WEIR Minerals and Eriez Flotation, specialized in flotation equipment, have announced a cooperative agreement to design and develop coarse particle flotation (CPF) systems.
Coarse particle flotation facilitates more efficient separation, while also reducing water and energy consumption and producing safer tailings.
“This cutting-edge technology is a step-change improvement over conventional flotation systems,” Eric Bain Wasmund, Ph.D., Professional Engineer, Vice President of Eriez Global Flotation Business said.
“The cooperation allows both companies to better connect the Eriez equipment with the slurry classification and conveying expertise of Weir Minerals. As mining companies look to optimize their plant and processes while also reducing their carbon footprint, we’ll see CPF being more widely adopted,” Ricardo Garib, Division President of Weir Minerals said.
“This agreement enhances Weir Minerals’ all-of-mine capabilities. From the pit to the processing plant, with leading brands such as Warman pumps, Cavex hydrocyclones, GEHO positive displacement pumps, Linatex rubber products and Enduron HPGRs, Weir Minerals takes a holistic approach to plant and process optimization.
Using a novel aeration system to disperse fine bubbles into a fluidized-bed environment, the HydroFloat® Separator significantly increases the selective recovery of coarse particles by applying flotation fundamentals to gravity separation.
Eriez’s products include the HydroFloat® Separator for coarse particle mineral concentration, which delivers the capacity of a density separator while maintaining the selectivity of a flotation device. Using a novel aeration system to disperse fine bubbles into a fluidized-bed environment, the HydroFloat® Separator significantly increases the selective recovery of coarse particles by applying flotation fundamentals to gravity separation.
