Tag: Emerson

How Valve Solutions Improve Tailings Disposal and Water Management

Steve Brewer & Mark Nymeyer

By Steve Brewer & Mark Nymeyer, Emerson This is the second article in a two-part series explaining how innovative valve solutions can be used to improve mining operations. The first article, “How advanced control valves, regulators and relief valves improve mining operations,” covered valve solutions for crushing/grinding/ball mills, digestion/autoclaves, flotation/thickening, and leaching/solvent extraction processes. This article will focus on tailings…

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Emerson issues update for DeltaV DCS

NAM Staff

Emerson is further expanding its DeltaV Automation Platform with the DeltaV Version 15 Feature Pack 2 update for its distributed control system (DCS). The feature pack release empowers users to easily transition to a DeltaV DCS from more third-party control systems, expands support for data-rich Ethernet device networks and reduces the complexity of state-based control implementations. “DeltaV Version 15 Feature…

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How advanced control valves, regulators and relief valves improve mining operations

NAM Staff

Efficient and reliable mine operations rely on carefully specified automated valves and control equipment. By Steve Brewer and Mark Nymeyer, Emerson Mining processes have always been brutal on control equipment. Abrasive and corrosive slurries are present throughout the facility, and many of the ore extraction steps involve corrosive chemicals. Recent initiatives to recover and reuse water from tailings have only…

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Emerson releases wedge flow meter

NAM Staff

Emerson released the Rosemount 9195 Wedge Flow Meter, a fully integrated solution consisting of a wedge primary sensor element, supporting components and a selectable Rosemount pressure transmitter. The new meter’s unique flexible design is ideal for measuring process fluids with a wide range of demanding characteristics in various heavy industry applications, including metals and mining. It can be very difficult…

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Emerson releases DeltaV control system update

NAM Staff

Global technology and software company Emerson is building upon its innovative technologies and solutions in the DeltaV distributed control system (DCS) with the release of DeltaV Version 15 Feature Pack 1. This feature pack release includes new technology and enhancements to current capabilities that not only improve control system situational awareness and performance, but also help ensure more efficient, sustainable…

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SELECTING KNIFE GATE VALVES FOR SEVERE TAILINGS SERVICE

Nick Farran

Water reduction efforts in mining operations create high pressure, highly abrasive slurries that require a new class of severe service knife gate valve designs. By Nick Farran One of the major financial drivers of any mining enterprise is the efficiency of tailings disposal. Tailings are the remaining unwanted components of the mine ore once extractable minerals have been recovered.  Composed…

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Emerson upgrades Rosemount pressure transmitter

NAM Staff

Emerson has unveiled an enhanced Rosemount 3051 Pressure Transmitter adding new device capabilities to make it easier to use, provide more insights and add diagnostic capabilities. The Rosemount 3051 Pressure Transmitter user interfaces have been redesigned to provide a simplified, task-based menu structure with common navigation across host and configuration tools for a faster, more intuitive user experience. The new,…

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