Capabilities Summary
PILOT PLANT
Mineral and Byproduct Processing
BENCH SCALE: Testing & Development
- Grinding - Ball, Rod; Work Index Determination
- Size Classification
- Froth Flotation - Mechanical Cells, Small Column Flotation
- Magnetic Separation - Conventional Magnetic, Rare Earth Magnetic, High Intensity Magnetic
- Electrostatic separator
- Air table
- Pelletizing
- Furnace/Heat Treatment
- Granulators
- Mixing/Mulling
- Thickening and Filtration
- Leaching - Pressure, Electrochemical, Cyanide, Bromine
PILOT PLANT SCALE: Minerals and Materials Processing
- Sample Preparation Facilities and Equipment
- Feeding Systems
- Crushing - Jaw, Gyratory, and Roll
- Grinding - Ball, Rod, and Autogenous Mills
- Fine Grinding - Attrition Mills
- Size Classification - Screening, Cycloning
- Air Classification
- Froth Flotation - Column and Mechanical
- Separation and Concentration
- Magnetic & Electrostatic Separation
- Gravitational Separation - Jig, Table, Heavy Media Vessel and Cycloning, Hydro Classification, Air classification
- Dewatering, Agglomeration and Thermal Curing
- Agglomeration - Pelletizing, Briquetting
- Thermal Processing - Calciner - Reducing, Oxidation, Inert
- Thickening and Filtration - Thickeners, filtration
- Material Handling - Trucks, Dump Trucks, Forklifts, Bins, Slurry Tanks, Conveyors.
Project Support Services
Analytical, Flowsheet Development, On-site Fieldwork
ADVANCED MATERIALS PROCESSING
Powder Production and Handling
- Inert Processing Glove Box Series for Inert Processing
- Attrition Milling 1S Attritor
- Powder Synthesis - Melt Spinning, Spray Drying
- Spex Mills
Consolidation Processing and Heat Treatment
Secondary Processing
- Swaging, Rolling Mills
- Abrasive Water Jet Cutter
Casting and Smelting
TESTING and ANALYSIS
- Metallurgy Department Testing Facilities: Solvent Extraction, Solvent Exchange
- Microscopy - SEM, TEM, EDX, Probe, Image Analysis
- Physical Characterization - Electric, Magnetic, Rheology
- Powder Characterizations - BET, Pycnometer, Zeta, XRD
- Chemical Analysis - AA, ICP, FTIR, UV, CHN, S, MS, XRF
- Electrochemical Analysis/Corrosion test - EG&G Model 273A Potentiostat/Galvanostat
- X-ray Fluorescence Analysis - EX310 EDXRF Spectrometer
- Raman Spectrometer
- Thermal Analysis - DTA, DSC, TMA
- Size Analysis - Microtrac, Sedigraph, Nano-Coulter Counter
- Organic Chemical Analysis - Biological Technology
- Surface Analysis - Auger
- Special Testing Facilities - for Foundry, Concrete & Materials
