Full integration of process and automation design and knowledge is vitally important to ensure a smooth and optimized process operation, minimized risks of production ramp-up delays and downtime periods and to guarantee high health, environment and safety standards.
The important aspects of automation in pyrometallurgical processes include the ability to identify disturbances, stabilize the process and to gain an overall picture of production. Balances between departments involved in operations, from the blending of different raw materials to casting, are difficult to see and control, mainly due to long delays. Outotec® Automation System provides a long and short-term view of all of these processes.
For the pyrometallurgical processes, maintaining stable process by long-term production planning and proactive identification and elimination of disturbances is key to success, for which Outotec® Automation System is the answer. Outotec has several decades of experience in the incorporation of metallurgical process and control expertise into a package that favours the everyday work of customers. Outotec Proscon® Pyro enables not only constant and smooth management, monitoring and control of the process but also provides the most cost efficient tools and environment to further develop, optimize and maximize the process performance, maintenance and operability. These benefits are gained with high equipment performance and efficiency, ease of operation and maintenance, low consumption of utilities and consumables, fast discovery of factors causing disturbances and a high and traceable quality of production.
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The lifecycle of the Outotec Proscon® delivery does not end with commissioning. Outotec can provide a productive long-term partnership, by training customers’ personnel to take care of the routine maintenance activities of process control and by providing remote support “virtually on-site”. With Outotec Proscon®, the customer can achieve a cost-effective way to ensure the long-term availability of process control and also to develop an ability to carry out cost-effective consultation in the analysis and optimization of process performance together with Outotec.
Proscon® Pyro is the best way to transfer our metallurgical know-how and experience to our customers. The solution includes a modern process control system, based on world-class automation systems and components, process instrumentation and process electrification with the required services. The provision of automation, process design and project management from a single organization removes expensive and restrictive interfaces during implementation. Through our remote diagnostic online service, Outotec's metallurgical and automation expertise is available throughout all stages of the production life cycle.
Outotec® On-line Process Advisor enables on-line and easy dynamic mass and heat balance modeling for the Outotec® Flash Smelting Furnace and electric Slag Cleaning Furnaces. The On-line Process Advisor calculates new operating parameters from the current operating data for the furnace, and transfers information between the process control model, the process control system and the laboratory on-line. The On-line Process Advisor includes an easy-to- use user interface and process flow-sheet printing options.
Outotec® Smelter Information Management System (SIMS) is a new and modern platform for data collection, reporting and management, assisting in the integration of machines, monitoring and process control. Significant benefits are gained in increasing the energy efficiency, product quality and tracing as well as improving maintenance and safety.
Benefits of Outotec Proscon® Pyro
- Link between process know-how and automation
- Process operated as designed
- Rapid production ramp-up
- Continuous and stable process
- Maximized metal recoveries and minimized metal losses
- Integration process, machinery and maintenance information
- Automation system pre-tested before installation at plant
- Smooth equipment performance
- Safety of operation, equipment and personnel
- Easy and convenient operation
- Possibility for remote diagnostic services
Automation products by Outotec:
- Outotec Proscon® Pyro
- Process control system
- Process instrumentation
- Process electrification
- Outotec® On-line Process Advisor
- Outotec® Smelter Information Management System
- Advanced reporting of quality, efficiency and machinery