Dewatering: Thickening, Filtering, CCD, Water Treatment & Tailings Disposal

Dewatering: Thickening, Filtering, CCD, Water Treatment & Tailings Disposal

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Paste Thickeners
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Can you share any news on the proven technology Paste Thickeners and its applications?Not all tailings can be converted to paste with thickeners, depends on the rheology. Only the filter can but at very high cost. The paste formation is still un...
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Last commented on by diegoottoni
Which mine was this, Victor?
Settling Sepiolite clay fines
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How to settle Sepiolite clay fines? I need help settling sepiolite clay fines from saline process water. Anyone out there with experience?Am trying to clean Mg4Si6O15(OH) 6H2O in a cemented (Duricrust) layer. It does have a fibrous structure at a s...
Last commented on by David
And http://911Metallurgist.com/C/DIFFERENTIAL%20SETTLING%20TENDENCIES%20OF%20Clay%20Minerals.pdf from www.clay.org
​Re-pulping filter cake
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Hi, I am looking at what's the best way to re-pulp the filter cake post a plate and frame filter press? Typically flter cakes are dropped into a bunker and taken away by front end loader or onto a conveyor for stockpiling or further processing but I...
Last replied to by Maya Rothman
I AGREE the cake can run along a sluice trough , pushed along with process liquor to a filter press cake tank, add more process liquor if required to the tank. You can pump as a slurry from the tank u...
Silica Sand Dewatering
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Silica Sand Dewatering: Cyclostack VS Fish Tail CycloneI am looking for experiences in sand dewatering. Any experiences with the cyclo-stack or similar fish tail cyclones? The should be able to dewater to +80% , increasing solids of the underflow.E...
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Actually, in the original Linatex Australia days the set up included a cyclone separator featuring an overflow box which sandwiched the vortex finder plate between it and the tangential entry feed box...
Flocculant Dosage
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Started by Victor Bergman
How much flocculant, with concentration of 0,05 % (m/m), must i add (dosage) in L/min to a thickener with a feed rate of 600 t/h?
Last replied to by Victor Bergman
Thank you all for your input. we managed to diagnose the problem i.e. it appeared that the concentration of our flocculant was insufficient and due to the change in season the temperature also had a n...

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