Delkor MAX-FeED - increasing performance of vacuum belt filters

DELKOR’s specialized Iron Ore (IO) belt feeder, MAX-FeED, has demonstrated its potential to increase throughput, without compromising on filter cake moisture requirements and with no additional ancillary equipment required.

The application of DELKOR’s belt feeder on existing belt filters at a major iron ore site in Australia showed strong improvements in belt filter performance, with the test work demonstrating the potential to significantly reduce the number or size of filters, resulting in lower capital, transportation, installation and operating costs, as well as a reduction in necessary spares, overall maintenance and equipment footprint.

After retrofitting five belt filters, supplied by another manufacturer, with DELKOR's MAX-FeED belt feeders, significant improvements were noted, both in throughput, which increased from 300 to 500 m3/h and the consistency of filter cake properties. The difference in cake thickness across the belt width was reduced from more than 10 to less than 5 mm, whilst the moisture content remained constant over the entire width of the belt and the filter cake was dewatered at the edges to the same extent as the rest of the cake.

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