1982 年 98 巻 1134 号 p. 723-726
The author at first reviewed briefly the history of process control techniques in mineral processing and then explained its recent 10 years' trend elaborately through observation of the papers concerned, which were presented at the IFAC symposiums, “Automation in mining, mineral and metal processing”, held so far three times. Themain viewpoints of his observation were as follows:
1) mathematical model
2) control theory and practice,
3) sensor,
4) application of computers.
He discussed also the significance and the near future of control in mineral processing plants.