Our WipWare Technician, Thomas de Sousa, travelled to Pena Colorada in Mexico January 20-24th. The trip consisted of inspecting the installation and commissioning of a 2-Camera Momentum 5 Particle Size Analysis System. Getting a much enjoyed break from our Ontario winter, he met with the Pena Colorada Metallurgical team. Tommy received a warm welcome from the Pena Colorada team. Everyone was ready to get down to work.

Previous Installation Inspection

One advantage to visiting existing customers is the opportunity to review previously installed systems. Sometimes, during these visits, our customers can inform our specialists of any issues they’ve encountered. With this information, our technical specialists can investigate the issue while on-site and help determine what’s happening.

If a system is not functioning properly, our team will take the time to inspect and fix on-site if possible. So, when Tommy arrived on-site, the Momentum installations were still in progress. Tommy used this time to investigate the software and connection issue that was occurring with the previous installed Solo 5 system. The team decided that Tommy would return home with the camera head to fix any issues with the camera.

New Momentum 5 Commissioning

Once Tommy had completed the inspection of the Solo 5 system, he proceeded to commission the 2-camera Momentum 5 system. The first step in commissioning this system was inspecting the two preliminary installations.

After the initial inspection, they erected the Momentum frames. All electrical and network cables were inspected and the installation was good. Our technical specialist always appreciates the preliminary work that our customers do prior to their arrival.

The third step was to add the camera assembly to each frame and calibrate the system. The installation and calibrations were successfully completed and it was time to call it a a day.

The following day, after commissioning the system, our technical specialist provided training for the team before departing and heading back to Canada.

The Momentum 5 system is now collecting Real-time particle size telemetry on two conveyor belts.

“Efficiency and productivity for our beneficiation process: The WipFrag Momentum 5 System® technology from WipWare Inc. allows us to measure, monitor and control, in real time, the distribution of size, shape, uniformity and volume of iron ore that feeds autogenous mill. Knowing the magnitude of the impact of the different size fractions of ore fed, improves the performance of autogenous grinding from the breaker, increasing energy efficiency in mills and the productivity of the beneficiation process.” – From Pena Colorada

Thank you to the Pena Colorada team for all their assistance.

On November 21^st, Thomas de Sousa, a Technical Specialist for WipWare, conducted a WipFrag workshop at Queen’s University for 3^rd year Mining Engineering Students.

During the workshop, the students performed two shaker sieve analyses. Once completed, the students compared them to the photoanalysis results using WipFrag.

The goal of this workshop was to demonstrate the accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency of WipFrag to the students so that it can benefit them during their studies and their career.

Thank you to Takis Katsabanis for hosting this workshop and giving WipWare the opportunity to show our WipFrag software to the students.

WipWare held their 6th WipWare Conference & Workshop from November 5-7th in Toronto. Many of our resellers and partners were in attendance. The 3-day conference and workshop involved presentations to help our partners and resellers view our new product line, get in-depth WipFrag information, have hands-on system and new product demonstrations.

The first day, a presentation of WipFrag was given which included information on the license versions available, Drones (UAV), Geographic Information System (GIS) and Human Machine Interface (HMI). WipWare’s Momentum System was also presented including the Conveyor camera type and the new Vehicle Camera Assembly.

After a great day of presentations, everyone enjoyed dinner at Nando’s and and some Go Cart Racing at Formula Kartways .

The second day was dedicated to showcasing our Solo and Reflex 5th Generation Instruments and our new Vertex Instrument. Each participant also had the opportunity to do a presentation on their company’s products and services.

The end of the second day had another team building special event – Escape Rooms. Fun was had by all and some good laughs along the way with dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

The final day allowed all participants to do an analysis of the conference and workshop and enjoy dinner at the CN Tower Restaurant.

Thank you to everyone for participating and making this event  a great success!!

Haver & Boecker, Micron Scientific Australia Pty Ltd, Omega Servicios, Syscom BV, Tecnoil SAC and VMA

At the end of October, our WipWare Technical Specialist had the pleasure of traveling to Western Australia to install our Solo Online Conveyor Particle Size Analysis System at the BHP Jimblebar Mine. With the support and assistance of BHP and the Downer teams, the system was successfully installed with real-time particle  size telemetry being collected.

The team met on the first day for a safety discussion and to visit the location where the Solo System would be installed. Our Technical Specialist also reviewed the installation steps. BHP and the Downer team installed the Solo System and Hood while our specialist concentrated on the camera, verified functionality and collected sample images for setup.

After the set up was completed, a product demonstration  and a quick tutorial  with WipFrag software was done.

The system will be able to detect very subtle changes in material size and shape allowing automation and optimization efforts.

Thank you to everyone for your cooperation with the successful installation of WipWare’s Solo System.

On October 29th, one of WipWare’s Technical Specialists visited the Nickel Rim South Mine to gather information about particle size distribution of the standard run material.  This project was carried out through cooperation with Glencore Canada, Hatch Ltd, Jenike & Johanson Ltd. and WipWare Inc. The companies involved needed data on what material would be carried by the belt, and how the material would be processed. WipWare’s involvement was to gather photographs of the material and determine particle size and shape data through photo analysis with WipWare’s WipFrag software.

The visit to Nickel Rim South Mine was efficient and effective. The information needed was gathered quickly and safely. All parties were very accommodating of the required equipment that WipWare had to bring into the mine to effectively photograph the material. Excellent pictures were taken at the various locations that ensured an appropriate amount of data was collected and analyzed.

A special thank you to everyone on site for accommodating this project.

On Wednesday, August 14^th, WipWare’s Value Added Retailer Technical Liaison, Marty Wanner visited Queen’s University in the beautiful city of Kingston, Ontario.  Marty worked with the Head of The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Takis Katsabanis, and the Bachelor of Mining Engineering Technology students. They completed a hands-on lab that included reviewing manual sieving techniques and photo analysis with WipWare’s fragmentation analysis software, WipFrag 3.

The lab included reviewing the WipFrag iOS App and working with WipFrag for Windows. Also, the lab compared the manual sieve analysis results with the photo analysis software results. Features and benefits of both processes were discussed, and the features of online analysis systems were also reviewed.

Marty very much enjoyed working with the BTech students, learning more about manual sieving techniques, and sharing resources.