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. 

Automated fragmentation photo analysis is being used at Lafarge, Ravena quarry as a part of our ongoing drill, blast and primary crushing continuous process. WipWare’s Reflex system at the Lafarge quarry has been found to be a useful  tool for monitoring and collecting raw data that is utilized to evaluate drill/blast performance. One of the examples of the measured gains achieved there using WipWare’s Reflex system as a blast/crush improvement toll is a 20% increase in  crusher productivity and 12% reduction in crushed product cost with no change in drill and blast cost.

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.

The WipFrag [mobile] app 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

WipWare’s [conveyor analysis] system is a vital piece of equipment for us. It is tied to the SAG advanced control strategy (MPC), helping us determine the incoming %Fines which we use to compensate with fresh feed in order to avoid SAG over/under loads (which would throw us out of the maximum efficiency grinding point).