TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY. LIMITED Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160130096 | A Train Loading System - A train loading system for loading material onto cars of a train is disclosed. The system comprises a material bin arranged to receive material to be loaded onto the train, a closure device arranged to facilitate control by an operator of the amount of material loaded into each car from the material bin, and a car mass estimator arranged to estimate the mass of material loaded into each car. The system also comprises a display arranged to communicate to the operator the estimated mass of material loaded into each car. A corresponding method is also disclosed. | 05-12-2016 |
20140346091 | PROCESSING MINED MATERIAL - An apparatus for processing mined material that includes an applicator assembly ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140260802 | PROCESSING MINED MATERIAL - An apparatus for processing mined material, such as mined ore, is disclosed. The apparatus includes an applicator ( | 09-18-2014 |
20140260801 | SORTING MINED MATERIAL - A method for sorting mined material in a sorting apparatus is disclosed. The method includes supplying particles of a mined material onto a conveyor belt ( | 09-18-2014 |
20140239562 | Material Supply Apparatus and Process - A material supply apparatus and process for co-injecting heated solid metalliferous material and solid carbonaceous material via a solids injection lance into a direct smelting vessel are disclosed. | 08-28-2014 |
20140083767 | System And Method For The Autonomous Drilling Of Ground Holes - A system and method for the drilling of ground holes by a track steer drill rig including a drilling arrangement that permits the speed of drilling holes to be balanced against the stability of the hole thus formed. | 03-27-2014 |
20140003188 | GAS FLOW CONTROLLER | 01-02-2014 |
20130333523 | DIRECT SMELTING PROCESS - A molten bath-based process for direct smelting metalliferous material and producing molten metal in a direct smelting vessel that contains a molten bath that has a metal layer that is at least 900 mm deep. The process includes selecting operating parameters of the process so that feed material (solid material and carrier gas) is injected from above the metal layer into the metal layer via at least one solids injection lance with sufficient momentum to penetrate to a depth of at least 100 mm below a nominal quiescent surface of the metal layer to cause upward movement of molten material and gas from the metal layer. | 12-19-2013 |
20130306571 | CONTROLLING FROTH FLOTATION - A method of controlling a froth flotation cell in a froth flotation circuit for separating substances comprises periodically carrying out a control routine to maximise froth stability during the operation of the cell. The control routine comprises changing the gas flow rate to the cell in a series of steps and assessing the froth stability at each gas flow rate and continuing the step changes in the gas flow rate until the froth stability is a peak froth stability or is within a predetermined range of the peak froth stability of the cell. | 11-21-2013 |
20130276584 | PRODUCTION OF IRON - A two stage ironmaking process is disclosed. A first stage includes solid state reduction of iron ore and producing a partially-reduced iron-containing feed material and an off-gas containing CO | 10-24-2013 |
20130276306 | VEHICLE WHEEL CHANGING METHOD - A method for changing a vehicle wheel held to the vehicle by nuts and retainer cleats comprising: using a mobile robot for removal and replacement of the wheel nuts and retainer cleats in combination with the use of a mobile mechanical wheel handler to grip and remove the wheel and to bring a replacement wheel into position before replacement of the wheel nuts and cleats by the robot. | 10-24-2013 |
20130271761 | LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSER - A laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyser ( | 10-17-2013 |
20130261873 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM DRILLED HOLES FOR MINING - Apparatus and method for obtaining information from drilled holes for mining A mobile vehicle ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130247719 | HEAP LEACHING - A heap of a material to be leached to recover a valuable metal from the material and a method of constructing the heap are disclosed. The heap comprises sides and a top and a system to control air flow into the heap. The air flow control system comprises a combination of an air impermeable barrier and an aeration system. | 09-26-2013 |
20130186992 | SORTING MINED MATERIAL - An apparatus for sorting mined material, such as mined ore, includes an applicator for exposing fragments of a material to electromagnetic radiation and an assembly for distributing fragments from the applicator so that the fragments move downwardly and outwardly from an upper inlet of the assembly and are discharged from a lower outlet of the assembly as individual, separate fragments that are not in contact with each other. The apparatus also includes a detection and assessment system for detecting and assessing one or more than one characteristic of the fragments and a sorting means in the form of a separator for separating the fragments into multiple streams in response to the assessment. | 07-25-2013 |
20130020420 | Sorting Mined Material - A method of sorting mined material for subsequent processing to recover valuable material, such as valuable metals, from the mined material is disclosed. The method includes a combination of selective breakage of mined material, for example, by using microwaves and/or high pressure grinding rolls, subsequent size separation, and then particle sorting of a coarse fraction of the separated material based on differential heating and thermal imaging. | 01-24-2013 |
