Vinicius Antunes

Mr. Vinicius Antunes


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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13 October 2025 in Processes
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Mehdi DehghanMehdi Dehghan
Mehdi Dehghan
GRGilmar Rios
Gilmar Rios
Ximena Celia Mendez CubillosXimena Celia Mendez Cubillos
Ximena Celia Mendez Cubillos
Jean Cristhiano FrancoJean Cristhiano Franco
Jean Cristhiano Franco
Vinicius AntunesVinicius Antunes
Vinicius Antunes
LSLayhon Roberto Rodrigues dos Santos
Layhon Roberto Rodrigues dos Santos
Predictive maintenance of semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mills reduces unplanned downtime and improves throughput. This study develops a data-driven prognostic model for production SAG mill using four years of operational data (temperature, voltage, current, motor speed, etc.). We follow a MATLAB (R2025a)-based prognostics and health management (PHM) workflow: data cleaning and synchronization; feature engineering in time and frequency domains (statistical moments, spectral power, bandwidth); normalization and clustering to separate operating regimes; and labeling of run-to-failure sequences for a recurring electrical failure mode. A health indicator is derived by scoring candidate features for monotonicity, trendability, and prognosability and fusing them into a condition index. Using MATLAB Predictive Maintenance Toolbox, we train and validate multiple Remaining Useful Life (RUL) learners including similarity-based, regression, and survival models on run-to-failure histories, selecting the best via cross-validated error and prediction stability. On held-out sets, the selected model forecasts RUL consistent with observed failure dates, providing actionable lead time for maintenance planning. The results highlight the practicality of deploying a PHM pipeline for SAG mills using existing plant data and commercial toolchains.