Increasing mill uptime by

REDUCING DOWNTIME
with the Sentinel Camera Unit
(SCU)
What is your current practice for
performing scheduled inspections?
 Typical Procedure New Procedure
Activity
(Hr.) with SCU (Hr.)
Mill stop 0.08 0.08
Isolate 0.25 -
A new procedure for Remove chute 0.5 -
Inspection 0.5 0.17
scheduled inspections Install chute 0.5 -
De-isolate 0.25 -
Mill start 0.08 0.08
TOTAL 2.16 0.33
BENEFIT 1.83

Δ Improvement = 1 hour 50 minutes

Setting the charge
before the reline

Typical Case -
Activity
2 Iterations (Hr.)
Mill stop 0.08 x 2
Isolate 0.25 x 2
Remove chute 0.50 x 2
80% chance of Inspection 0.08 x 2
Install chute 0.50 x 2
having to iterate De-isolate 0.25 x 2
Mill start 0.08 x 1
TOTAL 3.40
What difference does the SCU make in setting the charge before the
reline?
Can you benefit from unscheduled mill stops?
Every minute of unscheduled downtime is costing you dollars for NO
benefit
Why not use the unscheduled mill stop
to perform an opportunistic inspection?
An opportunistic inspection can help redeem some value from an unscheduled mill
stop…

…and might save you from having to do the next scheduled

inspection.
What are two of the most
important 1. Mill uptime (throughput)
KPIs for concentrator 2. Safety (in or around the mill)
plants relating to the
mills?
REDUCING
SAFETY RISKS
with the Sentinel
Camera Unit
(SCU)

Reduce exposure to
confined
spaces
Confined space
exposure

Setting charge levels

Reducing the need for people to enter

the mill will always improve safety
Confined space
exposure

Performing mill
inspections

Reducing the need for people to enter the mill will always improve
safety
 Downtime Uptime
6.50%
Time distribution 93.50%
without camera unit

Bolt retorquing - 5.27% (0.34%)

Downtime distribution Reline - 43.91% (2.85%)

without camera unit Bolt breakage - 5.27% (0.34%)

Other failures - 15.81% (1.03%)

Scheduled inspections - 29.75% (1.93%)

0% 50% 100%
**Typical downtime distribution for large SAG mills in South America
 4.89% Downtime Additional Uptime Uptime
1.61%

Time distribution 93.50%

with a camera unit

Bolt retorquing - 7.01% (0.34%)

Reline - 56.54% (2.76%)

Bolt breakage - 7.01% (0.34%)

Downtime distribution Other failures - 21.03% (1.03%)
with a camera unit
Scheduled inspections - 8.41% (0.41%)

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

**Typical downtime distribution for large SAG mills in South America
 If the SCU could:

Increase mill uptime by 1.6%

and

Reduce your confined space risks

What is that worth to your bottom line?

Thanks