Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the development of new mining technologies, such as remote control, continuous haulage, automated equipment, etc.

Machines pervade the mining industry, greatly reducing manual labour and providing efficient production. Miners interact with a wide assortment of machinery and tools in the course of their work. The interaction issue for consideration is the proper design of the human machine systems such as control layouts, proper visual and auditory presentation of information to the worker, and design of equipment for ease of maintenance.

SolidWorks along with its Add inn like Bulk Flow Analyst, Chute Analyst, and Belt Analyst for conveyor provides the full range of integrated modeling, simulation, visualization, and communication tools that industrial machinery and heavy equipment manufacturers need to design better products faster - and at lower cost.