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onico is an industrial communications company that provides preconfigured real-time data acquisition, integration, remote condition monitoring and analytical solutions for fixed and mobile industrial assets. They have been providing custom preconfigured remote monitoring, integration and analytical solutions for critical assets in  Mining, Oil and Gas, Marine and Electrical Power Generation for over 15 years. Monico’s data acquisition solutions provide a non-OEM alternative solution for machine data capture and are OEM agnostic. Although Monico’s solutions include a wide range of OEM industrial protocols such as CDL (Cat Data Link), SAE J1939 and CANopen, they are most widely known for their extensive knowledge and expertise with Caterpillar® equipment.

Monico has successfully provided numerous preconfigured hardware solutions for a wide range of Mining equipment for use in both end user and 3^rd party Industrial IoT, Remote Monitoring Condition Monitoring and Analytics platforms.

The Monico team works with customers to assist them in developing application specific, preconfigured hardware solutions for real-time data capture from their industrial assets; such as mine haul trucks, loaders, dozers, drill rigs, and more. In most cases, the specific machine data required will come from multiple sources on the machine. Furthermore, the desired data is often either broadcast and or must be requested using specific industrial protocols and once collected will need to be prepared and converted into specific outbound networks and protocols suitable for efficient and effective transmission and ingestion to the final destination platform. They are capable of multiple inputs and multiple output data streams simultaneously.

The Monico team helps customers identify which protocols their machines are using, where on the machine that data exists and how to best collect, prepare and send the data to the target platform. Monico then builds out a preconfigured hardware and data transmission solution specific to the requirements of the project.

In addition to industrial data acquisition hardware solutions, Monico also offers Remote Condition Monitoring through their Monico™Live service which is a remote condition monitoring solution that incorporates live streaming data with cloud analytics to provide predictive and preventative alerts and notifications about the status of industrial assets and their engines. Combining Monico’s reciprocating engine Subject Matter Experts with the customer’s operational & maintenance expertise, Monico is able to partner with their customers to provide increased visibility, improved reliability of machines and can improve operation, performance and utilization.

They don’t just sell you a piece of hardware with an instruction manual and wish you luck. Monico sales and support engineers work with each customers’ unique application clearly defining required hardware, mounting location options, cable harness for power and communications, pre-configuration and topology requirements to ensure YOUR MACHINE DATA IS DELIVERED HOW AND WHERE YOU WANT IT.

Monico’s exclusive flagship hardware, mCore®SDR is a powerful Secure Data Router and industrial edge appliance purpose-built for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

• Accommodates multiple simultaneous inputs and outputs to multiple destinations
• Quad-core processor with five (5) math coprocessors
• Multiple layers of cybersecurity
• Small, ruggedized environmentally-sealed (IP66 & IP67) enclosure
• Operating temperature range of -40 C to 70 C
• Class I Div 2 Groups A, B, C, D Hazardous Location rated
• Input voltage range 9 – 36 VDC
• Shock tested to 25G and 2-200HZ 5G Vibration Tested

mCore®SDR collects, prepares, compresses, real-time stamps, buffers, stores and sends data in a very unique, secure and efficient manner making it the preferred next generation hardware appliance for your critical asset integration, industrial IoT and Edge Analytics applications.

Monico prides themselves on their unmatched Customer Service and Support. Starting at the top and driven throughout the organization, their motto is YOUR MACHINE, YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY and their job isn’t complete until the customer is satisfied and seeing the data they want where they want it

The Monico team has a long history and vast experience working with industrial machinery and equipment across multiple industries. Their extensive knowledge is relied upon by their customers for identifying the best solution for data capture, integration and analysis of data streams with connected assets.

Based out of Spring, Texas USA, Monico’s world-wide customer basis includes end users, contract operating companies, OEM’s, OEM dealers, integrators, specialized analytics and remote monitoring companies with data integration on their IIoT platforms and several mining machine autonomy companies.

Contact the Monico sales team to discuss your specific application and see how they can help you and or your customer monetize their data into useful and actionable intelligence designed to improve and optimize equipment health, maintenance and operation.

Follow them on LinkedIn or at www.monicoinc.com to see trade show schedules and check out their 4-part webinar series on:

• Data acquisition from Industrial Assets
• Remote condition monitoring
• OSIsoft PI Data Integration
• Industrial Analytics

Monico Monitoring

Tel: 1-281-350-8751

Web: www.monicoinc.com

Email: sales@monicoinc.com

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ailings treament is one of the most common safety, environmental & operational challenges in mining business. Dewatering as a method of treatment has been gaining popularity as it not only enables dry stacking, but also recovers process water and one of the most efficient technologies is the ANDRITZ decanter A10-4.

