The technology RheoThink of Konatec is a software powered by artificial intelligence that is designed to optimize mining operations. RheoThink measured in real-time the properties of the pulp, minerals, and predicts the behavior of the unit operations in concentrator plants. This enables you to optimize the production of copper and molybdenum, reduce energy consumption and, above all, a decrease in the use of water, a critical resource in the mining industry.
According to estimates of our team, RheoThink has allowed it to generate savings annual average of us $ 3 million in the main mining companies in Chile, thanks to its multiple functions. This has established itself as a leader and a world leader in intelligent mining.
How does it work?
RheoThink analyzes data rheological historical to identify the optimal point of operation. Once identified, provides practical recommendations and customizable to reach it, adapting it to the specific problem and the critical variables of each transaction.
The software uses artificial intelligence, in particular algorithms of machine learning, which will give you the ability to predict variables, both the measures by KRheo as other variables of the plant, with a notice of up to 90 minutes. Such predictive power corresponds to the state of the art of the mining world, and this makes Konatec as the standard smart mining.
What you'll find in our interface?
Some features that can be obtained from our software are the following:
- Guides optimization: Displays the optimum path for moving from the current state to the best operational settings.
- Gain-of-way proposed: Projects the expected improvements in efficiency and production that can be achieved through operational adjustments.
- Operational adjustments: List the recommended parameters, such as the torque range, the dose of flocculant and percentage of solids, needed to optimize the process and achieve the optimal point.
Why RHEOTHINK is important for my business?
The value of our software powered by artificial intelligence is demonstrated in cases of business as the flotation of the Collahuasi, an operation with a tonnage of plant 170 ktpd. In this sense, we illustrate two scenarios:
High quality MineralIn this scenario, with a recovery base of 70%, the integration of the recommendations of RHEOTHINK with the measurements of KRHEO allows you to improve the recovery of copper by 2 percentage points. This translates into an increase of $6.5 million a month in revenue marginal for the sale of copper.
Disturbed Mineral and clay: When the recovery is reduced to a range of 50-60% due to the presence of altered minerals and clays, the recommendations of RHEOTHINK help to mitigate the economic losses. The system prevents losses of up to $26.2 million of dollars a month to counteract the reduction in the recovery of copper.
In simple, RHEOTHINK saving millions of dollars in mining operations, and it allows you to anticipate the future of the operation of the site thanks to the millions of data obtained by our system KRHEO.
How do we use artificial intelligence within RHEOTHINK?
In RHEOTHINK, we use artificial intelligence to transform the millions of data generated by our sensor KRHEO in a strategic tool that allows you to anticipate the future of the mining operation.
This is what we do:
- The core of RHEOTHINK are their algorithms of machine learning. These algorithms analyze real-time data rheological historical pulp ore, along with other variables of the plant. When processing this huge amount of information, the software is able to identify patterns and correlations complex that would be impossible to detect for a human being.
- We anticipate the failure of operation at your site: The main ability that gives us the artificial intelligence is prediction. RHEOTHINK you can anticipate the behavior of the unit operations in the concentrator plants with up to 90 minutes in advance. This gives the operators time to take preventive actions and corrective, avoiding problems like the embancamiento of equipment, and the discontinuity operational.
- Recommendations to be more efficient in the mining operation: Once the system has identified the optimum point of operation is based on the analysis of data, RHEOTHINK it shows you not only the goal, but also tells you how to get to him. The software provides routing practices and customizable, such as: (1) to suggest the ranges ideal for the torque, the dose of flocculant and the percentage of solids, among other parameters. (2) plots the most efficient route to carry the operation from its current state to the optimal settings. (3) Estimates of improvements in efficiency and production that will be achieved by implementing the recommended settings.
The artificial intelligence in RHEOTHINK moving towards the consolidation of a “digital brain” in the mining industry, which processes the information of our laboratory in-line (the sensor KRHEO), allowing mining operations to not only react to the current conditions, but to anticipate and adapt proactively to maximize efficiency, reduce the consumption of critical resources such as water and increase profitability.
