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The competition is whittled down until three finalists remain . “ Once we became a finalist , it ’ s a Shark Tank style competition and the final three go on stage ,” explains Nazari . “ They pitch their ideas to the judges with 500 people watching in the audience . It ’ s fair to say it ’ s a high-pressured event , and the stakes were really high , but after we were announced as the winner , we all felt a massive relief and were incredibly satisfied .”
Having impressed the judges with its
dynamic simulator , IDEAS , the tool is now enabling operations across the sector to reduce risk and experience considerable cost savings . The software is considered the leading dynamic simulator for oil sands operations in the north of Canada and for hard rock mining operations worldwide . Gooch explains how his company is utilising Digital Twin software . “ The first physical model is like a software wrapper for all of the engineering equations that we know define each piece of equipment ,” he says . “ For example , if we have a pipe ,
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