Eriez Flotation HydroFloat Coarse Particle Flotation (CPF) Technology
The HydroFloat Coarse Particle Flotation (CPF) technology from Eriez Flotation creates new possibilities for extraction companies to meet their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) goals by improving efficiency and enabling better use of resources.
The HydroFloat CPF Separator is an aerated fluidized-bed (or teeter bed) separator that uses the synergistic effect of combining flotation with gravity concentration, resulting in an outcome that cannot be achieved by either approach alone. In the HydroFloat, the air bubbles that are dispersed by fluidization system rise through the fluidized-bed and attach to the hydrophobic particles, altering their density and rendering them sufficiently buoyant to float and be recovered at the top of the cell.
HydroFloat CPF Separators increase bubble/particle collision rates and residence time while decreasing mixing, turbulence and detachment, and buoyancy restrictions. These advantages lead to drastically improved coarse particle recovery.
The HydroFloat can be applied to sulfides, base metals (e.g., copper, moly, etc.), iron ore, industrial minerals, potash/phosphate, lithium minerals and others. Applications include Coarse Gangue Rejection - Preconcentration (CGR) and Tailings Scavenging (TS).
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