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Maintenance automation could improve safety

Automation of non-production activities offered more than a 25% opportunity to improve safety.

Many injuries occurred during manual maintenance activities and other non-producing tasks, he told the Longwall 2019 conference in the Hunter Valley. "There are 168 hours in a week," he said. "The...

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