US 11,944,984 B2
Adaptive control of industrial automation for mining flotation cells
Scotty Bromfield, Johannesburg (ZA); Corey A. Peterson, Grafton, WI (US); Timothy L. Stanford, Mequon, WI (US); David C. Mazur, Mequon, WI (US); Steven Clohessy, Johannesburg (ZA); Pieter Wolmarans, Johannesburg (ZA); and Rob A. Entzminger, Lenexa, KS (US)
Assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/578,742.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086198 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B03D 1/02 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC B03D 1/028 (2013.01) [G05B 13/0265 (2013.01); G05B 13/041 (2013.01); B03D 2203/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon to facilitate adaptive optimization and control of flotation cell processing, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to at least:
receive a plurality of flotation cell process variables associated with a flotation cell process;
receive a desired system output for the flotation cell process from an industrial controller that controls at least one aspect of the flotation cell process;
input the plurality of flotation cell process variables and the desired system output to a machine learning model, wherein the machine learning model is trained to:
process the plurality of flotation cell process variables to determine improved settings for the flotation cell process and a change in performance of at least one component of a plurality of components associated with the flotation cell process based on the input; and
responsively generate the improved settings for the flotation cell process wherein the improved settings comprise an adjustment to a performance curve for the at least one component based on the change in performance of the at least one component;
provide the improved settings for the flotation cell process to the industrial controller; and
in response to receiving the improved settings, applying, by the industrial controller, the improved settings, including the adjustment to the performance curve for the at least one component, to achieve the desired system output for the at least one aspect of the flotation cell process.