Evaluation of the economic benefits of milling circuit control

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-82

  Hulbert, D G ^a  

^a MINTEK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Milling circuits; Process control

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; MILLING (MACHINING); PROCESS CONTROL; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; MILLING CIRCUITS; OPERATING POINTS; REFERENCE CONDITION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84945559879     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20020721-6-es-1901.01164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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