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Check out the benefits of O_Blend
AUTOPILOT to increase blend quality.
Visualize both tonnage and quality of piles and silos.
Sort the incoming material feeds.
Online Control / Industrial software
O_Blend
Raw material preparation, blending, quality prediction and measurement-based optimization for diverse industrial processes.
Advanced Process Optimization and Quality Control
Designed for real industrial processes.
Raw material preparation, blending, quality prediction and measurement-based optimization for diverse industrial processes.
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What is it all about?
Based on on-line/at-line analyzers (e.g. PGNAA, at-line XRF, PFTNA, LIBS, NIR, Raman, particle analyzers), process measurement devices (e.g. scales, GPS), and off-line analyzers (e.g. lab XRF, GC, HPLC),
O_Blend helps
visualize the tonnage and quality of subpiles,
sort incoming material feeds onto subpiles,
optimize the quality of a blend batch (blendpile, train, ship, silo/bin) or a blend tonnage window by adjusting the proportions of the material feeders or reclaimed materials
in food processing/chemical/biotechnological/pharmaceutical plants, mines, ports, cement plants, power stations, where the quality can be a vector of product concentrations, moisture, grain size, CV, ash content, etc.
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Various configurations
O_Blend is available for various industries such as:
O_Blend Cement for the cement industry,
O_Blend Coal for coal-fired power stations, coal mining, and terminals,
O_Blend Mineral for ore mining and metallurgical plants (iron, copper, phosphate, nickel, manganese, etc.),
O_Blend Food for the food industry,
O_Blend Glass for the glass industry.
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Visualization
Visualize tonnage and quality maps of stacked (sub)piles
Assist in selecting the sources of the incoming material feeds
Assist in optimizing the subpile cuts to reclaim by predicting the quality of the reclaimed materials
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Sorting
Automatically sort or assist in sorting an incoming feed from a truck, train, ship, quarry or mine onto subpiles with distinct grades
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Blending
To reduce the variability of blend quality, automatically blend or assist in blending several material feeders or reclaimed materials
Handle large unknown variations of the material qualities with no need to update the qualities by the user
No need for maintenance contract or on-site expert as O_Blend is based on novel measurement-based optimization (MBO) technology
Compensate for large time delays (40 min and more) between feeder/reclaimer actions and off-line analysis in the absence of an on-line/at-line analyzer
Apply customized strategies to reduce the effects of silo or pile changes and large perturbations in the feeds
Use alternative feeds when a feeder/reclaimer reaches a limit
Apply customized strategies e.g. to handle feeders/reclaimers with a nonzero minimum flowrate or when a feeder/reclaimer deviates from its setpoint
Compute an optimal raw material or subpile for each feeder/reclaimer
Use transparent feeder/reclaimer actions
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And more
Reduce the need for recalibrating on-line/at-line analyzers
Fast commissioning thanks to a dynamic simulator
Maximize the throughput of mills
Connect easily to a customer PLC (ABB, Rockwell, Schneider-Electric, Siemens, Yokogawa, etc.)
Plant automation and SCADA available such as server/client set-ups with operator panels and manager PCs for reporting.
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A sucess story
O_Blend has been successfully implemented worldwide.
”We have used O_Blend 24h/day 7days/week. After commissioning in 2009, the quality of our production has increased. In conclusion, we are very happy.”
”We consider O_Blend as an excellent system.”