About this industry
From the pit rim to the kiln shell, a mine or minerals plant runs on hard-service measurement — slurry and tailings flow that wears out ordinary meters, kiln temperatures read through flame and combustion gas, gas detection where process gases put people at risk, and heat and power at sites the grid never reaches. Prater Technical Partners supplies that instrument layer across the Badger Meter family (slurry-rated flow metering, gas detection, hydraulic test), Fluke Process Instruments kiln instrumentation, Aspeq electric heating, Reuland Electric pulverizer and hoist motors, and SunWize remote solar power. Prater Technical works with you to spec each one from the line, the duty, and the site conditions.
- In-situ mining liquid flow measurement—Blancett 1100
- Kiln tire-slip & shadow monitoring kits—MP Line Scanners / CS400
- Kiln interior targets through a sight tube—Endurance Pyrometers
- Stationary plant hydraulic diagnostics—Flo-tech MC4000
FAQ: instrumentation for mining & minerals
Which flow meter survives abrasive slurry and tailings lines?
Slurry duty comes down to what touches the stream. A hard-rubber-lined ModMAG M1000 or M2000 mag meter runs abrasive conductive slurry full-bore, the Preso COIN segmented wedge is built for abrasive, solids-laden streams, and the Dynasonics DFX reads slurry and tailings flow from outside the pipe — nothing in the stream at all. We match the meter to the fluid, the line size, and the wear you expect — start at the flow meters page.
Can Prater Technical supply a kiln-shell scanning system for a cement or lime kiln?
Yes — the CS400 kiln-shell system is built on the Ircon / Raytek MP line scanner: it maps hot spots and refractory condition across the full rotating shell, with accessory kits for tire-slip and shadow monitoring, and an optional 2-color Endurance Ratio sensor reading burning-zone temperature through combustion gas. The ThermoView TV30 covers fixed exterior-shell imaging on lime kilns. See the Fluke Process Instruments page.
We still run older Ircon Modline or Raytek CS100 kiln instruments — can you support the installation?
Yes. Legacy CS100 / MP50 / ScanIR2 shell scanners migrate to the current MP line scanner and CS400 package, and Modline ratio sensors follow the 2-color path to the Endurance Ratio series — the measurement principle is preserved, never downgraded to single-color. We map your installed models to their current equivalents from the IR pyrometers page.
Do you have heaters rated for dusty, classified areas?
Yes — Accutherm explosion-proof immersion heaters carry Class II combustible-dust area ratings for coal and mineral-powder handling, and Heatrex enclosure heaters keep condensation out of outdoor electrical enclosures at mine and processing sites. Most of it is engineered to order from your area classification and duty — start at the electric heating page.
How do we power instrumentation at a mine site the grid doesn't reach?
A SunWize Power Ready system is a packaged off-grid solar supply — array, charge control, and battery bank sized to your load and the site's sun-hours — built for instrumentation and telemetry duty at remote sites. Prater Technical is a factory-authorized SunWize distributor; see the SunWize page.
Working a slurry-line metering spec, a kiln-scanner upgrade, or a remote-site power problem? Talk to Scott — send directly to Scott Prater at scott@pratertechnical.com, or call him directly at 917-580-0878 during business hours.
Compiled by Prater Technical Partners.