Aggflow
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AggFlow is a software application that calculates and analyzes aggregate
plant data. AggFlow is intended to be used by aggregate engineers to calculate both the Mass Aggregate Balance and the Mass Water Balance flowing through a rock crushing plant to optimize and maximize production of desired products.
AggFlow is also used in mining operations and other applications (i.e. water processing) where extensive mass balance calculations are required. In 2006 BedRock Software moved from a single-user license model to a subscription model with an initial purchase price. The company also discontinued releasing numbered versions of the software in favor of simply "AggFlow". AggFlow is currently available in English, French and Spanish. German, Chinese and other translations are in development.
The commercial version of AggFlow requires a dongle
be attached to a USB port on the computer. These dongles (sometimes referred to by the company as "keys") contain the subscription information the software verifies before running. All AggFlow files are kept locally on the computer’s hard drive. Program updates are provided via internet connectivity.
Source: AggFlow Equipment List
operating systems. However Linux
/Unix
and Macintosh Mac OS X
based computers can operate the program using a virtual machine
capable both of running Windows and passing the license information from the USB dongle to the "Guest" operating system.
Construction Aggregate
Construction aggregate, or simply "aggregate", is a broad category of coarse particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates. Aggregates are the most mined material in the world...
plant data. AggFlow is intended to be used by aggregate engineers to calculate both the Mass Aggregate Balance and the Mass Water Balance flowing through a rock crushing plant to optimize and maximize production of desired products.
Overview
Developed and distributed by BedRock Software, Inc. (BedRock), the first version of AggFlow titled "AggFlow 4.0" was released in 1993. AggFlow was designed to reduce the calculation time aggregate engineers need to optimize quarry operations and to establish a benchmark by which future changes and results can be compared. The program seeks to improve two main aspects of aggregate operations: identify inefficiencies in the operation and track resources such as emissions that are regulated, fuel consumption and equipment operating capacity.AggFlow is also used in mining operations and other applications (i.e. water processing) where extensive mass balance calculations are required. In 2006 BedRock Software moved from a single-user license model to a subscription model with an initial purchase price. The company also discontinued releasing numbered versions of the software in favor of simply "AggFlow". AggFlow is currently available in English, French and Spanish. German, Chinese and other translations are in development.
The commercial version of AggFlow requires a dongle
Dongle
A software protection dongle is a small piece of hardware that plugs into an electrical connector on a computer and serves as an electronic "key" for a piece of software; the program will only run when the dongle is plugged in...
be attached to a USB port on the computer. These dongles (sometimes referred to by the company as "keys") contain the subscription information the software verifies before running. All AggFlow files are kept locally on the computer’s hard drive. Program updates are provided via internet connectivity.
Crushing equipment
- Cone Crushers
- Horizontal Shaft Impact Crushers (HSI)
- Jaw Crusher
- Roll Crushers
- Vertical Shaft Impact Crushers (VSI)
- Mobile Versions of all Crusher Types
Screening equipment
- 1-to-4 Deck Screens
- Vibrating Scalpers
- Mobile Versions of all Screen Types
Washing equipment
- Classifiers
- Clarifiers
- Coarse Screws
- Log Washers
- Sand Screws
- Cyclone equipment
- Operating Platform
Source: AggFlow Equipment List
Operating platform
AggFlow runs exclusively on Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating systems. However Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
/Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
and Macintosh Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
based computers can operate the program using a virtual machine
Virtual machine
A virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system". Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or both together.-VM Definitions:A virtual machine is a software...
capable both of running Windows and passing the license information from the USB dongle to the "Guest" operating system.
AggFlow Demonstration Version
Demonstration version of program with limited functionality. Available upon request.AggFlow Educational Version
Available to qualifying universities and technical institutions via the AggFlow/Educational Partnership program free of charge.See also
- Construction AggregateConstruction AggregateConstruction aggregate, or simply "aggregate", is a broad category of coarse particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates. Aggregates are the most mined material in the world...
- Rock Crusher
- Open Pit MiningOpen-pit miningOpen-pit mining or opencast mining refers to a method of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow....