A large North American Gold Mine was having a challenge with their CIP/CIL process for gold refining. The challenge was three-fold.
The first challenge was that their current supplier was uneven in the supply of screens to site which created headaches for the production team in that they were losing efficiency in their process to screen wear which further affected the subsequent processes. They overcame this challenge by carrying an excessive inventory of these screens to ensure that their production would not be compromised.
The second challenge was uneven wear in the screens due to the nature of the process. As a result, several alternatives were tried including the use of resin based tiles that could be exchanged at various wear points. Although this concept of the face appeared to address the problem a secondary challenge of the time required to replace the worn tiles and the wear rate of the tiles increased the service downtime to an unacceptable level.
The third and final challenge was the cation of the screen system, in that, only a single crane had access to this location. As this crane was required for other on-going operations in the facility this was a time limited resource that had to be scheduled. Unpredictable wear and excessive downtime compromised other operations in the facility and was a considerable friction point for the production team.
Federal Screen was able to work with the production team as well as a local vendor on creating a screen system that would be more durable as well as more serviceable. The Federal Screen 97%+ on time delivery schedule from Federal Screen was put to the test in terms of not only production but delivery to this remote site.
The net result of this cooperative effort was the customer documented a 23% greater wear life with the federal screen and further inventory savings as result of reduced inventories due to on time deliveries and longer product life. One homer Happy Federal Screen customer
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