Success Story with Nx Witness
Success Story
Project: Nx Witness
Client: Currumbin Minerals
Installer: John Barnett, JB Security
Location: Currumbin, QLD
Products used: Nx Witness
Problem: Secure new site, protect from vandalism and theft
Currumbin Minerals is a family-owned heavy mineral sand processing company. Established over 70 years ago, they have been building a new separating plant. The primary products include rutile, zircon and ilemenite but have also found other minerals such as gold. Video Security Wholesale (VSP) together with JB Security were invited to the plant opening on 28th February 2023.
Background
Currumbin Minerals is the largest heavy mineral sands processing plant in Australia. Previously, Australia had no ability to separate concentrate, and now with the new finished plant, they can run at a higher capacity. At full processing capacity, the plant has the ability to turn over 100 tons of sand an hour. This is great for the critical minerals industry in Australia. Once the sand has been processed, it is returned to the landscape.
Problem
Installing a new security system proved challenging at this family business. An issue faced early in the project was being able to design a security solution where communication could reach all plants. This was due to the large distances between plants, making wireless links impossible.
Solution
Introducing Nx Cloud, a product by NX Witness that provides secure connections between sites, the System Integrator was able to integrate multi-site functionality and create a connection across all plants. The brain behind this solution is Nx Witness’ generic event engine, which allows edge based analytics to trigger an Axis I/O module to then trigger a dry contact on the alarm panel to inform the control room of an event in real time. This meant the end user could successfully monitor all plants in one, clear, easy-to-use interface. A major benefit to the end user is the Nx Witness VMS which allows the client to search for motion across 40 high definition 4K cameras and these areas can be displayed instantly. This gives the site manager complete control.
Results
The new plant now has a secure security system in place thanks to VSP and JB Security. The bespoke system VSP designed has reduced crimes by 100%. The end user was receiving an average of three incidents reported a week which has now been significantly reduced to no reports since the installation. This new plant received funding from the local MP and has since generated local employment, reduced their carbon footprint by the installation of solar panels and recycling program.
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