Implementation of Rail Loading and Gold Bullion, Silver Ounces and Supplies for the Mining of Precious Materials and Gems

The following article describes the logistics analysis on one of the commonly detected problems in trains, associated with BINPACKING, as it is, the wagon’s load, by transporting precious materials extracted from the mines in the state of Chihuahua, as they are: gold ingots, silver ounces and precious gemstones, it has also analyzed the supplies transportation for subterranean mining in the state, which results complicated when optimizing space for good arrangement, to be able to take advantage of the total cargo capacity and the time this process takes. The main goal was utilizing an algorithm for the optimization of the cargo and the materials arrangement to transport them from the city of Chihuahua to Los Mochis, Sinaloa. The freight train line to utilize is FERROMEX, one of the most representative in the country. It’s important to consider the client’s requirements and the wagon’s capacity to assure the supplying of this materials effectively. We utilized data that allowed doing simulations in the MATLAB software by VRP (Vehicle Routing Problem) to optimize the routes they will follow for the materials and supplies transportation to afterwards realize the load in the FERROMEX’s train wagons.