SmartMine Seminar Topics

Mine Operations

• Detecting and preventing mechanical equipment failures

Feed Preparation

• Early warning diagnostics for bearing and gear problems, conveyers, SAG/Ball mills, and more
• Advanced control for fines cyclones operational improvement
• Improved separation and leaching efficiency with reliable, accurate pH measurement
• Delivering more consistent slurry feed and minimizing stoppages and shutdowns
• Improved material handling and pumping performance with variable speed technology

Processing Units

• FOUNDATION fieldbus for critical operations
• Advanced leak detection for furnace cooling systems
• Air separation skids: Best practices for valve shutoff and reliability in high-cycle applications
• Controlling cyanide and heavy metals with robust and reliable pH and ORP measurements
• Reduced operator intervention and increased operating setpoints by reducing variability
• Online vibration analysis to detect cavitation and other remote pump issues

Utilities

• Utility improvements for power/steam production
• Smooth plant startup with optimal boiler feed water control
• Waste and disposal measurement and leak prevention
• Improving combustion in metal reduction processes

Resources and More

• Engineering tools for project execution efficiency and operation support
• Simulation for automation system testing and training
• How the SmartMine approach improves economics of new and existing operations
• The importance of Wireless for the mining industry
• SmartMine global practices and knowledge sharing

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