Relaves y residuos mineros

Tailings requires effective management just to make the operation work cost-effectively. While the tailings risk is unlikely to affect the actual mining effort; a collapsed tailings dam can destroy the mine’s value, as well as a company’s reputation and license to operate. Wireless tailings dam monitoring can help manage risk and improve safety.

Valves play a critical role in the transportation and the disbursement of tailings. Because tailings are very abrasive and often corrosive, slurry valves used on tailing lines must be able to withstand the changing solids contents in slurries and remain operational for long periods of time. When adding pressure, density, and velocity, tailings transportation becomes an arduous environment for a valve to operate in, and the remote location of many tailings ponds means that reliability and low maintenance are extremely critical since access is inconvenient.

Miners can benefit from implementing condition monitoring solutions for tailings dam pumps to improve their availability.