Nx Gen Inventors
Industry 4.0

Mining & Metal

Mining sites punish electronics in every way at once — dust, vibration, temperature swing, and no usable network. We build for that first, then add the intelligence.

The operating constraint

What makes this sector hard

Every one of these has cost somebody a programme. They are the questions we ask first, before any architecture is proposed.

  • Continuous vibration and shock that destroys conventionally mounted assemblies
  • Conductive dust ingress and washdown cycles on the same equipment
  • Patchy or absent connectivity across pits, benches and underground workings
  • Unplanned downtime on a single mill or crusher costing a shift of output
  • Statutory safety reporting that must be evidenced, not asserted
What you get
  • Maintenance scheduled from measured condition instead of a fixed calendar
  • Fewer people-plant interactions, with an auditable record of each one
  • Equipment health visible to the control room before it becomes a stoppage
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Capabilities

What we build for mining & metal

Predictive Condition MonitoringVibration, thermal and acoustic sensing on crushers, mills, conveyors and pumps
Worker Safety SystemsProximity detection, exclusion zones, man-down alerting and shift mustering
Ruggedised ElectronicsConformal-coated, potted and shock-mounted assemblies rated for the environment
Site-Wide ConnectivityMesh and store-and-forward backhaul that survives an outage without losing data
Production AnalyticsThroughput, availability and energy per tonne in one operating picture
How we work here

The approach, in practice

Heavy industry does not reward clever electronics that cannot take a beating. Our work in mining and metals starts with the mechanical and environmental specification — mounting, sealing, derating and service access — and only then addresses the sensing and the analytics. A monitoring system that needs a technician on a rope access permit to replace a battery is not a monitoring system anyone will keep running.

Key technologies

What we work in for this sector

Named where we hold direct, current experience.

Edge feature extractionLoRaWANUWB rangingOPC-UAConformal coatingWide-temperature rating
Other sectors

Where else we work

E-Mobility & Smart Energy

EV, charging and renewable systems engineered for uptime and compliance.

Automotive

Embedded control, V2X and vehicle data platforms for moving fleets.

Renewable Energy

Solar, storage and microgrid electronics built for weak grids and long service intervals.

Medical

Compliant, connected devices from wearables to diagnostics.

Fintech

Secure, scalable platforms for payments, credit and digital banking.

Real Estate

Connected buildings that run on measurement rather than assumption.

EduTech

Digital learning ecosystems with real progress visibility.

Agritech

Field sensing and automation built for outdoor duty cycles.

Smart Logistics

Connected assets, sites and infrastructure with one source of truth.

Working in mining & metal?

Tell us the constraint you are up against. We will tell you what we would do first.