INTEGRAL SOLUTIONS IN STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING FOR SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
Expertise Areas
Tailings Plant
- Comprehensive Analysis of High-Rate Thickeners and High Compaction in Existing Tailings Plants.
- Technical recommendations to improve mechanical and process performance. Thickening and Filtration.
- Evaluation and selection of Tailings Thickening and Filtration equipment.
- Audits of industrial operations.
Concentrator Plants
- Optimization of concentrated thickeners of Cu, Mo, Zn, Pb and Fe.
- Clarity control of overflow and foam.
- Selection of flocculants and coagulants and optimization of dilution.
- Retrofit of the feeding system and Feedwell.
- Design and modernization of mechanisms and harrows.
Other Procesess
- Optimization of equipment and circuits of Tailings and Iron Concentrates.
- CCD Circuits: sizing of Co and Countercurrent Circuits, design of circuits and equipment for Au-Ag Cyanidation circuits and dilution optimization.
- Retrofit of the feeding system and Feedwell.
- Design and modernization of mechanisms and harrows.
Equip. &Technologies
- Thickeners and Clarifiers.
High Rate thickeners. - High Compaction and Paste Thickeners.
- CCD thickeners.
Horizontal band filters. - Filter presses
- Automatic pressure filters.
- Design Flocculant Plants.
Services
Solid Solutions offers comprehensive solutions in the field of Process, Mechanical and Structural Engineering that involve Solid-Liquid separation equipment and processes
PROCESS ENGINEERING
- Conceptual studies and trade off in-process separation area S/L
- Laboratory Tests, Analysis of results and Plant data, Design and recommendations.
- Consulting to improve existing facilities.
Expert advice and supervision of pilot and test plants. - Field Operation and Training Courses.
Engineering projects that are currently in the development stage in the areas of Solid-Liquid Separation and Pulp Management. - Plant design, mass balances and flows.
Selection and recommendation of S/L equipment. - Philosophies of Control, Optimization and Automation of Equipment in existing installations.
STRUCTURAL MECHANICS AND DESIGN
- Design, engineering and projects of plants and process equipment.
- Generation of models and detailed structural analysis, under international standards AISC-360, API-650, ACE-7, in conjunction with local regulations.
- 3D modeling, which allows obtaining mechanical and structural designs with tighter manufacturing tolerances, and a perfect fit in the assembly of equipment.
- 2D drawings 3D models for remodelling SL separation equipment and Up Grades.
- Advanced basic engineering for construction projects.
- On-site scanning and cloud data processing to develop 3D modelling.
AFTERMARKET
- Optimization of equipment and services in the field.
- Equipment optimization.
Project Management. - Management, management advice, execution planning and project control.
- QA/QC planning.
Floc Size Measurement Using FBMR Probe (Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement)
Case Study
Solid Solutions in cooperation with Ricardo Jeldres, PhD in chemical engineering and academic from the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Antofagasta, developed a study on the Impact of Floc Size and its correlation with different types of flocculants for Centinela Mining.
The study was performed using the FBMR probe. This technique has been validated by CSIRO Mineral Resources, through the AMIRA P266 project (Improving Thickener Technology)..
The study allowed recording the chord length of the particle aggregates, according to the type of flocculant selected. The preselection was made in conjunction with the user and with the flocculant supplier. This study was also correlated with the Yield stress of the compacted product.
The study allowed us to conclude that by using FBMR technology it is possible to obtain a new correlation of use of flocculants and type of flocculant, which allow optimizing the performance of the thickener through a new formulation.
The study was performed using the FBMR probe. This technique has been validated by CSIRO Mineral Resources, through the AMIRA P266 project (Improving Thickener Technology)..
The study allowed recording the chord length of the particle aggregates, according to the type of flocculant selected. The preselection was made in conjunction with the user and with the flocculant supplier. This study was also correlated with the Yield stress of the compacted product.
The study allowed us to conclude that by using FBMR technology it is possible to obtain a new correlation of use of flocculants and type of flocculant, which allow optimizing the performance of the thickener through a new formulation.
Ricardo Jeldres
PhD in Chemical Engineering