Existing Problems of the Ore Beneficiation Automation

Although the ore beneficiation automation has been regarded as a low risk, high profit and practical technology for the modern mining industry, in the real production line, the application of it haven’t realized the expected effect and result.

Speaking of the domestic ore beneficiation machines such as the magnetic separator and the flotation separator, the automatic performance of these machines is not quite pleasing. The automatic technology and production control system are not with the same high level quality and can show their value for a long time. Those which can be put into practice don’t perform well in the production, while others can’t even work normally.

Considering the current negative development situation, we must find out the concrete reasons and factors that cause the unpleasing result. Our experts here list the main reasons leading to the restriction of the development of ore beneficiation automation.

1. The ore beneficiation automatic system is not designed reasonably considering the local situation.

2. There is no ground breaking progress being made about the index automatic instrumentation for the ore beneficiation process.

3. Most of the ore beneficiation machinery manufacturers and the application customers have paid no necessary attention to the application and maintenance of the automation system for long.

4. For some ore beneficiation plants, they hold the point that the annual operation of the ore beneficiation machines is better than the automatic operation. Of course, it’s easy for us to think that to operate equipment by hand may be more reliable and simpler. However, we should abandon the old concept if we want to catch up with the global advanced competitors.