Emerson Wireless Solution Helps Newmont Avoid Shutdowns of Rotating SAG Mill at Minera Yanacocha Site in Peru

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Emerson Wireless Solution Helps Newmont Avoid Shutdowns of Rotating SAG Mill at Minera Yanacocha Site in Peru

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Newmont’s Minera Yanacocha complex also enjoys the benefits of:

  • AMS Device Manger for real-time online access to intelligent instrument diagnostics and alerts and a view of device health and troubleshooting information.
  • AMS Trex Field Device Communicator to increase productivity of its field staff and solve complex device issues without the need for other specialized tools.
  • AMS 9420 Wireless Vibration Transmitter and AMS Machinery Manager for vibration data collection and analysis. 



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Business Results

  • Continuous, real-time temperature measurement enables prevention of overheating conditions
  • Temperature trending in the DeltaV control system helps prevent unexpected shutdowns
  • Smart Wireless solution was easily and quickly installed with minimal downtime

Application

Continuous temperature monitoring for a constantly rotating SAG Mill where a wired solution was not possible with Emerson’s Rosemount 848T High Density Wireless Transmitter. 

Customer

Newmont’s Minera Yanacocha complex in Peru is the largest gold mine
in Latin America and the second largest in the world. The mine poured its first gold ore bar on August 7, 1993. Yanacocha invested more than $1 billion in environmental and social responsibility projects from 1993-2012 and continues doing so.

Challenge

Newmont was looking for a cost-effective and reliable way to monitor the temperature of the SAG mill’s motor, which is most critical piece of equipment for the process. Continuous temperature monitoring would allow operators to avoid unexpected plant shutdowns which could cost up to USD $1.4 M/day in lost gold, silver and copper production. Just replacing one of the motor’s poles would cause a 2-day shutdown, thus resulting in US $2.8M in lost production and US $400K in services and parts. The measurement point is continuously rotating, making a wired solution virtually impossible.

Solution

Newmont implemented a Smart Wireless solution, based on the IEC
62591 (WirelessHART®) standard, to measure the motor’s poles  temperature at 4 different points with a Rosemount 848T High Density
Wireless Transmitter. The device is mounted to the massive 16.5 MW SAG mill motor which continuously rotates at 8-9 RPM. The Smart Wireless Gateway is mounted close to the mill and has a Modbus connection to the DeltaV control system with the capability of trending and alarms. 

"Smart Wireless enables online monitoring of critical equipment and helps to avoid costly plant shutdowns. The wireless network was easy and quick to set up. We plan to implement similar applications throughout the Newmont Corporation.”

Maintenance General Foreman

Emerson’s Smart Wireless solution enables Newmont to continually
monitor temperature in the rotating motor to prevent overheating
which can lead to a costly plant shutdown. Placing and configuring the
wireless network was an easy task that required little time. The DeltaV
control system is managing both Foundation Fieldbus and Smart Wireless communications buses. An alarm notifies operators if the temperature exceeds normal operations. In addition, trending capabilities allow Newmont to provide the manufacturer of the motor with information they can use for improvements.
 

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