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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Outotec (Finland) Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Peter Gerard Bourke, Maida Vale Perth, AU;

Antti Rinne, Espoo, FI;

Rob Coleman, Queensland, AU;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03D 1/02 (2006.01); B03D 1/16 (2006.01); B03D 1/24 (2006.01); B03D 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03D 1/02 (2013.01); B03D 1/1406 (2013.01); B03D 1/1443 (2013.01); B03D 1/1456 (2013.01); B03D 1/1462 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flotation line for treating mineral ore particles suspended in slurry, including at least three flotation units arranged in fluid connection with each other for allowing gravity-driven slurry flow between flotation units, and a feed inlet for supplying slurry into a first flotation unit; wherein at least three flotation units are configured to be uniplanar, each flotation unit includes at least one flotation cell; and wherein the launder lip height of each uniplanar flotation unit is lower than the launder lip height of the preceding uniplanar flotation unit in the direction of the slurry flow, so that an angle of sloping between a first uniplanar flotation cell, equipped with a launder lip and being larger than 150 m, and a last uniplanar flotation cell, equipped with a launder lip and being larger than 40 m, is formed; and the angle is 1.5 to 10 degrees relative to horizontal.


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