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TALPAC

Features

Benefits

Trusted around the world for its accuracy and independence, TALPAC is a simulation tool for evaluating the efficiency, productivity and economics of truck and loader haulage systems.

Using proven logic that models real haulage situations, TALPAC lets you study the measurable factors that affect productivity, and how your fleet will react to them.

With TALPAC you can investigate and compare time-period productivity; travel, loading and wait times; fuel usage; operational costs and much, much more. And you can do all of this on an incremental basis, exploring different network scenarios by making changes to material densities, haul profiles: the list goes on.

Haulage experts use TALPAC to work out the size of their fleet; which pieces of equipment are the most compatible; and to consider loader-bucket and truck-tray sizes, matching sizes for the greatest efficiency.

In an industry where incremental savings can be worth tens to hundreds of millions of dollars, TALPAC will give you the edge you need to help maximise the return on your investment.

TALPAC’s simple and logical interface gives you the tools you need to calculate fleet productivity for operational planning. Some of the major features include:

The independent and accurate TALPAC is just what you need to assess different options for fleet selection and identify your optimal setup. You can:

■ An equipment database that includes more than 500 trucks and 400 loaders, with support for scrapers, dozers and excavators;

■ Simulations rely on stochastic variables that better-describe dynamic haulage environments;

■ Field tests of TALPAC projections show a high correlation with actual operational outcomes;

■ Integration of a wide range of equipment and productivity data sets; and

■ Detailed reports, covering data sets from fuel consumption to tyre duty and productivity.

■ Collate the results used to examine the relationship between variables in calculations, such as productivity versus haul length and lift;

■ Compare equipment options based on productivity and unit cost of production using simplified discounted cash flow analysis;

■ Customise to site-specific parameters affecting fleet productivity, from haul routes and truck and loader types to material characteristics and work rosters;

■ Determine haulage costs using discounted cash flow analysis and costs per unit;

■ Incorporate equipment loading analysis to optimise equipment matches, from loader bucket size and truck capacity to number of passes per truckload;

■ Integrate cost data and calibrate haulage systems against actual performance data from fleet monitoring systems; and

■ Quantify the economic effect of over and under- trucking, assisting in optimising truck allocation to each loader.

TALPAC’s calculation of fuel consumption (based on your input data), to provide fuel burn and load factor for your haul profiles and trucks, moves beyond the standard guidelines from original manufacturers on low-medium-high fuel burn rates, based on the severity of the profiles. And, by using a continuum of information, it also gives a better result than the standard spread sheet approach.

Because TALPAC provides incremental analysis, it accommodates changes – small or large – with ease and provides practical outputs from data changes quickly, helping you identify how variations will affect the production and fleet size requirements you need to match in order to meet your objectives.

Use TALPAC to quickly and logically assess multiple fleet possibilities and investigate all the “What if?” scenarios: the good and the bad. Conduct marginal costing to determine the cost and value of each additional truck. Average costs are misleading and true marginal costing will show you exactly what the addition or removal of trucks will mean.

TALPAC’s complete picture gives confidence to the operator and governance for the boardroom.

Including equipment performance data for more than 500 trucks and 400 loaders, the TALPAC equipment database is one of the world’s most extensive collections of truck and loader performance specifications.

Updated with manufacturer data regularly, we take pride in our independence, meaning you can always depend on TALPAC to give you reliable, accurate and complete results. This makes it the ideal independent adjudicator of haulage and loading mining equipment on the global market.

Of course, when we update, we do not throw out old data, so TALPAC is perfect for your older equipment too.

Get it riGht before you buy Investigate your options. Build your fleet. Accurately forecast future productivity.

Reduce risk and uncertainty, and improve your operations. It’s that simple.

Accurate

Complete

Equipment Database

With the TALPAC truck and loader simulation tool, you can objectively compare various trucks and loaders to produce production and fleet size estimates over a wide range of parameters. And with TALPAC, you know you can rely on the accuracy of the depiction of the haul profiles and characteristics of your mining operation.

Use TALPAC to work out the optimal fleet size, then minimize the wait time seen by the loader, the queue and the wait time seen by each truck in the system.

Reliable

Software SupportRungePincockMinarco’s international network gives our customers multiple support options across multiple time zones. Our skilled professionals provide both technical software support and extended implementation support, covering any model or customization. Access RungePincockMinarco’s comprehensive support service by telephone or email, or get online and talk with our experts on the RPM Forums. No matter where you are globally, no matter how remote, we can help.

Further InformationFor further information or a product demonstration, please email sales@rpmglobal.com or visit www.rpmglobal.com.

About RungePincockMinarcoRungePincockMinarco is the world’s largest independent group of mining technical experts, with history stretching back to 1968. We have local expertise in all mining regions and are experienced across all commodities and mining methods.

Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on 27 May 2008 (ASX: RUL), RungePincockMinarco is a global leader in the provision of advisory consulting, technology and professional development solutions to the mining industry. We have global expertise achieved through our work in over 118 countries and our approach to the business of mining is strongly grounded in economic principles.

We operate offices in 18 locations across 12 countries on five continents.

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