Paste Technology

INCREASE WATER RECOVERY

LOWER TAILINGS DISPOSAL COSTS
IMPROVE CCD EFFICIENCY

TAKE CONTROL Surface Tailings Disposal

OF YOUR WATER
BALANCE AND
TAILINGS
DISPOSAL

Underground
Disposal

YOU KNOW Your Plant’s Needs

WE KNOW the Equipment...To get the Job Done Right!
 Increasing Slump
Increasing Yield Stress
Deep Cone Paste Thickeners
®

Underflow Solids, Wt % Filter Cake

Dorr-Oliver Eimco has the most experience when it

comes to paste thickening. Our Deep Cone Paste ®
120 Deep Cone Thickeners
Thickeners produce underflow solids with a paste sold to 44 Operating Sites
consistency and the highest solids concentration of
any thickener on the market. Paste is a non-
segregating liquid/solid mixture with a yield stress
and slump. The benefits of producing paste are
considerable.
Maximum liquid recovery —
for water conservation
Produces uniform, non-segregating paste
consistency underflow slurry 16 Different Mineral Applications:
Disposal by stacking not ponds Aluminum Uranium
Total tails backfill disposal Mineral Sands Pyrite
Minimum thickener footprint Platinum Gold
Lead/Zinc Lead/Germanium
Minimum disposal volume
Soda Ash Copper
Transportable by pumps Cement Pb/Zn Concentrate
Minimum liquid expressed after deposition Kimberlite Phosphate
Highest CCD washing efficiency Ni Laterite Silver
Minimum pipe plugging problems during
shutdowns and upsets
Process Applications:
CCD Tailings Stacking
Kiln Feed Autoclave Feed
Backfill Sub-Aqueous Disposal

Installed Size Range: 3m to 40m diameter

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 125-meter diameter, 8,000,000 ft-lbs.

High Density & High Tonnage -

Increasing Slump
Increasing Yield Stress
High Torque Thickeners
Underflow Solids, Wt % Filter Cake

Dorr-Oliver Eimco is the world’s leading

manufacturer of minerals-duty thickeners
in applications such as concentrate, tailings,
preleach and CCD.

Dorr-Oliver Eimco High-Rate

Thickeners Provide:
Enhanced flocculation
accelerates settling
Higher flow and loading rates
reduce space requirements
Available up to 420-ft.
(125m) diameter

We also
Supply the
Patented
E-Duc Feed
®

Dilution
System

Dorr Oliver Eimco High-Density

Paste Thickeners
High solids concentrations in
the paste range
Useful for all tonnages, but
particularly advantageous for
high tonnage applications
Torque capacities available to
13,500,000 Nm (10,000,000 ft. lbs.)

55-meter diameter, 8,000,000 ft-lbs.

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 Vacuum Disc Filters &

Increasing Slump
Increasing Yield Stress
Paste Production Storage
Underflow Solids, Wt % Filter Cake

Vacuum Disc Filters

Use DOE Disc Filters for metallurgical dewatering
applications designed for highly abrasive slurries
Quick and easy sector removal and
replacement
Multiple feed to one unit
External drainage pipes mounted around Three 12-disc AgiDisc Filters for Paste Backfill in Western Australia
center-shaft
Replaceable drainage pipes
Maximal efficiency
Minimal maintenance

Paste Technology that Works

10 feet-6 inches diameter x 14 Disc Filters used for Tailings

Paste Production Storage Mechanism

PPSM uses novel densification technology to provide
a simple, low cost unit operation that allows the
production of paste consistency material from mill
tailings and other similar materials.
Commercial size PPSMs are available
to 34 feet (10m) diameter
Maximum capacity of about 120 tph/unit
Maximum storage of 1000 t/units

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