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Boost recovery and reduce costs with advanced flotation technology for mining and mineral processing industries.

Eriez Flotation provides game-changing innovations in process technology for the mining and mineral processing industries such as HydroFloat® for coarse particle recovery and the StackCell® mechanical flotation cell, as well as advanced testing and engineering services, column flotation and sparging equipment.  

Applications for Eriez Flotation equipment and systems include:

  • metallic and non-metallic minerals
  • bitumen recovery
  • fine coal recovery
  • organic recovery (solvent extraction and electrowinning)
  • gold/silver cyanidation

Eriez Flotation has designed, supplied and commissioned more than 1,000 flotation systems worldwide for cleaning, roughing and scavenging applications in metallic and non-metallic processing operations, and we are a leading producer of modular column flotation systems for recovering bitumen from oil sands. Strengths in process engineering, equipment design and fabrication position Eriez Flotation as a global leader in minerals flotation systems. 

 

Flotation Products


 

HydroFloat Coarse Particle Flotation

Eriez has designed and patented HydroFloat® CPF, a groundbreaking technology that recovers particles +2x coarser than conventional flotation machines, which allows the development of more profitable and more environmentally sustainable of mining projects.

 

StackCell High Intensity Flotation

The StackCell® uses a 2-stage system for particle collection and froth recovery. Collection is optimized in a high shear single-pass mixing canister and froth recovery is optimized in a quiescent flotation chamber. 

 

Column Flotation

Eriez Flotation is a world leader in column flotation technology with more than 1,000 installations. Columns are used for floating well-liberated ores. Typically they produce higher grade and have lower power costs than conventional cells. 

 

CrossFlow Classifier

The CrossFlow is a high capacity teeter-bed separator, separating slurry streams based on particle size, shape and density.

RSP Distributor™

The rotary slurry-powered distributor (RSP) is used to accurately and evenly split a slurry stream into two or more parts, without creating differences based on flow, percent solids, particle size or density.

 

CavTube Sparging 

The specially designed CavTubes are an integral part of the hydrodynamic aeration system used to maximize fine bubble generation and improve bubble-particle collision rates.

 

 

SlamJet™ Spargers

SlamJet spargers are proven in thousands of flotation applications. Designed for and used with Eriez Flotation systems, they are also easily retro-fitted to improve the performance of other flotation columns.

 

Lab Testing

Eriez can provide a complete and detailed analysis of most minerals processing applications. With laboratory equipment ranging from grinding mills to benchtop and column flotation cells, complex plant circuitry can be simulated and tested.

 

Field Services

Services include pilot-scale and production-scale demonstration testing of Eriez's flotation technologies, commissioning and start-up assistance, and optimization of existing flotation circuits.

 Downloadable Documents

 

Global Mining Review 

May 2024

Michele Tuchscherer, Homie Thanasekaran, and Eric Wasmund evaluate how the properties of gas bubbles can impact the separation, leaching, and flotation processes. 

Global Mining Review

May 2023

Eric Wasmund, Jose Concha, and Homie Thanasekaran, examine how innovations in cell technology can help maximise mineral recovery from froth flotation – resulting in more profitable and sustainable projects.

Global Mining Review

March 2023

Discover how innovative water management technologies are becoming essential in achieving sustainable mining operations in this March 2023 edition of Global Mining Review featuring Eric Wasmund of Eriez Canada and Jose Concha of Eriez Peru.

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