• Except where explained in this manual or as approved by Loadscan Ltd or its agents, do not attempt to service, disassemble, repair or modify any LVS components yourself. Unapproved changes or modifications could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
• Loadscan Ltd shall not be responsible for any damage attributable to incorrect installation, operation or handling of this equipment or improper operating environments which are not specified in this manual.
• Important: This equipment complies with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
• This device is intended for use in industrial environments only.
  • • Caution: This equipment is not intended for use in residential environments and may not provide adequate protection to radio reception in such environments.
• This device may include a low power RF transmitter module (RFID) that operates in the license free 2.45GHz or 860-960 MHz radio spectrum (region dependent RF frequency). This module is installed externally on the underside of the scan head. The FCC ID for this transmitter module, if fitted, can be found on the main information label for this device.
• This device contains Class I (eye-safe) laser components. The FDA ID for these components can be found on the main information label for this device.

This manual describes how to operate the MPS-3 series of Mine Payload Scanner.

All MPS models operate in the same way, except for differences in transportation requirements, physical installation and scan head alignment mechanisms.

The general installation and operation principles covered in this manual apply to all models and applications.

For pre-installation requirements and application or model-specific assembly, installation and commissioning instructions, please see Loadscan MPS support documentation.

What it does

The Mine Payload Scanner (MPS) is based on Loadscan’s Load Volume Scanner (LVS) technology for the measurement of bulk solid material payloads in open bin truck and trailer units.

It provides mining specific features for monitoring and optimization of production loading:

• non-contact ‘drive-through’ measurement of mine truck loads
• fast and accurate volumetric measurement in cubic metres or cubic yards
• optional underload, overload and carryback (haulback) detection and reporting
• optional off-centre load distribution reporting
• 3D load visualization for manual load analysis and fragmentation estimates (via the MyScanner™ web service).

The MPS is designed for use with:

• rigid dump trucks
• articulated dump trucks
• underground mine trucks

It has applications in the measurement of:

• unprocessed and processed ore
• overburden/waste
• oil and gas extraction solid and semi-solid byproducts
• rock aggregates for haul road construction

How it works

Trucks are scanned and measured by driving slowly below an elevated scan head. This scanning process is fully automated. The MPS computes the load volume by comparing empty scans and load scans for the same vehicle.

Trucks are scanned empty and recorded in the vehicle database.

Load volumes are computed on subsequent visits by comparing load scans against database records.

Trucks can be identified manually or fitted with RFID tags that automatically identify a vehicle when scanned. The system can optionally collect additional load details such as material type, source, destination and so on.

Ease of use

• Scanning starts and stops automatically.
• A touch-screen operator console provides easy system control and monitoring.
• Measurement results are displayed on-screen.
• Results are also displayed on a high visibility LED message board.
• Permanent measurement records are saved to file.
• Measurement records can be accessed by multiple methods

Remote data access and control

The Loadscan MyScanner™ web service provides secure, cloud-based access to MPS systems.

MyScanner includes a web portal and functionality to:

• view, edit and export measurement records
• view 3D scan profiles for advanced load profiling
• view video and snapshot images (if LoadVision™ camera installed)
• backup MPS data and synchronize multiple MPS systems
• remotely control MPS systems
• request measurement records from remote software systems via MyScanner API (JSON web API).

Optional custom functionality can also be enabled on the MPS for local network access to measurement records:

• LoadSync SQL™ pushes measurement records from the MPS to an external SQL database
• LoadSync API™ allows measurement records to be retrieved directly from the MPS via a JSON web API.

Please contact your Loadscan representative for more information.

MPS variants