Transformamos la reología en la ventaja competitiva de tu faena. Un sistema completo que mide, analiza y predice el comportamiento de las pulpas minerales
The industry 4.0 already can't rely on measurements limited or outdated.
Konatec solves this challenge by combining the innovation more precise in hardware (KRheo) with the predictive power of artificial intelligence (RheoThink), eliminating the uncertainty and ensuring operational continuity.
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.
Your data is transformed into decisions that directly drive your efficiency, continuity and resource-saving
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
You can no longer rely on measurements limited or dirty
afectan tu rendimiento.
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.
Access to KRheo and RheoThink with a single contract. We take care
of everything, ensuring the operation without friction or hidden costs for your computer
Rheology is the branch of physics that studies how to flow and deform materials. In mining, it is particularly relevant because a large part of the metallurgical processes work with pulps minerals, which are suspensions of solid particles in water.
Understanding the rheological behavior of these suspensions is used to understand how to move within the processes, which directly affects the stability and efficiency of mining operations.
The pulp, minerals are mixtures of solid particles of mineral suspended in water, which allow to transport, process and separate the minerals within a concentrator plant.
These pulps are present at multiple stages of processing, such as grinding, classification, flotation, thickening, filtration, and hydraulic transport.
The rheological properties of the pulps determined how to flowing material within the plant, which directly affects processes such as:
When the rheological behavior changes, it can also change the efficiency, stability and resource consumption in these processes.
Among the most important properties of the rheology in pulps minerals are to be found:
These variables influence the energy required to move the pulps and in the efficiency of multiple metallurgical processes.
The rheological behavior may vary due to different factors present in the process, among them:
These factors can modify the viscosity and the effort necessary to ensure that the pulp to flow, generating changes in the performance of the operations.
Historically, measuring the rheological has been made by spot samples analyzed in the laboratory, which has several limitations:
This has made it difficult to integrate the rheology directly in making operational decisions.
The rheology online refers to the continuous measurement of the rheological properties directly in the industrial process.
This allows you to obtain real-time information about the behavior of the pulp, minerals, facilitating a better understanding of the operational conditions and a more efficient management of the process.
