{"id":97052,"date":"2024-10-31T14:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/?page_id=97052"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:09:38","slug":"vale-boosting-mining-equipment-reliability-with-digital-twin-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/customers\/vale-boosting-mining-equipment-reliability-with-digital-twin-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosting Mining Equipment Reliability with Digital Twin Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"486\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-89563\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/03\/case-study-header-background.svg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/vale-logo.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/vale-logo.svg\" alt=\"Vale logo\" class=\"wp-image-97064\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">Boosting Mining Equipment <br>Reliability with Digital Twin Technology<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"articleSection \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"articleSection__inner\">\n                    \n\n<div class=\"social-icons-widget\">    <div 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equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Created a digital twin of large complex magnetic separator units with moving parts using SimScale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduced physical prototype and manufacturing costs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Successfully predicted failure point on iron ore conveyor belt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/challenge.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/challenge.webp\" alt=\"Magnetic Separator Unit from Vale\" class=\"wp-image-97053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/challenge.webp 1118w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/challenge-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/challenge-1024x686.webp 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/challenge-768x515.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/results.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/results.webp\" alt=\"Displacement magnitude shown on the simulated conveyor belt in SimScale\" class=\"wp-image-97062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/results.webp 1118w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/results-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/results-1024x686.webp 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/results-768x515.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"articleSection \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"articleSection__inner\">\n                    \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global Mining Operations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vale.com\/mining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vale<\/a> is a global leader in the mining of Iron Ore, Nickel, and Copper. A vertically integrated company led by continuous research and development in mining technologies, Vale has committed extensively to sustainability and environmental initiatives to minimize its impact on the natural world. The engineers in the Product Development division at Vale have been using engineering simulation to design, optimize, and test the performance of mining equipment. Mining machinery is subject to constant loads and harsh weather conditions and must be robust, durable, and minimally maintained. Adding these qualities in at the design stage requires early and broad use of simulation for structural\/mechanical assessment. Engineers in Product Development teams at Vale use SimScale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simulation at Vale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vin\u00edcius Gon\u00e7alves is a senior engineer at Vale and uses SimScale to verify product life and its reliability to achieve a plateau of mean time to failure. The product reliability team is made of six professionals and one of their core activities is to employ accelerated lifetime tests and lifetime data analysis to verify if a new solution has the operational life required. Most of the simulations in the reliability team are related to FEA, with the R&amp;D team making increasing use of the electromagnetics (EM) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solvers integrated into SimScale. The team uses an export from Autodesk Inventor, using additional tools such as SpaceClaim to clean up and prepare the geometry for simulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In reliability engineering, the team looks particularly at three key outputs that need constant evaluation and analysis: structural and mechanical stress related to nominal loading (Product level), nominal + safety factors (Project level), and destruction (limits to avoid). Accelerated testing for stress is always undertaken at the project level, meaning the team needs to simulate multiple product configurations to stay within safety operational limits for obtaining approved lifetime use data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where SimScale comes in, particularly with the capability to run dozens of simulations in parallel, each with different parameters, whether that\u2019s a variation in CAD geometry, ambient conditions, or applied loads. The purpose of all these simulations is to quickly converge on a physical design that can be used in laboratory bench tests. These physical prototypes are costly and time-consuming to fabricate, and by applying simulation earlier in the design process, the team can reduce the number of physical models.<\/p>\n\n\n                                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"articleSection \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"articleSection__inner\">\n                    \n\n\n<section class=\"hw-testimonial3 \">\n    <div class=\"hw-testimonial3__icon\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <p class=\"hw-testimonial3__text\"><p>&#8220;SimScale helps me in the daily routine of product design for mining industrial equipment, evaluating dangerous harmonic frequencies and avoiding resonance through modal and harmonic features, for example. We extensively use the FEA structural evaluation solver to find tradeoffs between product cost, performance, and durability. Mining can be dangerous and our job in the Reliability engineering team is to mitigate risk in the product development cycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"hw-testimonial3Bottom\">\n                                            <div class=\"hw-testimonial3__image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image4.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Vinicius Goncalves, Senior Engineer at Vale\" \/>                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"hw-testimonial3Info\">\n                        <p class=\"hw-testimonial3Info__name\">Vin\u00edcius Gon\u00e7alves<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"hw-testimonial3Info__title\">Senior Engineer at Vale<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n                                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"articleSection \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"articleSection__inner\">\n                    \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Designing a Rugged &amp; Durable Conveyor Belt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The equipment shown below is a Magnetic Separator, applied using Fines Dry Magnetic Separation technology (FDMS), developed by the Vale Technological Center of Sustainable Solutions. This technology concentrates iron ore in the fine fraction through the use of permanent magnetic separators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key points of this technology are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It has reduced waste,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dry waste can be used for manufacturing secondary products,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has lower iron content in the waste,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has a reduced carbon footprint,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has modular design and applications in other areas, such as slag recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-copy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-copy.webp\" alt=\"Magnetic Separator Unit from Vale\" class=\"wp-image-97055\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-copy.webp 914w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-copy-300x246.