iRing Inc has announced the official release of its new underground mining software solution, Aegis Designer. Aegis Designer is a powerful, standalone application that offers intelligent automatic ring generation, intuitive editing, effective pattern optimisation and advanced forecasting. Aegis Designer allows for the fast creation and editing of every aspect of ring design, including drilling, loading, priming, timing, slot design and more. Aegis Designer offers a flexible and effective reporting system, as well as direct communication with drills using the IREDES format, and helps planners go from design to production faster than before.

“The mining industry is constantly evolving, and we believe that Aegis Designer is the next evolutionary step in blasting software. We’ve produced a software product that lets mining operations to get closer to turning underground blasting operations into a precision manufacturing process. We see the ability to quickly design multiple scenarios and immediately compare forecasts as a total game changer,” said Mark Sherry, co-owner of iRing Inc. “Aegis design represents a complete paradigm shift in underground blast design. This is exciting new technology that strongly compliments CAE’s Underground Planning Solutions” said Dylan Webb, Director of Marketing and Strategy at CAE Mining. CAE Mining is a global partner and distributor of iRing Inc products.