Mine Service Headframe Model
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Industrial CAD & Simulation

Mine Service Headframe Model

Cory Potash Mine · Saskatoon, SK 2023 – 2024 Co-op · Mechanical Engineering Design & Drafting
Completed atNutrien
Project summary & impacts

Info

Rebuilt the entire mine service headframe tower in Inventor and AutoCAD from 1960s-era drawings — producing slinging/rigging documentation, a six-drawing package for third-party industrial contractors, fire-safety floor plans, and a geometrical simulation application.

$125,000 Rigging cost savings
Slinging/​Rigging 6 drawing documentation package
20+ Fire safety plans

Geometrical confirmation from simulation saves money.

As I had already modeled the entire service shaft tower and created a drawing package for slinging engineering documentation, this was simply a step ahead — a 3D simulation and geometrical confirmation for slinging some brine pipes down the shaft inside the bail. This is the render footage from Navisworks, which aided in saving $125,000: the cost of ordering cut piping if we were unsure of the fit.

Behind the scenes
How I did the project

Software & skills

Software

  • Autodesk InventorModeled the tower and its subassemblies from the historical drawing set.
  • AutoCADProduced rigging/slinging documentation for contracts and fire-safety floor plans, and managed the final massive assembly.
  • NavisworksCreated animations and simulations, and managed and viewed the full tower.

Technical & soft skills

  • Reverse Engineering
  • Technical Drafting
  • Industrial Rigging/Slinging
  • Communication
  • Mechanical Simulation