The diaphragm Thickener Underflow Pump is essentially one for low lifts and is particularly adapted to handle metallurgical pulps economically and with minimum attention. The
The principle of Counter Current Decantation is simply that, when water or solution is to act upon solids, both are made to pass, in contact,
The concentrate is filtered on two 8 by 10 ft. Oliver filters. One of these filters is used for each roaster. The filter cake discharges
Thickening or dewatering may be defined as the removal of a portion of the liquid from a pulp or slime made up of a mixture
The mixing of solids suspended in a fluid medium is still largely an art. The development of fundamental laws governing the operation is complicated by
More recent work along these lines is reported in T.P. 790, A.I.M.E.’ by 0. C. Shephard and C. F. Skinner presented at the New York
Vat leaching is carried out in vats ranging in capacity from 30 to 1200 tons. Sand for leaching is separated from slime in cones, V
To solve the problem of treating and leaching a clay ore in which the gold was finely disseminated, the author was able to suggest a
Hydraulic classifiers range from simple V-shaped launders with a multiplicity of shallow settling pockets for the discharge of as many roughly sized products to the
Dewatering Screw Classifiers once had a wide vogue and still are used in some pulp circuits. They were more or less troublesome because solids tended