TESCAN TIMA is a high-speed measurement system designed for mineral processing and the mining industry. It uses elemental analysis to provide quantitative data for identifying minerals and sorting particles based on size, composition, and texture. This helps operators characterize and monitor mineral processing efficiency, offering reproducible and actionable data. TIMA's operating system features built-in workflows and a comprehensive mineral species database.

Key Benefits

• Gain insight into complex mineral relationships at various levels, optimizing processing plant performance with the integrated metallurgical distribution analysis system.
• Obtain fast and detailed measurements across a wide range of sample types, thanks to improved mineral chemical resolution, enhanced sensitivity for trace elements, and reliable sampling statistics facilitated by 4 EDS detectors and TIMA's unique spectral summing algorithm.
• Ensure continuous operation and quick results with minimal laboratory staff through remote, multi-user offline analysis options and automation software.
• Analyze base metals, precious metals, and other commodities using the built-in quantification and comprehensive mineral identification, composition, and grain/particle textural classification with customizable scripts.
• Process large sample batches efficiently through continuous unattended operation, ensuring high-quality data collection.
• Interactive microanalysis or automated measurements by utilizing its offline data analysis and reporting capabilities.

Applications

• Recovery: Determine the proportion of recoverable losses, hazardous elements, and diluents in concentrates.
• Flotation: Differentiate the recovery of multiple minerals containing the same element, such as copper in chalcopyrite.
• Comminution: Predict the target grind size for future feed ores to optimize mineral liberation for flotation and leaching.
• Leaching: Quantify the degree of carbonaceous minerals to predict the extent of "preg-robbing."
• Smelting: Plan concentrates with similar smelting properties.
• Geometallurgy: Establish links between geology and metallurgy for optimal mine planning and mineral processing.
• Plant surveys: Add detailed mineralogical and liberation values to mass flow and chemical assay data.
• Plant monitoring: Analyze daily, weekly, and monthly plant samples with multiple size fractions from various streams.
• Metallurgical modeling: with customized particle-by-particle data.