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In 2013, the commissioning of the MillStar Stabilisation and FloatStar Stabilisation and Optimisation controllers were completed at one of the base metal concentrators in Chile. The MillStar control system has stabilised the feed to the SAG mill as well as the density at the discharge end of the SAG mill and ball mill. The FloatStar Stabilisation and Optimisation …

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In November 2009 Mintek installed the FloatStar™ advanced flotation stabilization system on Vale's Cauê iron ore beneficiation plant in Brazil. In September 2010 the system was upgraded to ...

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MillStar and FloatStar advanced process control system …

The main objectives of the MillStar Advanced Control system were to: Stabilise the mill feed using the MillStar Solids Feed Controller, with Mill Inlet Water Ratio Control.

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In November 2009 Mintek installed the FloatStar™ advanced flotation stabilization system on Vale's Cauê iron ore beneficiation plant in Brazil. In September 2010 the system was upgraded to ...

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ABSTRACT

The FSLS (FloatStar ON) performance on the Pb and Zn rougher-scavenger circuits is compared to the DCS-based PID controller (FloatStar OFF) as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 respectively. 50 55 60 65 Recovery Concentrate Grade t ) Lead Metallurgical Efficiency FloatStar OFF FloatStar ON Improvement = 0.51% 40 50 60 70 80 90 Recovery Concentrate ...

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The circuit consisted of two parallel cleaner circuits producing final concentrate. The tailings from the cleaner section passed through a scavenger circuit. Large, well instrumented feed sumps played an important role in circuit stability, presenting a good opportunity for advanced control. Previously the plant was controlled using distributed control system (DCS) …

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LeachStar | Molycop

StarCS / MillStar / FloatStar / LeachStar / FurnStar / General Control Services. Consulting and Coaching. ... from Mintek, increases plant performance and improves safety by deploying: ... MillStar and MillROC at the Edikan Gold Mine in Ghana's Ashanti Gold belt was completed by April 2019. The optimisation strategy resulted in a sustainable ...

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Mintek | MINTEK

Mintek is South Africa's national mineral research organisation and one of the world's leading technology organisations specialising in mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, and related fields. With cutting edge expertise and a commitment to excellence we are at the forefront of research and development in the global minerals industry.

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The FloatStar Flow Optimizer is an optimization strategy that controls the concentrate flow rate between various sections of a flotation circuit (e.g. Rougher ?Cleaner; …

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Implementation of an Advanced Milling and Flotation …

The solutions included the MillStar and FloatStar suites of advanced controllers.The MillStar control suite focused on stabilising the mill feed and mill discharge on the two primary mills as well as the flotation circuit feed. Mintek's CyLas instruments, which provide a measurement of the hydrocyclone underflow angle, were also installed.

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Flotation stabilization and optimization

Mintek has been very active in the industrial implementation of advanced flotation control for over a decade. Stabilizing level control by its control system FloatStarTM (Schubert et al.9) has been applied to about thirty flotation circuits, some applications of which are described by Henning et al.10, Singh and Schubert11, and Muller et al.12 ...

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for milling and flotation circuit operations

During 2000 Mintek began in-house development on PlantStar, a generic, plant-wide control platform for the minerals processing industry. It serves as the new platform for Mintek's MillStar, Minstral and FloatStar control systems. It also allows for the combination of any number of control strategies on a single platform. This flexibility has ...

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A COMPLEMENTARY MILLING AND FLOTATION …

The combined MillStar and FloatStar Advanced Control System provides the most benefit in terms of control and variability of concentrate flow rates between the different stages of the flotation …

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MillStar and FloatStar advanced process control system …

Two levels of the FloatStar control system were installed for stabilisation and optimisation of the flotation circuit, namely, the FloatStar Level Stabiliser and the FloatStar Flow Optimiser.

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Innovative process control technology for milling and …

During 2000 Mintek began in-house development on PlantStar, a generic, plant-wide control platform for the minerals processing industry. It serves as the new platform for Mintek's MillStar, Minstral and FloatStar control systems. It also allows for the combination of any number of control strategies on a single platform. This flexibility has ...

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ADVANCING COMMINUTION AND FLOTATION …

Mintek's MillStar and FloatStar controllers are designed to do just that. This paper will introduce the MillStar and FloatStar technologies and present some case studies of each controller. The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy The Third Southern African Conference on Base Metals GC Smith, A Singh and VC Smith ...

