligent auxiliary transportation monitoring in mines and unmanned driving of ground rail locomotives. Currently, it has conducted cutting-edge technology exploration and development in AI intelligent identification, locomotive intelligent control, and other directions, providing a technical foundation for project implementation. We look forward to establishing a deep level cooperation and win-win mechanism between the two parties.

　　The establishment of international scientific and technological exchange and cooperation between the High Tech University of Technology and Scharf, Germany, will fully utilize the advanced technology and advantageous resources of both parties in their respective fields to jointly develop an unmanned driving system for monorail cranes, which has the characteristics of automatic perception, intelligent control, and collision prevention. It will achieve unmanned driving and intelligent scheduling of monorail cranes, and support mixed scheduling operation with manned vehicles, achieving online real-time equipment fault diagnosis and health status analysis, Achieve international leading level.

　　The project will achieve the domestic replacement of AI video recognition chip modules, becoming an important means and practical support to promote the technological development of China's mine auxiliary transportation equipment field, improve the level of intelligence, and transform the production mode of mine transportation.

　　What is a monorail crane?

　　In recent years, as a new type of transportation vehicle that adapts to the characteristics of China's coal mines, the monorail crane has strong climbing ability, heavy load capacity, high utilization rate of tunnel section space, and continuous and non reloading transportation in level and inclined tunnels, making it gradually become the main carrier for the complex underground environment auxiliary transportation system in China's coal mines. Its transportation operation ability and equipment reliability have a great improvement effect on the safety and efficiency of coal mine production.

　　The monorail crane unmanned driving system can be widely used in complex environments with low illumination, no satellite signal, and explosion-proof requirements in mines. It can reduce underground workers, improve transportation efficiency, avoid safety accidents caused by non-standard management, driver fatigue driving, improper operation, and other factors, and promote the process of intelligent mines being "less manned and unmanned".

　　The National Energy Administration has issued the "Guidelines for Intelligent Construction of Coal Mines (2021 Edition)", which clearly states that "it is encouraged to explore and apply unmanned driving related technologies in mines that meet the conditions, develop and apply ground remote control driving and intelligent automatic driving technologies, and use technologies such as environmental perception, positioning navigation, and path planning to achieve automatic vehicle start and stop, autonomous avoidance, and automatic following"; The construction content of "single track crane adopts point-to-point transportation of materials to achieve unmanned driving"; Proposed a technical path for the intelligent construction of coal mine production, achieving the localization, safety, credibility, and autonomous control of core equipment control systems.

　　The German SMT Scharf Group was established in 1951 and is a professional company that provides comprehensive transportation system solutions in the fields of mining and industrial tunnel engineering. It is a German listed company (stock code: 575198).

　　Over the past sixty years, Scharf Group has focused on the research and development of underground transportation equipment technology. With comprehensive technical knowledge, high-performance products, and years of accumulated experience in solving various transportation problems, it has gained global recognition and enjoys a high reputation in industries such as coal mining and tunnel engineering. Especially in the difficult working conditions of high gas, large inclination angles, and heavy loads, The auxiliary transportation system scheme provided by Scharf Group demonstrates unique advantages. We have branches in countries such as China, Russia, Poland, South Africa, and Mexico. Scharf Company's products have been serving Chinese customers since 2004, focusing on the design of underground auxiliary transportation systems, product supply, and after-sales service. The customers are mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui, Shanxi, and Gansu regions, with a high market share.