Mining and industry

The controllers and supervision systems of an industrial site cannot be patched like an office workstation: their update cycle is long, sometimes non-existent, and stopping them costs production. Separation from the management systems is therefore the first protection, before any tooling. Every gateway between the two must be justified, documented and monitored.

Power comes next, and it is sized on a measurement, not on a nameplate. A load balance measured over several weeks of actual operation changes the sizing: estimated, it almost always leads to oversizing, which runs the generator far below its efficiency range and shortens its life. Fuel autonomy is calculated on the site’s real resupply lead time, never on a standard figure.

Finally, remoteness changes the economics of operation. A fault corrected remotely in ten minutes costs two days when someone has to be sent. Monitoring, named accounts and logged remote access are not conveniences: they are what makes the maintenance contract sustainable.