The Solo cameras 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. The WipWare team 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. 

Efficiency and productivity for our mineral benefit process: 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 magnitude of the impact of the different fractions of fed ore size, improves the performance of autogenous grinding from the banker, increasing energy efficiency in mills and profit process productivity.