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Aug 04,2008
After a comprehensive research and development phase, Intellection is pleased to announce the upcoming release of its QEMSCAN measurement and analysis application for iron ore.
This is one of a number of packaged capabilities that will be available free of charge to QEMSCAN owners under warranty or support agreements.
Iron ore continues to grow in importance to the world mining industry, and the QEMSCAN iron ore capability represents a carefully scoped and tested capability for customers working in this area.
QEMSCAN® has been used in iron ore research for many years, with over a dozen known published works and has also been used by several major companies for commercial iron ore applications and consultancy projects.
These projects have relied on the knowledge of a small number of experts who have directed every step. As part of Intellection’s goal to bring the benefits of QEMSCAN technology to a greater number of users in a production environment, our aim is to package expertise in a form that is easy to use and generally available.
In 2007 Intellection began a development program to provide a more standardized measurement process for iron ore production applications, resulting in Iron Ore v1.0.
The measurement process was developed in four stages by Intellection with input from CSIRO Minerals Iron Ore group, QCAT .
1. A set of reference standards were assembled by QCAT with comprehensive optical, chemical and electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA) analysis provided.
2. In a double-blind test, the same samples underwent QEMSCAN® measurement testing by CSIRO Waterford to provide a detailed baseline comparison of QEMSCAN results with conventional analysis methods used in Stage 1.
3. The results were presented and published at the Iron Ore 07 conference in Perth.
4. These baseline results were used by Intellection to develop a comprehensive, predictable measurement process.
Iron Ore v1.0 provides the user with a Standard Operating Procedure for analyzing iron ore samples from a stated list of iron ore deposits and carefully defines the limits within which this procedure has been tested. It provides a SIP that has been developed for the minerals most likely to be of interest to the iron ore analyst, and defines which major ore minerals and gangue minerals can be identified with a high level of confidence.
The package is defined for both thin sections and 30mm sample blocks. It provides a set of standard reports and instrument requirements..