20110186660 | SORTING MINED MATERIAL - A method of sorting mined material to separate the mined material into at least two categories is disclosed. The method comprises exposing particles of the mined material to microwave energy and heating the particles depending on the susceptibility of the material in the particles. The method also comprises thermally analysing the particles using the temperatures of the particles as a basis for the analysis to indicate composition differences between particles and then sorting the particles on the basis of the results of the thermal analysis. The method also comprises compensating for temperature variations in the mined material that is supplied to the method. | 08-04-2011 |
20110175429 | MINING SYSTEM - A method of mining ore in a mine pit ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110174904 | SORTING MINED MATERIAL - A method of sorting mined material to separate the mined material is disclosed. The method comprises exposing particles of the mined material to microwave energy and heating the particles depending on the susceptibility of the material in the particles. The method also comprises thermally analysing the particles using the temperatures of the particles as a basis for the analysis to indicate composition differences between particles. The thermal analysis step includes thermally assessing particles against a background surface. The thermal analysis step also includes heating the background surface to a temperature that is different to the temperature of the particles to provide a thermal contrast between the particles and the background surface. The method also comprises sorting the particles on the basis of the results of the thermal analysis. | 07-21-2011 |
20110113928 | LEACHING ORES - A process for leaching an ore containing sulphidic copper-containing minerals is disclosed. The process includes carrying out an aerated oxidising leach of a part of the ore and causing reactions with a source of iron such as pyrite in the ore and producing an acidic leach liquor containing ferrous ions, ferric ions, and copper ions in solution. The process also includes carrying out a leach of another part of the ore using the leach liquor produced in step (a) under conditions that minimise reactions with a source of iron such as pyrite in the ore and producing a leach liquor containing copper ions in solution. | 05-19-2011 |
20100287992 | FOREHEARTH - A forehearth ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100206778 | Sorting Mined Material - A method of sorting mined material for subsequent processing to recover valuable material, such as valuable metals, from the mined material is disclosed. The method includes a combination of selective breakage of mined material (for example, by using microwaves and/or high pressure grinding rolls), subsequent size separation, and then particle sorting of a coarse fraction of the separated material based on differential heating and thermal imaging. | 08-19-2010 |
20100154536 | GRAVITY GRADIOMETER - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100044935 | DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL AND COOLER THEREFOR - A direct smelting vessel and a hearth cooler element are disclosed. The vessel includes a refractory lined hearth. An inner surface of an upper part of the hearth extends upwardly and outwardly to side walls of the vessel. The upper part of the hearth incorporates a hearth cooler disposed outwardly behind the refractory lining of that part of the hearth and below the cooling panels on the side walls of the vessel. The hearth cooler comprises a plurality of cooler elements. Each cooler element has a hollow open-backed shell structure having base, top and side walls formed integrally in a cast structure and incorporating coolant flow passages. | 02-25-2010 |
20090293671 | Electric Arc Furnance Steelmaking - Efficient coordination of processing (by desulphurising) and moving hot metal from a direct smelter, producing hot metal on a continuous basis, to an electric arc furnace DIRECT or furnaces, operating on a batch basis, is disclosed. The invention includes the use of hot metal storage devices, such as ladles, that are large enough to supply hot metal for a small number, preferably two or three, of electric arc furnace batch operations. | 12-03-2009 |
20090260433 | Actuatory and Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 10-22-2009 |
20090166937 | DIRECT SMELTING PLANT - A direct smelting plant for producing molten metal from a metalliferous feed material using a molten bath based direct smelting process is disclosed. The plant includes an offgas duct assembly to facilitate flow of offgas from the vessel, the offgas duct assembly including two offgas ducts of matching diameter extending outwardly from the vessel. | 07-02-2009 |
20090065984 | SMELTING APPARATUS - A metallurgical vessel ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090014928 | Gas Injection Lance - A hot gas injection lance ( | 01-15-2009 |
20080307883 | Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 12-18-2008 |
20080302180 | Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 12-11-2008 |
20080302179 | Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 12-11-2008 |
20080282796 | Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080257992 | Crushing Material - A method and an apparatus for crushing material, particularly mined material, are disclosed. In one embodiment two or more pairs of crushing rolls successively crush mined material. The pairs of crushing rolls are arranged and operated so that an upstream pair of rolls produces a feed, preferably a pressurised feed, for a downstream pair of rolls. In another embodiment, at least an upstream pair of rolls is driven intermittently, for example, by means of a stepping motor to provide stepped rotational movement of the rolls. | 10-23-2008 |
20080257038 | Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080236277 | Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080202061 | Direct Smelting Plant - Method of constructing and installing a direct smelting unit comprising a smelting vessel ( | 08-28-2008 |