OREANDA-NEWS. September 03, 2014. Automated rolling stock control system with interlock, alarm and lockout functions (ARSCS) has been commissioned at Severny mine of Kola MMC (subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel). The system is primarily designed to improve underground rail transport safety.

The system is installed at -320 meters horizon utilized at Severny mine for railway transportation of excavated rock. Five electric engines operate in the area simultaneously controlled through signal lights and railway points. The system was controlled manually, which might have resulted in human-error caused emergency situations. Now, the system is safer under the automated ARSCS control.

Kola MMC invested RUB 42 million into the project.