MILLING – REMOTE OPTIMISATION CONSULTING & COACHING

Process IQ and Orway Mineral Consultants (OMC) have formed a Joint Venture company Orway IQ to develop the MillROC solution.

The joint venture draws on the expertise of Process IQ with regards to their data platform, process control and instrumentation and OMC’s expertise in comminution design, modelling and optimisation.

Overview

MillROC remotely monitors circuits and provide online feedback to ensure a client’s processing plant is running optimally. A virtual online milling expert provides advice to keep the circuit at optimal performance. This aids to maximise throughput, increase power efficiency, improve recovery, reduce wear and promote longer liner life thus maximising asset utilisation.

Traditional comminution circuit reviews typically result in throughput improvements of more than 10%. However, improvements are often unsustainable due to changing conditions and ore types. Consequently, most grinding circuits operate sub-optimally for long periods of time. This can lead to millions of dollars in lost revenue. Merging expert consulting services with cloud-based computing effectively addresses this problem by having the consultant’s recommendations continuously available to the plant.

We work with MillROC clients to understand key parameters driving performance, improving instrumentation and data acquisition to allow implementation of advanced data analytics and machine learning.