Eliminating the need for a tailings dam. Improving process water recovery to decrease reliance on external water sources. Handling of abrasive material, high throughputs or slurries with high density. Based on the unique conditions at your site, ANDRITZ recommends and fine-tunes a solution that provides not only the highest possible process efficiency, but also state-of-the-art dewatering and recovery of process water. With an installed base of over 20,000 machines and over 70 years of experience with red mud, ANDRITZ is not only one of the leading suppliers of decanter centrifuges, but also well experienced when it comes to tailings treatment.

All of which has cumulated in one solution customized to handle all requirements for tailings– the ANDRITZ decanter centrifuge A10-4. Operating with high-speed design capabilities for dewatering of tailings and fine solids, the ANDRITZ decanter centrifuge A10-4 enables you to handle high volumes and increase recovery rates, also due to its large diameter-to-length ratio.

In addition, it is designed for maximum flexibility, with multiple construction material options and unique features such as operating speeds of up to 2,200 G (ideally suited to achieving high recovery rates for fine particles as well as high throughput) and a dual VFD drive system to react automatically to varying process parameters during operation in torque control mode. The deep pond configuration enabling reduced power consumption and a cleaning-in-place (CIP) feature for highest hygienic standards and minimized downtimes complete this innovative piece of equipment. But there is even more to this specific centrifuge.

When dewatering tailing slurries, highest separation efficiency not only results in easier dry stacking of the dewatered tailings, but also in more process water being recovered with less fines entrained. This is why ANDRITZ has improved the feed ports of their decanter centrifuges with the GentleFeeder^TM feeding system. The system ensures that there is less turbulence in the feed zone in order to decrease shearing forces. This prevents potential particle breakage, improves flocculant efficiency, and reduces the fines content in the centrate.

The GentleFeeder^TM feeding system can be tailored to any application and product for which the decanter centrifuge A series is used, and it has been specially customized for tailings treatment on the ANDRITZ decanter centrifuge A10-4. The CFD-optimized design of the GentleFeeder^TM feeding system to reduce shear forces and smooth the injection impact has been shown to increase revenue due to the product quality achieved, containing up to only half the amount of solids previously entrained in the centrate.

With improved process water recovery during tailings dewatering, no need for a tailings dam, and the machine’s smaller footprint compared to filter presses, a decanter centrifuge is already a real economizer. In the specific case of the ANDRITZ A10-4 decanter centrifuge, these features are combined with a power recovery system called the TurboJet® weir plate in order to minimize energy consumption as well. As a result of the highly efficient hydraulic design of the rotating unit, the discharge radius of the clarified liquid – the centrate – is kept to a minimum.

The TurboJet recovers the kinetic energy in the liquid and reduces overall energy consumption. Power savings thanks to TurboJet® will vary with feed flow rate, pond depth and bowl speed, usually reaching 20 to 30% (depending on operating conditions) compared to standard weir plates. An additional benefit is the lower capital cost because the size of the main motor, VFD and belt drive can be reduced when a TurboJet® weir plate is included in a new decanter.

One of the latest innovations by ANDRITZ, and one which is also available as an option for the ANDRITZ decanter centrifuge A10-4, is the Metris addIQ control system for decanter centrifuges – a well-proven, intelligent control solution for industrial processes and machines. The heart of the addIQ system is a modular, PLC-based control system that helps you obtain optimum benefit from your ANDRITZ decanter centrifuge.

Depending on the package chosen – ranging from replacement of existing installations with addIQ PURE to the ECO, DYNAMIC and PRIME packages and the customizable FLEX – you can chose the degree of decanter automation that will best fit your needs. The range extends from machine control alone, to line control, 24/7 monitoring options and remote support, to our analysis tool Metris addIQ Optimizing, which seeks out ways for you to save money while also stabilizing and increasing production on your equipment.

These flexible monitoring and optimizing options enable you to improve such KPIs as dryness, energy efficiency and water recovery on a continuous basis. With the Metris addIQ control systems, our ANDRITZ decanter centrifuge A10-4 is not only one of the most efficient options for tailings treatment available on the market but is also ready for the future of industry 4.0 and IIoT.

LASE Australia

Tel: +61 480141507

Web: www.andritz.com/separation

Email: separation@andritz.com