How the Functional Performance Equation for Milling Circuits is a Game Changing Tool for Practicing Metallurgists
Speaker: Robert E. McIvor
Abstract: The Functional Performance Equation provides the clarity needed for metallurgists (a) to understand, (b) to measure, and (c) to improve grinding circuit performance in a structured, systematic manner. It’s like cheating in the performance improvement game played by “computer modelling and simulation”. Operators, designers, suppliers, researchers and students all can benefit enormously.
Bio: Rob McIvor has devoted his career to design and optimisation of grinding circuits. He holds engineering degrees from Saskatchewan and McGill Universities, is a recipient of the MacPherson award and CEEC medal, and recently an SME Fellow. Rob was an understudy of pumping and milling specialists (including Fred C Bond) at Allis-Chalmers, and cyclone specialists at Linatex. He discovered Functional Performance as a result. Rob's on-line training on how to measure and improve grinding circuit performance was certified by The Engineering Institute of Canada, and is being used by nearly a thousand metallurgists world-wide.
About JKMRC Friday Seminars 2025
Welcome to the 2025 Series of the JKMRC Friday Seminars. The list of presentations will aim to cover a range of topics related to the minerals sector from decision making in exploration, new mineral processing technologies, social licence to operate and mine closure.
The JKMRC Friday Seminars will be presented often in person, at the Indooroopilly Mine Site Lecture Theatre, and also as a webinar. Registration for the webinar is required and can be made via the registration link in each seminar overview.
A large number of past webinars can be accessed on the SMI website: https://smi.uq.edu.au/webinars
Previous seminars have been uploaded to YouTube via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/smiuq
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