WipWare hosted its sold-out fifth annual Training Seminar from September 16–19, 2014, at the Centro Canadiense de Ecología en Parque Provincial Samuel de Champlain near North Bay, Ontario. Under the theme “Pit-to-Plant,” the event brought together mining professionals from Canada and seven other countries to explore the relationship between blasting, fragmentation measurement, mineral processing, and operational optimization. The seminar drew positive reviews from attendees from Australia, South Africa, Netherlands, UK, Brazil, Chile and the USA.
This year’s seminar featured prominent speakers highlighting the importance of fragmentation data on both the blasting and processing end of operations in addition to WipWare technical staff outlining software features and automated system maintenance. Guest speakers covered a range of topics starting with an in-depth look at various blasting parameters and some exceptions to the Kuz-Ram model by the renowned Dr. Calvin J. Konya, President of Precision Blasting Services and Director of the Academy for Blasting and Explosives Technology.

Dr. Adrian Dance, consultor metalúrgico principal en SRK Consulting (Canadá) Inc. y una autoridad líder en optimización de Mine-to-Mill describió la justificación para aumentar los costos de perforación y voladura para lograr una mejor fragmentación en términos de ahorro de costos aguas abajo en las operaciones de molienda.
Francois Robichaud, superintendente metalúrgico de Agnico-Eagle, describió sus experiencias con el uso de analizadores de tamaño de partículas de material a granel basados en imágenes para evaluar el rendimiento de la trituradora y monitorear la alimentación del molino SAG, lo que llevó a tamaños de partículas optimizados que ingresan a su molino SAG, lo que resultó en un mayor rendimiento y costos de energía reducidos.
Seminar participants also received hands-on training with WipWare’s WipFrag and Delta software packages, and instruction on installation, use and maintenance of the company’s Momentum, Reflejo y Solo automated systems.