Falcon UF (Ultra Fine) Series Gravity Concentrator

The Falcon UF Ultrafine series, is specifically designed to recover material of 30 microns and finer.

Operating at up to 350G’s, this unit produces an intermittent of concentrate within a range of mass yields of 1% to 25%. No fluidisation water is utilised.

With a maximum particle size of 1mm, the principal application is the recovery of fine free metals, typically Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten, Silver, Gold and PGM’s

The Ultrafine Concentrator

Feed stream particles are subjected to gravitational forces of up to 350 G’s and are segregated according to effective specific gravity along the smooth spinning rotor wall. The high G’s and the lack of fluidising water permit effective recovery of fine particles. The heaviest particles are retained against the rotor wall while the lighter particles migrate over this bed and report to the ‘lights’ launder. The variable lip ring is adjusted to vary the bed thickness and therefore the amount of heavies retained during each cycle. The cycle time is adjusted to suit the amount of mass yield required.

When the bed has built up to sufficient grade or mass yield, the feed is stopped, the rotor slowed by braking, and the spray manifolds rinse the heavies out of the rotor underneath the rotor baffle and out of the ‘heavies’ discharge ports.

The variable lip function, the heart of this process, as well as the rotation speed, rinsing and braking and other process variables are all controlled by the Falcon Automation Package ( AutoPAC).

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