Ivevane Industrial Automation
Botash

Botash Salt Harvester

Software redevelopment for an autonomous salt harvester, with remote monitoring and maintenance support built in.

Full side view of the yellow salt harvester with its conveyor raised during testing

Machine test runs

Industry
Mining & Minerals
Location
Botash salt pans, Botswana
OEM
RovD Engineering
Platform
Siemens TIA Portal

Scope of work

PLC software redevelopment, remote access and monitoring

Project overview

This project comprised software redevelopment in Siemens TIA Portal for an ET200SP CPU with remote ET200SP and IFM IO-Link blocks. The machine also features SINEMA RC for remote access, enabling remote monitoring and support for maintenance purposes. The machine is capable of auto-harvesting salt and maintaining straight, autonomous tracking, using laser technology for salt pan mapping and level change detection.

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Project photographs.

  • Yellow salt harvester with an angled conveyor frame on the salt pan
    Botash salt harvester, RovD Engineering (OEM)
  • Salt harvester on tracks during a machine test run, with an engineer in a hi-vis vest beside it
    Machine test runs
  • Harvester travelling in a straight line down a cut channel across the salt pan during harvesting trials
    Harvesting trials at the Botash salt pans, Botswana
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