Site fleet tracking monitoring solution
Clay mining operations present a high-risk, high-movement environment, where visibility, safety, and fuel efficiency are critical. Coordinating fleets of excavators and haul trucks across loading, unloading, and restricted zones requires more than GPS — it demands precision logic and real-time automation.
ThingsBoard delivers a robust answer to this challenge. Built with scalability, real-time analytics, and geospatial control at its core, the platform transforms how mine operators monitor and manage their equipment — all without using Rule Chains.
This Clay Mine Site solution leverages calculated fields, geofencing logic, and alarm rules only to streamline configuration, reduce deployment time, and drive intelligent insights from the ground up. With zero-code automation and dynamic dashboards, operations become more predictable, safer, and easier to scale.
Solution structure of the site fleet tracking monitoring solution
The solution architecture consists of GPS-enabled excavators and haul trucks, transmitting telemetry to ThingsBoard via MQTT or HTTP protocols. Devices report location, fuel levels, speed, pressure, and more.
Instead of traditional rule chains, all processing is handled by Calculated Fields, allowing operations teams to configure logic like: zone detection via Geofencing Calculated Fields, fuel burn rate and hydraulic pressure thresholds, speed analysis and usage KPIs, machine state transitions (idle, working, unloading).
All alerts are configured through Alarm Rules, creating a clean, no-code environment that is easy to maintain and adapt across multiple sites.
Dashboard structure of the site fleet tracking monitoring solution
The solution includes a set of modular dashboards designed to give mine operators full situational control — from zone-level events to individual machine analytics. The primary Mine Overview Dashboard presents a full satellite view of the site with color-coded zones (Loading, Unloading, Restricted), live machine positions, fuel levels, and telemetry streams. Interactive widgets highlight: machines per zone, fuel usage per day, active alarms with severity, zone-specific transitions and KPIs
Applications of the site fleet tracking monitoring solution
A solution like this is perfectly suited for a variety of industrial and logistics use cases where zone-based automation, fleet safety, and machine telemetry matter:
Mining & quarrying
Track machines across loading, transport, and restricted zones using automated alarms and fuel analytics.
Construction sites
Monitor heavy machinery in temporary or mobile zones, ensuring route compliance and operational safety.
Forestry operations
Use geofencing to protect environmental boundaries and track equipment in remote forest sectors.
Material yards & dumpsites
Automate alerts when haul trucks or loaders enter, leave, or overload in processing areas.
Infrastructure projects
Gain visibility over fleet movement across bridges, tunnels, or time-sensitive zones during large-scale builds.
Mining & quarrying
Track machines across loading, transport, and restricted zones using automated alarms and fuel analytics.
Material yards & dumpsites
Automate alerts when haul trucks or loaders enter, leave, or overload in processing areas.
Construction sites
Monitor heavy machinery in temporary or mobile zones, ensuring route compliance and operational safety.
Infrastructure projects
Monitors chemical storage tanks for compliance and safety in industrial environments.
Forestry operations
Gain visibility over fleet movement across bridges, tunnels, or time-sensitive zones during large-scale builds.
Summary of the site fleet tracking monitoring solution
ThingsBoard’s Clay Mine Monitoring Solution sets a new benchmark for no-code industrial IoT. By eliminating Rule Chains and relying solely on calculated fields and alarm rules, it reduces configuration overhead, speeds up deployment, and empowers teams to operate smarter and safer.
The platform provides everything needed for real-time tracking, performance analysis, geofencing control, and automated alerts — all through a powerful and flexible dashboard layer.
Whether applied to clay mines or other heavy equipment scenarios, this solution offers unmatched operational clarity and scalability.
ThingsBoard advantages
Security
ThingsBoard protects your data with industry-standard encryption algorithms like RSA and ECDSA. Secure communication is ensured via TLS (TCP) and DTLS (UDP). Role-based access control and audit logs further enhance platform security.
Data visualization
Visualize data with interactive, multi-state dashboards—no coding needed. Use built-in charts, gauges, maps, tables, and control widgets. Customize every detail via advanced settings or custom widget bundles. Real-time, low-latency updates supported via embedded web-sockets.
Connectivity
Connect devices directly to the platform via the following built-in protocols: HTTP, CoAP, MQTT, LwM2M, and SNMP. Connect devices in your local network to the cloud using ThingsBoard Gateway via Modbus, BLE, BACnet, OPC-UA, and other protocols.
Data processing
ThingsBoard allows you to define app logic using a drag-and-drop rule chain designer. Its scalable Rule Engine uses message queues like Kafka or AWS SQS for durable, reliable data processing. You can handle data within the engine or forward it to external systems.
Scalability and high availability
ThingsBoard supports high-availability cloud and on-prem deployments via Kubernetes or bare-metal. Its components scale horizontally and handle 18K+ vehicles and 5K+ devices in prod.
Multi-tenancy
ThingsBoard provides UI and API to manage tenants, customers, users, devices, and assets. Single tenant may have multiple tenant administrators and millions of devices and customers. It also offers out-of-the-box support of OTA updates for your smart meters.
