The use of a colour parameter in a machine vision system, smartFroth, to evaluate copper flotation performance at Rio Tinto's kennecott utah copper concentrator

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-151

  Morar, S H ^a   Forbes, G ^a   Heinrich, G S ^a   Bradshaw, D J ^a   King, D ^b   Adair, B J I ^b   Esdaile, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation   (United States)

^c Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTER VISION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; COPPER MINES; FLOTATION; MOLYBDENUM; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; COLOUR INFORMATIONS; CONCENTRATE GRADES; COPPER FLOTATIONS; DESCRIPTORS; FLOTATION PERFORMANCES; IRON CONCENTRATE GRADES; KENNECOTT UTAH COPPERS; MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS; MAIN FACTORS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; METALLURGICAL PERFORMANCES; MINERAL FLOTATIONS; OPERATING VARIABLES; OPTIMISATION; REAL TIMES; RIO TINTO; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL INSPECTIONS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 58049190393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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