ABB's gearless mill and conveyor drives help operators save energy and achieve greater throughput with significantly lower costs when matched with advanced digital services. The mining industry is at a critical point. It holds the key to more sustainable operations through the deployment of digital solutions powered by big data and automation ...
ABB's gearless mill and conveyor drives help operators save energy and achieve greater throughput with significantly lower costs when matched with advanced digital services. The mining industry is at a critical point. It holds the …
1 REMOTE DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR GEARLESS MILL DRIVES *S. Gaulocher1, K.S. Stadler1, Th. von Hoff 1, R. Veldsman2, A. Fuerst2 and J. Koponen2 1ABB Switzerland Ltd. Corporate Research Segelhofstrasse 1 K CH-5405 Baden 5 Daettwil, Switzerland (*Corresponding author: [email protected])
2 GEARLESS MILL DES The gearless mill drive eliminates ring-gear, pinion, gearbox, coupling, motor shaft and motor bearings, used within a conventional mill drive system. By mounting the rotor poles directly onto the mill, the mill itself becomes the rotor of the gearless motor. Building a track record ABB's experience in optimizing gearless ...
Gearless Mill Drives Ensured Results in Mineral Processing. Antamina Compania Minera Antamina S.A. Peru Project: One SAG Mill and 3 Ball Mill Drive Systems ... ABB – Your Partner in Mining & Mineral Processing ABB offers comprehensive packages of ABB competencies, products and services for the
Technology leader ABB has deployed six ABB gearless mill drives at the Cobre Panama copper mine, which is located 120 km west of Panama City. The operator is Mineria Panama S.A. Following a period of ownership transition, …
Gearless Mill Drive Protection Improvements and Its Behavior at Minera Escondida Ltda. Luis Nieto C. Gerencia Mantenimiento Procesos Minera Escondida Ltda, MEL Operated by BHPBilliton Antofagasta, Chile [email protected] Markus Ahrens Engineering Drives ABB Switzerland Ltd Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland [email protected]
Paper held at SAG Conference 2011 - By S. Gaulocher (ABB), K.S. Stadler (ABB), Th. von Hoff (ABB), R. Veldsman (ABB), A. Fuerst (ABB) and J. Koponen (ABB): Gearless mill drives (GMDs) are the workhorse in the mineral processing industries, more specifically when it comes to grinding crushed ore and cement (in various production stages) in semiautogenous (SAG) …
ABB supplied gearless mill drives, process and electrical control systems, power quality systems, a substation and a System 800xA integrated operations center.
ABB is working to incorporate AR and mixed reality to create remote training, targeted to operators of ABB gearless mill drives. The prospects of a cross-over between AR and mixed reality have proven so well that ABB is also working on building remote factory acceptance test (FAT) capabilities to support the mining sector.
ABB has re-packaged its proven and tested service offering for gearless mill drives (GMD) remote diagnostic services with the launch of a newly created product package of two modules, GMDbeat TM and GMDfit TM.The …
ABB has deployed six ABB Gearless Mill Drives in Panama at the Cobre Panama copper mine, which is located 120 kilometers west of Panama City in the Donoso district, Colon province. The Panamanian company that holds the Cobre Panama concession is …
Gearless mill drives (GMDs) are the grinding solution of choice in challenging environments. By eliminating bolt-on mechanical components such as ring-gears, pinions, couplings and gearboxes, GMDs offer ore producers unrivalled availability, efficiency and durability, while reducing operating expenditure, according to GMD provider ABB.
The six ABB Gearless Mill Drives, which are the most powerful mill drive systems on the market for semi-autogenous (SAG), ball and autogenous mills, have been installed since late last year and are all now in continuous …
ABB gearless mill drives draw on the ABB distributed control system, ABB Ability™ System 800xA and offer advanced mill control functions including frozen charge detection, frozen charge remover, controlled rollback, automatic positioning …
A Gearless Mill Drive (GMD) is a major investment for a plant, and a host of processes are dependent on its reliable performance. This makes its potential downtime one of the biggest risks any mining company faces. It's also one that can be mitigated and controlled through data and insights.
ABB Gearless Mill Drives are Operational in Chile. Officials at power and automation technology group ABB have announced the successful commission of three gearless mill drive systems at Codelco's Mina Ministro Hales (MMH) in Chile; the state-run Codelco is the No. 1 copper miner in the world's most copper-prolific nation; ABB also provided ...
ABB gearless mill drives such as those at Cobre Panama can operate under the most extreme environmental conditions like high altitudes or …
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it held the second global gearless mill drive (GMD) user meeting. The conference, a conjoint organisation between ABB Switzerland and ABB Peru, took place in Lima, Peru, 23-24 October 2008 at the Hotel Marriott. This conference was the fourth ABB GMD user meeting, after the …
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Gearless mill drive system (GMD) Go gearless to meet your business objetives by exceeding standard availability targets in your grinding operations. ABB's GMD is the most powerful mill drive system in the market to power semiautogenous (SAG), ball and autogenous (AG) mills, This 'workhorse' for grinding operations combines a robust ...
ABB Switzerland, in collaboration with ABB Australia, organized a Gearless Mill Drive User Meeting in Sydney, Australia, on 16th and 17th November 2006. Baden, 22nd December 2006 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announces that it has held a Gearless Mill Drive (GMD) user meeting for its customers in the Oceanian region. …
ABB is buying Alstom's ring motor business to enhance its gearless mill drive (GMD) activities. The business, based in Bilbao, Spain, has about 120 employees and achieved a turnover of €57m in 2012/13. It will become part of ABB's Process Automation division. The financial details of the deal have not been revealed.
The SAG mill drive package is rated at 21 MW; the ball mill drives at 16.4 MW. • An order in May 2008 valued at more than €20 million from Aurox Resources Ltd. to supply gearless drives for a 34-ft-diameter, 14-MW SAG mill …
Speed variation required is in the range of +/- 15% of synchronous motor speeds. VVVF drive packages from ABB and Siemens are also available for 2 x 10MW in low and high speed options. Dual hydraulic inching drives provide a much safer and convenient operation with the added advantage of locked charge detection.