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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2007
Richard Triglavcanin, Dalkeith, AU;
Richard Triglavcanin, Dalkeith, AU;
Outotec Oyi, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A thickening apparatus () and method adapted to liquids carrying suspended particles, such as slurry containing minerals, when there is a tank (), where settling of solids takes place, a feedwell (), which includes a chamber having means for receiving fed material (), such as slurry and at least one outlet () in fluid communication with the tank and means for distributing the material in the tank, means for delivering the fed material (), at least slurry, into the feedwell, when inside the feedwell there is arranged a separate mixing space () for the fed material (), when there is arranged at least one horizontal element () reaching at least partly the cross-section of the feedwell, from which mixing space the fed material () is allowed to flow into other section () of the feedwell.