Projects

Selected project examples

Each of these started from a problem someone recognized in the plant.

Dust · extraction · recovery

Dust capture at a screen undersize chute

Gold mine, heap leach
Chute wear · operating reliability

Redesign of a chute on the main line to the stockpile

Conveying to the intermediate stockpile
Mill discharge · wear · maintenance

Pebble extraction - primary mill

Concentrator, primary grinding
Bulk flow · design evaluation

Evaluation of design for overfill of material from a hopper

Capacity · mill charge

Capacity of the secondary mills

Concentrator, secondary grinding
Mill filling · slurry flow · operating data

Filling degree and slurry flow in the secondary mills

Concentrator, secondary grinding
Classification · screening

Trommel screening and scats to the secondary mill

Concentrator, secondary grinding
Slurry distribution · wear

Slurry distribution box evaluation

Concentrator, classification
Segregation · uneven feed

Redesign of the pebble crusher feed

Concentrator, pebble crushing
Segregation · feeders · DEM

Size segregation on a belt feeder

Feeding and conveying
Chute wear · blockage · water addition

Wear in a feed chute from classifier coarse stream

Concentrator, classification
Stockpiles · feeders · rockboxes

Analysis of active volume of ore storage

Intermediate ore storage
Gas and particle exchange · heating

Gas and pellet flow in a grate-kiln machine

Pelletizing plant
Heating · drying · oxidation

Process modeling of straight grate furnaces

Pelletizing plant
Coupled DEM-CFD · heat transfer · packed bed

Coupled DEM-CFD of heat transfer in a packed bed

Pelletizing
Mixing · mechanical loading

Repeated shaft failures in a large slurry tank

Mineral processing plant
Settling · particle behavior · slurry flow

Gold enrichment

Gold processing plant
Abrasive wear · liner selection

Wear prediction for a DRI pellet silo

DRI pellet storage
Air flow · cooling · comfort

Underground ventilation and thermal comfort

Underground mine

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