CiDRA Wins Major Mining Contract in Chile.CiDRA and Bechtel successfully complete third expansion project at Minera Los Pelambres WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- CiDRA Minerals Processing, Inc. announced today that they have been awarded, through Bechtel Chile Ltda, their third expansion contract to supply SONARtrac[R] process monitoring systems to Minera Los Pelambres in Chile, the world's fifth largest copper mine. The SONARtrac systems will provide volumetric volumetric /vol·u·met·ric/ (vol?u-met´rik) pertaining to or accompanied by measurement in volumes. vol·u·met·ric adj. Of or relating to measurement by volume. flow measurements on critical slurry slurry, n a thin mixture of insoluble material floating in liquid. slurry solids in suspension. Used as a method of feeding pigs—slurry is pumped through fixed lines and delivered to troughs by hoses equipped with gasoline pump fittings. lines within the concentrator plant, and work integrally within the Los Pelambres expansion project awarded to Bechtel. Specifically, this win for CiDRA is part of the "Repower 2 Project - Minera Los Pelambres", scheduled for completion in 2010, will increase the capacity of the mine's concentrator from 145,000 tons (132,000 tonnes) to 175,000 tons (159,000 tonnes) per day. The project, located in the Andes some 124 miles (200 kilometers) from Chile's capital, Santiago, comprises two main work sites: the mine area and primary crusher crusher, machine used to reduce materials such as ore, coal, stone, and slag to particle sizes that are convenient for their intended uses. Crushers operate by slowly applying a large force to the material to be reduced. at an elevation elevation, vertical distance from a datum plane, usually mean sea level to a point above the earth. Often used synonymously with altitude, elevation is the height on the earth's surface and altitude, the height in space above the surface. of 9,800 feet (almost 3,000 meters), and the concentrator at 5,200 feet (1,600 meters). A conveyor transports Conveyor transport is the broad category of transport that includes modes developed from the idea of a conveyor belt. Examples include:
CiDRA's SONARtrac flow technology is a new class of industrial flowmeter See flow meter. , utilizing measurement principles that are distinct from all other flowmeter technologies operating in the mining industry. SONARtrac non-intrusive flow monitoring systems make no contact with the slurry and can be removed and reinstalled when it is necessary to replace the pipe. As well, SONARtrac systems demonstrate a very stable output in the presence of a variety of ores, and demonstrate superior levels of performance. This passive, sonar-based technology enables measurements of single phase and multiphase Mul´ti`phase a. 1. (Elec.) Having many phases; Adj. 1. multiphase - of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle fluids, as well as slurries, with the same level of accuracy and performance. Additional information about CiDRA can be found at www.cidra.com. SONARtrac is a trademark of CiDRA. |
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