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Weir Minerals announces new partnership with XMPro

Weir Minerals announces new partnership with XMPro

Weir Minerals has announced a new partnership with XMPro, a leading digital twin platform. The partnership will enable intelligent equipment and services and support miners to achieve higher performance while also reducing the environmental footprint of their operations. The XMPro platform – as a part of the Synertrex digital ecosystem – will facilitate the delivery of event intelligence, predictive analytics, and real-time insights. It allows for data orchestration and value creation from multiple sources, including sensors, miners’ digital ecosystems, and data only available to Weir Minerals as an OEM, like maintenance data and 3D engineering models. The platform identifies critical events by applying AI and predictive analytics, which will provide Weir Minerals’ customers with the next generation of predictive services...

Weir Minerals’ new Trio® TC84XR live-shaft cone crusher improves safety, functionality and reliability

Weir Minerals’ new Trio® TC84XR live-shaft cone crusher improves safety, functionality and reliability

Melbourne, Australia – Weir Minerals has upgraded its range of Trio® TC live-shaft cone crushers. The Trio® TC84XR features all the robust design elements that have made live-shaft crushers a fixture of the mining and sand and aggregate industries for generations, while also incorporating the latest technology to ensure it remains integral to flowsheets long into the future. ‘The Trio TC cone crushers’ live-shaft design has been proven to perform in heavy-duty secondary and tertiary crushing applications. We wanted to build on this strong foundation. My team followed a comprehensive design process – we’ve reviewed and tested every inch of this crusher. While the TC84XR may seem familiar on the outside, we’ve upgraded its design and control functionality. The motor...

Weir to acquire Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision technology leader Motion Metrics

Weir to acquire Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision technology leader Motion Metrics

The Weir Group has agreed to acquire Motion Metrics, a leading Canada-based global mining technology business, for an initial consideration of £89m1 payable in cash upon completion, subject to customary net debt and working capital adjustments. Motion Metrics is the market leading developer of innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 3D rugged Machine Vision Technology used in mines worldwide. Its technology helps miners increase safety, efficiency and sustainability of their operations. As part of the agreement, Motion Metrics Vancouver headquarters will become Weir’s global centre for excellence in AI and Machine Vision technology. Motion Metrics applications are highly complementary to Weir’s product portfolio. It will join the ESCO division reflecting the early adoption of its technology in ground engaging tools (GET)...

New 650 model expands the innovative Cavex® 2 hydrocyclone range

New 650 model expands the innovative Cavex® 2 hydrocyclone range

Improvements in efficiency and bypass demonstrated by the latest addition to the Cavex® 2 hydrocyclone range translate to operational savings for brownfield sites and reduced capital expense for greenfield projects. Melbourne, Australia – When the Cavex® hydrocyclone was introduced to the industry over 20 years ago, it set the benchmark for the rest of the market. As the first commercial high-efficiency hydrocyclone, it has been providing mining customers across the globe with guaranteed performance and a name that they can trust. The recently launched Cavex® 2 took this product range a step further with enhanced performance and design. The Cavex® 2 hydrocyclone marked a new era in separation technology, with its LIG+™ advanced laminar spiral inlet and size of the...

Weir Minerals launches new zero VOC adhesive range for rubber lining

Weir Minerals launches new zero VOC adhesive range for rubber lining

The LINATEX® LOCTITE® - LINA 88™ solvent-free and zero VOC adhesive range, developed specifically for Linatex® rubber products in collaboration with Henkel, delivers best-in-class bond strength. Melbourne, Australia – Weir Minerals, manufacturer of Linatex®, the world’s leading brand of premium natural rubber, has partnered with world’s largest adhesive producer Henkel and its team of LOCTITE® adhesive, sealant and coating specialists, to develop a mining industry-first solvent-free adhesive for rubber lining applications with zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs are carbon-based, organic chemicals that are often used in adhesives, paints and coatings. They are subject to strict regulations, with some governments aiming to limit worker exposure while others target large-scale emissions in order to improve air quality. Mining companies also target...

Weir Minerals strengthens its partnership with international technology group, Andritz

Weir Minerals strengthens its partnership with international technology group, Andritz

Las Vegas, United States of America Weir Minerals and Andritz have signed an agreement at MINExpo 2021 expanding their shared commitment and strategic cooperation to supply equipment for processing tailings in the mining industry. The foundations of this agreement have been built on a shared understanding and vision to enable the sustainable and efficient delivery of the natural resources essential to create a better future for the world. Since 2018, Weir Minerals’ and Andritz’s partnership has seen them collaborate on joint tailings projects. This shared history as partners – a collaboration made stronger by the quality of individuals on both teams – has reinforced their abiding belief that together, both Weir Minerals and Andritz are stronger. This shared success has...