Outokumpu Mintec Oy

Jouko Kallioinen

Peter Bourke

David Taylor

Timo Niitti

An apparatus for extracting floatable minerals from a slurry (3). Slurry (3) is fed into a tank (2) via a feed inlet (25) and agitated and aerated so as to create an upper zone containing froth enriched with the floatable minerals. The agitation and aeration are also regulated to create a lower zone (41) containing a relatively dense or coarse component of the slurry (3), and an intermediate zone (42) containing a substantially less dense or finer component of the slurry (3). The surface froth is progressively withdrawn via a launder (30) thereby to produce a flotation concentrate. Similarly, the relatively dense component of the slurry (3) is progressively withdrawn from the lower zone (41) via a bottom inlet (26), and the relatively less dense of the slurry (3) is progressively withdrawn from the intermediate zone (42) via a side outlet (28).

Flotation method and apparatus for treatment of cyclone sands

A flash flotation device (1) comprises a tank (2) to contain slurry (3) incorporating minerals to be extracted, a feed inlet (25) for admission of slurry (3) into the tank (2), agitation means (10) to agitate the slurry (3) within the tank (2), aeration means to aerate the slurry (3) whereby floatable minerals in suspension form a surface froth for removal via froth lip (29), a bottom outlet (26) for withdrawal of relatively coarse or dense components of the slurry (3) from the tank (2), and a side outlet (28) to regulate the level of slurry (3) in the tank (2).

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Hollola, Finland

Jouko Kallioinen