Industrial AI Case Studies
Explore measured results from Conundrum's AI-driven advanced process control.
Plant feed rate +1.6 to 1.8%
Removing a tailings thickener bottleneck
Iron ore. A thickener that was not short of capacity, only of margin, forced the plant to cut feed. Controlling its whole state rather than one level difference recovered about an hour a day.
Classification variability 2.2 to 2.4× lower
Classification variability more than halved
Iron ore. Letting pressure move within soft bands, rather than holding it to setpoint, steadied the separation size cut and feed density, and the benefit landed on the vessel downstream.
Flotation recovery +0.8 pp
Holding concentrate grade on target
A cleaner flotation circuit whose grade moved with everything upstream. Predicting the grade response instead of reacting to it cut variability by 30% and depressant use by 43%.
Grinding throughput +2.9%
Holding the mill in its productive range
An autogenous grinding circuit that tended to overload on hard ore and run light on soft ore. Holding charge and recirculation inside their limits raised throughput.