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Decisiones metalúrgicas con datos en línea, sin horas de retraso

Rheology online:
Optimiza tu planta
sin detenerla

Del dato oportuno a la continuidad operativa y al cumplimiento de tus metas hídricas y de RCA.

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The technology that is already a standard in the large-scale mining

La reología convertida en ventaja competitiva: KRheo and RheoThink

Our solution overcomes the limitations of the rheology traditional. We combine the precision of the rheometer multisensor KRheo with predictive intelligence platform RheoThink, creating a digital brain to your processes.

Technological solution Konatec

Hardware KRheo variables reológicas de tus pulpas empresas mineras
KRheo
Software de predicciones RheoThink
RheoThink

KRheo

Rheometer-sensor
in-line

Hardware that measures in real time the variables rheological your pulps in each stage of the process. Get more than 1,300 daily data per variable for total visibility of your operation.

Measures:
Yield Stress
Viscosity
Percentage of Solids
pH
Particle size
ORP (Redox Potential)

Your data is transformed into decisions that directly drive your efficiency, continuity and resource-saving

RheoThink 

Artificial intelligence
for decision making

Our platform predicts the behavior of the pulp in real-time. Transforms the data into information that can be activated to optimize your processes and avoid detentions are not scheduled. Your plant under control, you decide with a scientific basis.

Your data is transformed into decisions that directly drive your efficiency, continuity and resource-saving

Hardware KRheo variables reológicas de tus pulpas empresas mineras

Concrete results that impact your profitability

Check out our success cases

Float 

Increase of +34 billion USD a year for recovery of copper

An increase of +1 percentage point in recovery of copper in a plant of 90 kt/day can generate more than USD 34 billion per year additional.

Thickening 

Savings of 6 million USD per year in water efficiency

Increase to +2 percentage points of the solid allows you to recover approximately 40 liters per second of water, generating significant savings and reducing operational risks.

Where implemented
the rheology control smart

Our system works in stages to more complex your process, ensuring stability and efficiency in your operation.

Proceso minero Konatec
Proceso minero Konatec

Recognized by transforming the industry

Your confidence is underpinned by the core of innovation and mining in Chile. These awards validate our ability to generate real value in every project.

Premio Avonni 2025 Metalurgia y Mineria

Award Avonni 2025

The maximum recognition for the innovation in Chile, category Mining and Metallurgy.

Premio de Innovación en Minería 2025

Camera Minera de Chile

Winners of the Award for Innovation in Mining 2025 by our impact on the productive efficiency.

Premio 2024 a la Innovación Aplicada en la Minería

Minnovex 2024

Award for Applied Innovation in the Mining, validating the efficacy of our technology in the field.

Prensa El Mercurio Top 100 Startups de la década por nuestra solidez y trayectoria

Mercury

Featured among the Top 100 Startups of the decade by our strength and trajectory.

The variability of the mineral has a direct impact on the operational results, so having information available is the difference between a process is in control and one outside of this. The information provided by the rheometer allows you to anticipate operational decisions, optimize the area of tailings and detect areas of operational risk in the process.

César González

Superintendent of Metallurgy, Sierra Gorda

Since the implementation of the multi-sensor system of rheology in line, today we are making operational decisions more quickly and with more information available, without having to wait for lab results. This allows us to act promptly to changes in the process, avoiding problems like the embancamiento of thickeners or difficulties in the transport of tailings.

Jorge Cortínez

Metalurgista Senior, Collahuasi

To be able to have a read of the thickeners with respect to the rheology, was the main reason for adopting this technology, for with that power to make decisions that allow us to optimize the operations of the thickener tailings.

With each point of the floor to win, in 60 litres per second, that means around 7 billion and 9 billion tons per day of processing, that is why it is important to have this measurement”.

Marcelo Rodríguez Mir

Gerente de Metalurgia y Control de Procesos, Collahuasi.

The voice of the mining:
What our customers say

The voice of the mining:
What our customers say

You can no longer rely on measurements limited or outdated that affect your performance.

Konatec solves this challenge by combining the precision of KRheo with the predictive power of RheoThink, eliminating your uncertainty and ensuring the continuity of your operation.

The latest in rheology
and mining
smart

Concepts, innovation and applied knowledge that are transforming the mining operation modern.

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