Development of Auto Scaling Method for 3D Rock Fragmentation Measurement System

Abstract

Fragmentation Distribution is one of the important aspects of mining operations as it affects productivities on the majority of Mine-to-Mill operations. Nevertheless the significance of fragmentation management, the mining industry has relied on 2D image based fragmentation measurement system which poses many downsides. To overcome the drawbacks of current 2D fragmentation measurement system, 3D Rock Fragmentation Measurement System has been proposed with using 3D photogrammetry technologies. One of the common difficulty of fragmentation measurement system is scaling of the object, which is an essential component to secure the accuracy of particle size distribution. In this study, the actual scales and size information of objects have been obtained by measuring the acceleration when moving between the photographing points and giving the information of the distance obtained from the acceleration. The developed system would be equipped with the 3D Rock Fragmentation Measurement System.