How to Identify a Haul Route between a Source and Destination in Haul Infinity

Haul Infinity is a discreet event simulation tool and, as such, can be used to evaluate the information pertaining to a single haulage cycle, such as Cycle Time, Loader Rates, truck Rates and Fuel Burn where full rates are available for the truck type used.

Before beginning, ensure all Source blocks and Destinations have a green tick indicating they have a connection to the haulage network. This does NOT guarantee a valid haulage path exists between the source block and chosen destination, just that the block can at least join the network.

Figure 1. Blocks with Network Joins

Steps to analyse haulage information between source and destination:

1. If you have Source blocks and Destination blocks loaded into the Haul Infinity project, in animations navigate to the Source block of interest and select the block using your mouse.
2. While holding the "Ctrl" key, select the Destination Node or block of interest.
3. Right-click on the screen to access the Context Menu and select "Show Return Route".
4. If successful, you should see a chequered red and yellow haul path animated along the fastest path between the source and destination locations.

Figure 2. Haul Infinity Show Return Route Animations

Once a successful return haulage return is found, the user can then analyse the results and modify the Loader, Truck, Material and Operating Condition combination using the Route Selection viewport, Cycle Time Analysis, Charts and other analysis tabs shown in Figure 3, 4 and 5 below. The Route Selections viewport will keep a History of haul routes to make revisiting them easier.

Figure 3. Route Selection Viewport

Figure 4. Route Selection Viewport

Figure 5. Route Selection Viewport

Note: If a suitable haulage route cannot be found between the source and destination an error message advising you of this will appear and will need addressing first by editing the haul network. Some examples are shown below. Once corrected, the above steps can be completed again.

• The message below indicates a break in haul network somewhere, or a disabled flag on a segment between the source and destination, or a destination node may be not snapped to a network segment.

Figure 6. No return Path Available Error

• The message blow indicates one of the segments in the chosen haulage path is too steep.

Figure 7. Segment Too Steep

• Selecting the Errors tab at the bottom of the viewport should have a corresponding error highlighting the segments with a steep segment that needs rectifying. Double clicking on the error will zoom to the affected segment in the network viewport.

Figure 8. Error tab Messages

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