Physical Separation Solutions
From Plant Design...
The Outokumpu partnership As your reliable pa rtner, Outoku mpu echnology is committed to making your process more protable. We add value to your operation through our extensive experience in testing, design and operation o minerals and metallurgical processing plants. Guided by your input, we will determine the most ecient separation process, whatever you application.
Outokumpu echnology has provided engineering services and physical separation equipment to producers o industrial minerals or more than 60 years. Its ocus has been, and continues to be, the supply o reliable and cost eective solutions backed by long term support. As clients strive to improve their processing operations they benet rom Outokumpu echnology’s willingness and ability to move rom testing an idea to the supply o equipment and the design o a processing acility.
Full Range of Technology Outokumpu echnology’s line o physical separation equipment ranges in size rom laboratory to industrial-scale and incorporates gravity, magnetic and electrostatic technologies. Plants worldwide rely on these separators to process a variety o minerals and materials rom iron and chromite ores to coal and plastics.
Benet From Our Expertise Dealing with one technology partner saves both time and money. Outokumpu echnology’s process solutions are t he result o a long history o extensive research and development, supported by experience in its own operations. Trough the diverse disciplines o the group, customers are provided with total processing solutions reliably, proessionally and cost-eectively. Outokumpu echnology has physical separation technical centers in North America, Australia and South Arica with market area sales oces throughout the world. Each oce is staed with material separation proessionals awaiting the opportunity to meet the challenges o the modern processing industry.
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Gravity Separation Technology
Hydrosizer Overflow
Spiral Concentrate
Spiral Tail
Hydrosizer Underflow
Light Particle Heavy Particle
Separation efficiency in implementing a density separator before the spiral stage of an operation
Technology Integration
Spiral Concentrators
Shaking Tables
Outokumpu echnology has pioneered many advances in wet-gravity processing including integrating technologies or a more ecient separation process. A recent advance combines spirals with the Floatex ® Density Separator to better utilize the equipment’s complementary methods o separation. Many iron ore, mineral sands and glass sand acilities around the world are now operating more eciently through the use o this modern approach. Te integrated fowsheet enables customers to meet ever-increasing market demands with less equipment and lower costs.
Outokumpu echnology oers a u ll range o spirals. Tese fowing lm separators are commonly used or concentrating iron, titanium and chromite bearing ores. Addit ionally, spirals are a key technology or the removal o mineral contaminants rom glass sands and other minerals.
Concentrating tables are used in many industries and are invaluable or producing a more precise separation o mineral sands, precious metals and base metal concentrates.
Floatex® Density Separators Te Floatex Density Separator relies on the principle o hindered settling to separate particles o greater density and /or size rom those o lower-density and smaller size. Te simple, reliable, ully automated separator greatly enhances the perormance o any wet gravity circuit.
Multi-Gravity Separators he Mozley ® Multi-Gravity separator (MGS), utilizes centriugal orce or more ecient recovery o ner-sized, heavier minerals. It is o the greatest benet when used in the precious metal, tin, tungsten, and tantalum industries.
Integrated flowsheet of Outokumpu spirals and Flo atex Density Separators
Mozley Multi-Gravity Separator
Wilfley concentrating table
Equipment Type
Particle Size Range
Outokumpu Spirals
2mm - 75µm (10 – 200 mesh)
Floatex ® Density Separators
800 - 75µm (20 – 200 mesh)
Wilfley Shaking Tables
2mm - 38µm (10 - 400 mesh)
Mozley ® MGS
1mm - 1µm
Magnetic Separation Technology
Feed
Ionizer System
Steel Disks Magnets
Non-Magnetic Particles Magnetic Particles
Splitter
Operating principle of the rare-earth roll magnetic separator
Outokumpu echnology’s advances in magnetic separation are exemplied in its line o magnetic separation equipment. Tese versatile and cost eective highintensity magnetic separators are used in a variety o applications rom enhancing the brightness o kaolin to improving the purity o glass sands.
Rare-Earth Outokumpu echnology’s permanent rareearth roll and drum magnetic separators are used in the numerous applications that require dry magnetic separation. Tese separators are designed to treat a wide range o industrial minerals and serve operations with varying capacity needs. Tey are
routinely used in glass sand, mineral sands and other industrial mineral applications where their rugged construction and versatile but simple operation provide superior processing economics.
High-Gradient Superconducting magnetic separators allow separation o the most weakly magnetic particles at high capacity and low cost. Tey are routinely used in kaolin, CaCO3 and talc applications. Te Outokumpu Cryolter® is the world’s most poweru l industrial-sca le superconducting magnetic separator and is undamental in the magnetic treatment o
ne slurries. Outokumpu’s line o Cryolter technology is oered in both reciprocating and switched mode congurations.
