Thiru Veeraraghavan, A.W. Chesterton Co., USA, provides insight into how using the Internet of Things for preventative maintenance can thwart pump and valve failures in aluminium processing.
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critical aspect of mining and producing aluminium is processing bauxite. This process, which goes by the term ‘The Bayer Process,’ was invented more than 100 years ago by Austrian scientist, Karl Josef Bayer. During the procedure, aluminium hydrate is extracted from bauxite ores to produce 1 t of aluminium for every 2 – 3 t of bauxite.
Case study: North American aluminium processing plant At a global mining company's extensive aluminium processing plant in North America, over 1 million tpy of aluminium is produced using this process. Although often overlooked, this facility, like every other aluminium processing facility, counts
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