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Enaex Tharisa Mine uses UAV imagery and WipFrag analysis to support rapid, safe, and quantitative blast fragmentation assessment.

UAVs are highly useful in blasting fragmentation assessment because they allow the blasted muckpile to be surveyed rapidly and safely, with high-resolution imagery that can be processed into quantitative fragmentation data. A typical workflow is: Blast → UAV survey → image processing → orthomosaic → WipFrag analysis → fragmentation distribution → blast optimisation. I would like to thank you for your support and guidance with regard to the WipWare Inc. application.

WipWare helped support a PSD evaluation using scaled pile photos instead of costly heavy-equipment sampling and screening.

“An oil sands plant asked me to provide a particular size evaluation on a mine ore feed screen rejects (over size)… They wanted me to arrange to collect samples using heavy equipment, utilize screens, evaluate tons of material and provide the data. Very costly and labour intensive activity. I found WipWare, took some photos of the pile at different places… A few dollars later, we had a PSD for engineering design.”

Gibraltar uses WipWare data as real-time control inputs for milling and flotation circuits.

The Solo systems are an integral part of our operations for both the milling and flotation circuits. The cameras allow us to understand the incoming ore’s particle size and color characteristics, to track the impact of these properties through SAG milling and flotation, and to provide real-time control inputs to the operators of these circuits. WipWare helped us troubleshoot and retrofit old versions of their technology and custom built a software algorithm to process camera color information which was specifically tailored to our use case. 

Lafarge Ravena reported a 20% increase in crusher productivity and a 12% reduction in crushed product cost.

Automated fragmentation photoanalysis is being used at our Ravena quarry for continuous drill, blast and primary crusher optimization. WipWare’s Reflex system has enabled us to evaluate drill and blast performance, leading to a 20% increase in crusher productivity, and a 12% reduction in crushed product cost, with no change in drill and blast cost.

Peña Colorada connects WipWare data to improved AG mill feed control, energy efficiency, productivity, and operating performance.

WipWare technology allows us to measure, monitor and control, in real time, the distribution of size, shape, uniformity and volume of iron ore that feeds autogenous grinding. Knowing the impact of the different fractions of fed ore size improves the performance of the AG mill, increasing energy efficiency in mills, process productivity and profit.

Wesco Explosives uses WipFrag for emulsion and electronic detonation experiments.

WipFrag has been a great tool for my emulsion and electronic detonation experiments, and I am amazed at how easy it is to use. Thanks for being available for questions and training when I needed it!

Los Pelambres uses WipWare measurement to support SAG mill advanced control strategies, helping avoid overloading and underloading.

WipWare’s Solo system is a vital piece of equipment for us, used in our SAG advanced control strategy. It helps us determine the incoming % of fines which we use to compensate with fresh feed in order to avoid SAG overloading and underloading, which would throw us out of the maximum efficiency grinding point.