Quick Guide
Follow these steps to maximize your efficiency with Molycop Tools© Digital Platform.
Select Your Tool
Browse the Tool Categories in the sidebar to find the specific operation you need (e.g., SAG Mills, Ball Mills, or Hydrocyclones).
Input Your Data
Enter your operational parameters in the designated white cells. These correspond to the red-bordered input areas in the original spreadsheet models.
Run Simulation
Once inputs are defined, ensure Excel Macros are enabled if prompted. Click the primary action button within the tool to run solvers or optimization routines.
Analyze Results
Review the gray background cells for output results. The platform dynamically updates charts and performance metrics based on your simulation run.
Installation and General Guidelines
Deployment
Installing Molycop Tools© in your hard disk is as easy as copying the various files from the original source (CD, pen drive or e-mail attachments).
Suggested Directory: Molycop Tools© 3.02
Organization
It is suggested that the user create an Applications Subdirectory where the frequent user can store previous runs for later reference or data reprocessing.
For instance, a consultant analyzing "Project A" could save the resulting file as "Project A_BallParam".
Excel Macros
When opening a Molycop Tools© spreadsheet, if the user is requested to "Enable Macros?", it is important to click on the Yes button.
For search routines to function properly, Macro Security should be set to Medium or Low.
Deleting Cells Protection
You may remove protection in any spreadsheet using Excel 2007 procedures with the editing password:JES
It is strongly recommended to save an original copy first. Improper editing of gray background cells will destroy spreadsheet functionality.
Advanced Flowsheet Simulation
The simulators are focused on basic unit operations: ball mills, SAG mills and classification with hydrocyclones.
Experienced users may easily create complete flowsheet simulators by properly linking the inputs and outputs of the various spreadsheets.
Example: For a typical double-stage SABC circuit, the feedrate cells inBallSim_Reverse may be directly linked to the output cells of SAGSim_Open.
Data Input Protocol
Every file includes an attached About ... worksheet that explains its scope, theoretical framework, and program execution guidelines.
"All of the input data required by the various routines must be defined in the corresponding unprotected white background cells - inside the red double-lined borders - of the included Data_File or Control_Panel worksheets. Cells outside the red double-lined borders are also unprotected for the user's own applications.