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Vale
A Case Study in Industrial Scale Treatment
Vale Inco - Mining Industry
Location: Ontario, Canada
THE PROBLEM:
Inco Vale (Sudbury, Ontario) historically experienced heavy scale issues in its process equipment, particularly in its rod mills facility. Lost productivity due to downtime for cleaning purposes was a critical factor.
THE SOLUTION:
GII Scale Control utilized its knowledge of the particular process equipment and water chemistry to design a system. It almost completely eliminated new scale build-up and removed the bulk of existing scale.
ANNUAL CUSTOMER SAVINGS:
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$1,000,000+ in annual savings
Scaled Mining Process Pipe
Scaled up mining pipe before and after flowscience
Scaled Mining Pipe
Pre-treatment scaled pipe
INCO # 2 rod mill pic
scaled pipe
Scaled Mining Process Pipe
Scaled up mining pipe before and after flowscience
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