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"In 2013, the commissioning of the MillStar Stabilisation and FloatStar Stabilisation and Optimisation controllers were completed at the Cerro Bayo Silver (Ag) mine in Patagonia, Chile. The MillStar control system has stabilised the feed to the SAG mill as well as the density at the discharge end of the SAG mill and ball mill. The FloatStar Stabilisation and Optimisation …

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Improved flotation performance at Karee Platinum Mine …

The overall perception of FloatStar performance on the plant is positive, and the FloatStar is well received by the operations staff. The FloatStar at Karee has been running reliably for two-and-a-half years. This section will discuss the results of two tests, which were conducted to test how FloatStar performance improved on normal PI control.

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Mintek . Home; Mintek@90; About us. History; Organisational Structure; Mintek Board & Executive; Research & Innovation. Mineral Processing & Characterisation. ... Cerro Bayo MillStar FloatStar White Paper Download 08/02/23 CyLas Case Studies Article 1 Download 08/02/23 FloatStar Level Stabilisation and Flow Optimisation on an Industrial ...

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StarCS

StarCS, a Mintek product, is an open plant-wide control platform with a wide-ranging and versatile set of tools aimed at process stabilisation and optimisation. The StarCS system incorporates …

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PERFORMANCE DATA AND DISCUSSION Performance …

FloatStar system relative to each other and the DCS-based control. The test had two objectives: 1. Side by side comparison of parallel units using production data ... since the same feed stream is split between the two lines. Both sides were operated in FloatStar Level Stabiliser and DCS mode alternately. This was run for an extended period. As ...

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IMPACT REPORT

Mintek's Global Leadership in Advancing Concentrator Plants and Furnaces Our MillStar and FloatStar systems are internationally recognised for their efficiency and control in lead and zinc concentrator plants. We have achieved global success, expanding our presence and receiving benefit-sharing payments. Energy and Minerals Industry:

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Performance improvements provided by Mintek's …

Performance improvements provided by Mintek's FloatStar Advanced Control System on reverse-flotation of iron ore B.D.H. Knights*, Client 1†, Client 2† and Agent‡ * Mintek, Measurement and Control Division, South Africa † Client ‡ Agent Abstract In November 2009 Mintek installed the FloatStar™ advanced flotation stabilisation

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MINTEK'S ADVANCED OPTIMISATION CONTROL …

Mintek's plant-wide control platform used to implement the customised optimisation and control software modules to solve the aforementioned difficulties. These modules are the MillStar™ Mill Feed Controller, the FloatStar™ Grade-Recovery Optimiser and the Minstral™ Electrode Hoist Controller. The commercial results of implementations

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FloCam

Molycop's FloCam, a product from Mintek, is a low-cost visual flotation monitoring system, providing a real-time measurement of flotation froth velocities on individual flotation cells. Mass-pull between cells can be controlled to a desired ratio, and operators can be alerted immediately of pulping or no-flow conditions.

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Loutjie Coetzee

The commissioning took place in 2010 and 2011. The MillStar control suite focussed on stabilising the primary mill feed, mill discharge and the flotation circuit feed. Two layers of the FloatStar advanced control were installed, one layer for flotation cell level stability and another for concentrate flow optimisation.

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Mintek

Mintek is South Africa's national research and development (R&D) organisation for all aspects of mineral processing, extractive metallurgy and related technology. Originally established as a minerals research laboratory by the government of South Africa in 1934, it is still partly funded by the state with a mandate to "promote mineral technology and to foster the establishment and …

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PlantStar 2000: a plant-wide control platform for minerals …

It can incorporate the functionality and control strategies of Mintek's MillStar and FloatStar systems. New control strategies currently being investigated by Mintek (eg cyanide control on gold plants) will become available as modules, enabling the PlantStar 2000 to ultimately be used in the control of most sections of a minerals processing ...

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SAIMM Paper On PlantsStar, MillStar, FloatStar | PDF

SAIMM Paper on PlantsStar, MillStar, FloatStar - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free.

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Measurement & Control

The renowned MillStar and FloatStar Advanced Process Control systems are installed on concentrators around the world, and FurnStar has been the controller of choice for submerged …

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MillStar | Molycop

The MillStar Advanced Control System, from Mintek, boasts a typical payback period of just a few months. MillStar allows you to: stabilise the mill feed; control product quality to the …

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Brandon De Gee

• Coding and optimisation of an online Xanthate measurement instrument utilising Mintek's control platform ... Class representative for 2008 for Chemical engineering class. Provincial baseball player for years 2003 - 2011 ... solutions on the milling and flotation circuits.The solutions included the MillStar and FloatStar suites of ...

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MillStar and FloatStar advanced process control system at a …

In 2016, the FloatStar and MillStar advanced control systems were commissioned at a platinum (PGM) concentrator in Rustenburg. Two levels of the FloatStar control system were installed for stabilisation and optimisation of the flotation circuit,

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