<s>
NIAflow	B-Application
is	O
simulation	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
mineral	O
processing	O
plants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NIAflow	B-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
design	O
new	O
mineral	O
processing	O
plants	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
optimize	O
existing	O
plants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NIAflow	B-Application
is	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
Haver	O
&	O
Boecker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
NIAflow	B-Application
development	O
began	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
“	O
NIAexpert	O
”	O
as	O
software	O
for	O
sizing	O
and	O
selection	O
of	O
vibrating	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
“	O
NIAflow	B-Application
”	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
material	O
flow	O
through	O
various	O
processing	O
equipment	O
for	O
an	O
entire	O
mineral	O
processing	O
plant	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
restricted	O
to	O
screening	O
machines	O
only	O
as	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
calculation	O
in	O
NIAflow	B-Application
follows	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
the	O
material	O
through	O
the	O
plant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
plant	O
layout	O
contains	O
closed	O
circuits	O
,	O
NIAflow	B-Application
will	O
repeat	O
the	O
calculation	O
until	O
a	O
stationary	O
condition	O
is	O
reached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NIAflow	B-Application
raises	O
an	O
error	O
when	O
those	O
limits	O
are	O
exceeded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Material	O
Handling	O
and	O
Object	O
Calculation	O
:	O
Most	O
objects	O
in	O
NIAflow	B-Application
are	O
connected	O
by	O
lines	O
where	O
each	O
line	O
represents	O
a	O
material	O
transported	O
from	O
one	O
object	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Curve	O
Interpolation	O
:	O
Particle	O
Size	O
Distributions	O
(	O
PSD	O
)	O
in	O
NIAflow	B-Application
are	O
generated	O
using	O
either	O
linear	O
or	O
3D+	O
(	O
cubic	O
spline	O
)	O
interpolation	O
methods	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
on	O
Linear	O
,	O
Log	O
,	O
Log-Log	O
and	O
RRSB	O
grids	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
screens	O
,	O
NIAflow	B-Application
generates	O
cut	O
curves	O
automatically	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
machine	O
and	O
media	O
setup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NIAflow	B-Application
supports	O
sorting	O
by	O
density	O
,	O
color	O
,	O
shape	O
,	O
metal	O
content	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Niaflow	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
Windows	O
with	O
framework	O
4.5.2	O
.	O
</s>
