For Release 14.00 GMT
28 April 2010
Rockmate Technical Services Limited Releases New Version of its Rockmate Blast
Optimisation System (BOS)
Nantwich, Cheshire — 28 April 2010— Rockmate Technical Services Limited today
announced it will launch a new version of its application, Rockmate Blast Optimisation
System, which works with Microsoft Windows® 7 to offer customers enhanced security, as well
as innovative user interface features and reliability improvements. Rockmate BOS reduces
mining and quarrying costs as well as reducing the environmental impact of blasting
operations. Shovel maintenance costs are reduced, shovel production is increased,
complaints from neighbours are reduced and in some instances may be eliminated..
“Our ISV community is alive with innovation, and we’re committed to helping our
partners drive the next generation of software experiences,” said Ross Brown, Vice President of
ISV and Solutions Partners for the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft. “Adding
compatibility for the latest Microsoft operating systems helps ISVs to stay ahead of the
competition and give their customers access to cutting-edge technologies.”
“Rockmate Technical Services Limited is excited to launch this new version of the
Rockmate blast optimization system,” said Mike McLoughlin, Director at Rockmate
Technical Services Limited. “Making our application compatible with Microsoft Windows 7
helps us offer our customers compelling benefits, including improved security and reliability.”
Rockmate Technical Services Limited has adapted Rockmate to work with the new
security features of Windows 7. Quarries and mines can continue to benefit from controlled
fragmentation and vibrations resulting in increased profits and a reduced environmental
impact into the next decade. Blast vibrations affect the stability of a mine, walls can
collapse, access ramps can be lost placing an operation in jeopardy. Uncontrolled
environmental discharges such as vibration will result in new planning applications being
rejected. Rockmate makes mining a sustainable operation. Rockmate has been used to blast
millions of tonnes of rock and saved millions of Euros.
Rockmate creates software to optimize mining and quarrying operations. Rockmate
Technical Services Ltd uses ruggedized hardware and laser survey equipment suitable for
the harsh mining environment to monitor shovel production with loadlogger software
Rockmate blast optimization system model and optimize blasting operations using
rockmate.
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For more information, press only:
Mike McLoughlin, Rockmate Technical Services Limited, +44 (0)1270 627 160,
sales@rockmate.com.