Operational excellence in maintenance

• ME UpTime 4.0: Digital platform based on video analytics developed to monitor and manage productive improvements in maintenance activities of mills and peripheral equipment and other relevant equipment. It generates recommendations to optimize the complete equipment maintenance cycle, the service is developed from planning analysis, field deployment reporting in real time, analysis of results and recommendations and follow-up actions taken including all critical path activities.

• Infovideos: Capture, modeling and 3D animation of maintenance process videos, used in planning stages, as well as for training.

• Product installation and audit support

Mechanical systems monitoring

IoT monitoring: Online monitoring with specialized sensors and wireless network for remote monitoring.

• SMTP: Bolt tension monitoring system, measuring tension in real time during the campaign for auditing the sizing process, and future retorquing recommendations.
• UTW: Wireless ultrasound-based wear monitoring system for equipment and structures with difficult and insecure access.

Structural Engineering: Monitoring and analysis of mining equipment to monitor the condition of its structure and determine the wear they may have, in order to anticipate a possible unscheduled shutdown. Applicable to a wide range of mine and plant equipment.

QSG – QuickScan™ Grinding

Mill scanning without chute removal and without the need for personnel entry. Fast, safe and reliable.

• Safer.
• Faster: only 15 min. detention time.
• Fast analysis in 2 hr. Complete reporting according to Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Minimal use of resources (crane, personnel, blocking).

QSC – QuickScan™ Crusher

• Remote scanning without bowl cleaning or personnel entry by robotic arm, safe, fast and reliable.
• Safer.
• Quick assembly: (15 min) without interruption of operation.
• Remotely controlled.
• Better scanning coverage (vs. platform scanning).
• No bowl cleaning required.
• Total stopping time ~25 min.

Wear monitoring

• Dimensional engineering: Structural and mechanical integrity assurance is achieved using a series of technological tools to survey, analyze and control their condition. Specialized sensors, engineering simulations and monitoring plans combine to analyze mechanical interactions and facilitate the control of catastrophic failures.

• ME Tracking: It is designed to provide online information on the supply chain and the quality associated with these products. This tool and its implementation is included in ME Elecmetal’s supply of grinding media at no extra charge.

Plant modeling (as-built)

3D modeling through laser surveying, which allows to evaluate the complete condition of the plant to analyze possible interferences and with the objective of facilitating the planning of maintenance activities and conditioning of equipment and infrastructure.