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-copy-768x629.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 1: Magnetic Separator Unit (The conveyor belt is part of this equipment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent example of using FEA was the design and testing of the conveyor belt that sits inside the magnetic separator equipment and, more largely, a magnetic separator testing plant. The model applied fixed and elastic supports with downward loads simulating various quantities of dry-bulk mined ore. In this example, the team used the traction boundary condition to simulate the effects of frictional loads, which is a type of surface load boundary condition, as a distributed load per unit area applied on a face (the conveyor belt). It is useful to model the loads applied through the surface in contact with fluids or other solids, where the direction of application of the load is known beforehand, and the simulation gives resultant force magnitude and direction, including displacement (see images below).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image8.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image8.webp\" alt=\"A large equipment at the CTSS (Technological Centre of Sustainable Solutions at Vale) in Rio de Janeiro where the magnetic separator is assembled\" class=\"wp-image-97061\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image8.webp 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image8-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image8-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 2: This picture is where the magnetic separator is assembled in a continuous testing line as a loop of iron ore feed is moved on conveyor belts. The equipment above is at the CTSS (Technological Centre of Sustainable Solutions at Vale) in Rio de Janeiro.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image6.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image6-1024x720.webp\" alt=\"Vale's Project Belt Simulation FEA analysis in SimScale\" class=\"wp-image-97060\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image6-1024x720.webp 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image6-300x211.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image6-768x540.webp 768w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image6.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 3: Project Belt Simulation FEA analysis, fixed and elastic supports on the belt with a load on it to simulate mining material in bulk and evaluate loads and traction. The images show Von Mises stresses and displacement in mm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image3.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" data-id=\"97057\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image3-1024x585.webp\" alt=\"FEA analysis in SimScale on the conveyor belt designed by Vale (top view)\" class=\"wp-image-97057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image3-1024x585.webp 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image3-300x171.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image3-768x439.webp 768w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image3.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" data-id=\"97054\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image1-1024x585.webp\" alt=\"FEA analysis in SimScale on the conveyor belt designed by Vale (side view)\" class=\"wp-image-97054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image1-1024x585.webp 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image1-300x171.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image1-768x439.webp 768w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image1.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Figure 4: FEA analysis on the conveyor belt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-1024x679.webp\" alt=\"Displacement magnitude shown on the simulated conveyor belt in SimScale\" class=\"wp-image-97056\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-1024x679.webp 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image2.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 5: Displacement magnitude shown on the simulated conveyor belt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image5.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image5.webp\" alt=\"Detachment of conveyor slats during accelerated life tests by imposed stress factors (Vale)\" class=\"wp-image-97059\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image5.webp 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image5-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image5-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 6: This picture represents a failure mode of that simulated belt above, showing the detachment of conveyor slats during accelerated life tests by imposed stress factors, such as higher traction, velocity, and iron ore feed flow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n                                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"articleSection \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"articleSection__inner\">\n                    \n\n\n<section class=\"hw-testimonial3 \">\n    <div class=\"hw-testimonial3__icon\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <p class=\"hw-testimonial3__text\"><p>&#8220;SimScale is a fast and user-friendly simulation software, the GUI is really simple and easy to be self-implemented even, while it took a week to get the same result with a concurrent tool. They absolutely have the best customer support, completely dedicated, super-fast and efficient among all simulation softwares we have used in the past. Post processing is really great for industrial\/large simulation cases, giving the possibility to make design decisions anywhere, anytime with no special hardware requirements. I have been using SimScale in my product development routine (weekly) and it has been a game changer in critical design decisions where industrial equipment is used in large scale industrial operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"hw-testimonial3Bottom\">\n                                            <div class=\"hw-testimonial3__image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2024\/10\/image4.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Vinicius Goncalves, Senior Engineer at Vale\" \/>                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"hw-testimonial3Info\">\n                        <p class=\"hw-testimonial3Info__name\">Vin\u00edcius Gon\u00e7alves<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"hw-testimonial3Info__title\">Senior Engineer at Vale<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n                                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"articleSection \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"articleSection__inner\">\n                    \n\n\n<div class=\"hw-acticleFooter \">\n    <p>Set up your own cloud-native simulation via the web in minutes by creating an account on the SimScale platform. 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