Development of the Digital Twin for Flotation of Non-Ferrous Metal Ore Beneficiation

Abstract

The paper suggests a solution to the task of evaluating the current quantitative characteristics of the material at different stages of non-ferrous metal ore beneficiation by a flotation method. For the purpose thereof, the digital twin was applied. Practical application of such an approach will inform an operator about pulp consumption values in a large amount of points of a processing unit without installation of additional metering equipment. Moreover, the digital twin can be used as a unit of an automated information management system to optimize the operation modes of the equipment used for the ore beneficiation process.