Lack Of Adequate Knowledge Hinders Automation Of Concentrators
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 4
- File Size:
- 355 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 8, 1962
Abstract
Complete automation of concentrator operations through computer control has been under increasing consideration by American engineers for several years. Although justification for full-scale automation of a mill must ultimately be economic- added profits exceeding instrumentation and development costs-the technical feasibility of automation will be determined by the availability of requisite, detailed knowledge of the various unit operations in the plant. This poses problems. BASIC PROBLEMS WHICH MUST BE CONSIDERED A hypothetical porphyry copper mill will be used here to illustrate these problems. Its flowsheet will involve: mining, crushing, storage, grinding and classification, flotation, product de-watering, and disposal.
Citation
APA: (1962) Lack Of Adequate Knowledge Hinders Automation Of Concentrators
MLA: Lack Of Adequate Knowledge Hinders Automation Of Concentrators. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1962.