Wet High-Intensity Te SLon® wet high-intensity magnetic separator utilizes the combination o magnetic orce, pulsating fuid and gravity to continuously process ine, weakly magnetic minerals. he high-gradient electromagnetic separator has the advantages o a high beneciation ratio, high recovery, adaptability to dierent particle sizes, and minimized matrix blocking. Customers nd the SLon separator reliable and easy to operate and maintain.
Outokumpu Cryofilters processing kaolin
Rare-earth roll magnetic separators
SLon magnetic separator
Equipment Type
Particle Size Range
Gauss Range
SLon® Magnet Separators
<1.3mm (~ 12 mesh)
Up to 10,000
Rare-Earth Drum
100mm - 75µm (4” - 200 mesh)
Up to 20,000
Rare-Earth Roll
125mm – 10µm (5” - 1500 mesh)
Up to 20,000
Cryofilter ® HGMS Systems
<75µm (< 200 mesh)
Up to 50,000
Electrostatic Separation Technology
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Non-Conductor
Triboelectrification: operating principle of the T-Stat
Electrostatic separation technology is used to beneciate a variety o industrial minerals and recycled metals and plastics. Outokumpu echnology oers both hightension and triboelectrostatic separators to meet the separation needs o processors in a range o industries.
Triboelectrostatic he Outokumpu -Stat is the latest advancement in electrostatic separation o non-conductive minerals, such as quartz rom calcite and eldspar. Te -Stat has a patented “box-electrode” design that provides both versatility and productivity.
Middlings
Conductor
Corona charging: operating principle of the
eForce
High-Tension
More Than Minerals
Outokumpu echnology’s high-tension roll electrostatic separators are used to separate conductors rom non-conductors. hey are most popular in mineral sand applications or the separation o ilmenite and rutile (conductors) rom zircon and quart z (non-conductors).
Outokumpu echnology oers a number o separation solutions to the recycling market. Tese include the dry separation o two or more plastics; Te recovery o plastics and metals rom scrap wire and cable, and; Te recovery o plastics, metals, and glass rom electronic and computer scrap.
Te new eForce high-tension electrostatic separator relies on an innovative electrode design to exploit the beneits o both plate and roll separators thus maximizing separation eciency and capacity.
High-tension separation technology is commonly used in the chopped wire and cable recycling industries while the -Stat is key or separating plastics rom one another such as PVC rom PE.
A look into eForce technology
eForce high tension separator
T-Stat triboelectrostatic separator
Equipment Type
Particle Size Range
T-Stat Triboelectrostatic Separator Minerals
1mm - 75µm (16 - 200 mesh)
Plastics
13 - 1mm (½” - 16 mesh)
eForce Electrostatic Separator
Minerals
1mm - 75µm (16 - 200 mesh)
Plastics
13 - 1mm (½” - 16 mesh)
Services and Solutions
Helping you realize your goals, Outokumpu Technology is your global partner for total process solutions.
Tailored Solutions
With You Every Step Whether upgrading your existing plant or developing an untapped deposit, Outokumpu Technology is able to add value to your operation. From plant audits and fowsheet development to commissioning and equipment servicing, Outokumpu Technology oers services or every step o your process.
Customers benet rom the time taken by Outokumpu echnology to develop a solution specic to their application. With three ully equipped testing acilities, the company’s process development experts conduct test work on over 200 projects annually, covering applications rom industrial minerals, heavy minerals, precious metals, base metals, coal, iron ores, and recycling to name a ew.
More Than Equipment Oering complete systems design to many industries, Outokumpu echnology remains a leading innovator as the expanding global markets open new rontiers or natural resources and reclamation.
In addition to gravity, electrostatic and magnetic physical separation process solutions, Outokumpu echnology oers support in grinding, fotation, thickening and clariying, and analyzers and automation. Downstream technologies, such as roasting, pelletizing, sintering and ilmenite upgrading are also available.
A Team Effort Te Physical Separation technical team, consisting o minerals processing engineers, metallurgists, and mechanical layout and design engineers, is one o the largest and most experienced in the minerals processing industry. Te team is devoted to meeting each and every customer’s process requirements by optimizing resource potential and minimizing post commissioning problems.
Laboratory Testing
Pilot-scale Testing
Flowsheet Design
Process Engineering
Systems Engineering
Site Commissioning
Research and Development
Equipment Innovations
Plant Audits
Outotec, formerly Outokumpu Technology, is a worldwide technology leader in minerals and metals processing providing innovative and environmentally so un d so lu ti on s fo r a wi de va ri et y of cu st om er s in mi ne ra ls pr oc es si ng , iron and steel, aluminum and non-ferrous metals industries. Outotec Oyj is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
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