Challenge: When you’re extracting minerals in a flotation circuit, minimizing reagent use and getting the right resident time means keeping tight control over pH, water usage, and incoming air. But fluctuating feed rates, coarse particles, bubbling, and other factors can damage and degrade your sensors, pumps, valves, and pipes. They can ruin your productivity—and even trigger an unplanned shutdown.

Solution: You can build a more cost-effective, reliable process with Emerson’s solutions. Our durable Rosemount pH, level, and flow measurement instruments can withstand the rigors of flotation tanks and slurry flows, while our corrosion-resistant Fisher valves keep your process running where ordinary valves will fail. You’ll also be able to repair and replace assets before they malfunction—our CSI vibration measurement and analysis tools monitor critical pumping elements for the telltale signs of wear, and with built-in diagnostics, our smart instruments can alert operators before performance begins to suffer. Put all this together with our DeltaV Digital Automation System, and you’ll gain the insight and tight control you need to increase metal recovery and minimize your use of floating reagents. That means a stable, long-running process that saves you time and money.