Mipac Tankhouse Production Management System (TPMS)
Electrorefining performance software purpose-built for tankhouse teams
Struggling with shorts, downtime or missed maintenance tasks?
Mipac’s Tankhouse Production Management System (TPMS) is a modular production management platform built specifically for tankhouse operations. Unlike generic ERP or historian systems, TPMS connects the dots between your process control system (PCS), frontline teams and key plant metrics, giving you actionable insights in real time.
Whether you run copper, nickel or other base metal refining, TPMS helps you reduce losses, coordinate critical tasks and unlock operational gains without overhauling your systems.
Built for tankhouse operations
Unlike off-the-shelf systems, TPMS is tailored for the unique needs of tankhouses. It goes beyond standard process control, providing visual dashboards, task management and optional performance modules that work together to increase productivity and reduce losses.
Build your operational foundation
Start with real-time dashboards and task management, then scale as your needs grow.
Data-driven dashboards
Your digital control room: live metrics from across the plant, all in one place.
Get insights on production, efficiency and reagent usage with a dashboard suite tailored for tankhouse operations.
Included views:
- Current efficiency tracking (by section, circuit, daily, weekly, monthly)
- Time efficiency metrics
- Scrap rates for anodes
- Cathode quality monitoring through lab assays
- Reagent usage and performance (acid levels, flow rates, temperatures)
- Inventory management tied to production rates
- Section and liberator status (online/offline, voltage, temperatures)
- Machine signals, downtime summaries, and key flow rates
Dashboards are fully customisable post-deployment. Mipac supports remote adjustments and updates.
Operational task management (TCard)
Align teams and keep essential work on track, shift after shift.
TCard is a tankhouse-specific task management tool designed for day-to-day reliability and shutdown planning.
Key features:
- Two-way communication between operators, engineers, and supervisors
- Visual task boards showing completed, pending, or delayed tasks
- Scheduling for high-priority activities like crane calibration or cell cleaning
- Customisable setup tailored to your plant’s needs
- Advanced reporting tools to track completion rates, balance workloads, and support daily planning
TCard helps teams stay aligned and accountable: no spreadsheets or second-hand instructions. .
Target your toughest challenges with optional modules
Add the modules that matter to your plant – no overengineering, no wasted spend.
Shorts Management
Restore current efficiency and reduce energy waste.
Short circuits between anodes and cathodes are one of the most common and costly inefficiencies in tankhouse operations. TPMS integrates with Mipac’s CellView® system and ShortMeter® handheld tool for fast, targeted short resolution.
Benefits
- Improved current efficiency
- Lower energy consumption
- Reduced cathode production losses
- Wireless technology reduces installation and maintenance costs
Machine Performance Monitoring
Stop guessing where the bottlenecks are, see them.
TPMS uses Mipac’s Production Monitor to capture machine-specific downtime, cycle delays and equipment issues. Know exactly where to focus your efforts.
Benefits
- Categorise downtime events (robot issues, conveyor waits, knife or gripper faults)
- Visualise where delays are hurting throughput
- Calculate critical metrics to optimise machine utilisation
- Collect data on manual vs automatic crane operations for targeted improvements
Cathode Plate Tracking (CTS)
Maximise plate life, minimise rejects.
Track every cathode plate through the refinery with RFID or QR codes and a browser-based dashboard. CTS integrates with your cathode stripping machine to detect underperforming plates and flag them for maintenance or rejection.
Benefits
- Monitor individual plate performance
- Automatically or manually reject plates for maintenance
- Access a web-based interface showing plate status, weight history, and repair logs
- Extend plate life and improve cathode production
Why choose TPMS?
Lower operational costs
Improve current efficiency, reduce energy waste and minimise unplanned downtime. TPMS helps your team reduce firefighting and focus on high-value work.
Optimised process control
TPMS complements your existing PCS, layering in context, analytics and visualisation so your teams can act faster and with confidence.
In-depth process monitoring
From cathode plate health to reagent usage and machine status, TPMS gives you the depth of visibility needed to manage complex electrorefining processes.
Scalable, future-proof design
Deploy the foundation now. Add modules later as needs evolve. TPMS adapts to your operational strategy, not the other way around.
Built for electrorefining, backed by Mipac
TPMS is designed from the ground up for tankhouse operations. It’s not a historian bolt-on or ERP overlay: it’s a complete production management solution that works alongside your PCS, historian (including AVEVA PI), and lab systems.
With multilingual access, remote support and customisable dashboards, TPMS delivers measurable results for operators, metallurgists and managers alike.
Book a custom TPMS discovery session
Every tankhouse has different priorities. Whether it’s short circuit detection, plate performance or process visibility, we can show you how TPMS applies to your plant.
No generic demo. No sales scripts. Just a conversation with a Mipac tankhouse expert.
Contact us to set up a call.
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