Pilot Plant Facility: Click on snapshot for larger image

Thermal Curing: Calciner

Thermal Curing: Muffle Furnace

Pilot Plant Dewatering, Agglomeration and Thermal Curing Processing Equipment
The pilot plant at IMP has equipment for dewatering, such as thickeners, drum filters, centrifuges and hydrocyclones.
Agglomeration processing is available including a continuous briquetting machine.
Thermal curing equipment includes a calciner and a large muffle furnace. Ancillary processes such as these offer project sponsors an opportunity to evaluate complete processes.

THERMAL PROCESSING
• (1) calciner, Bartlet-Snow, indirect fired, 12" dia. x 14 ft including metering and controls
• (1) reducing gas unit, G.E. Thermalene, model RT-4T
• (1) gas analyzer and recorder-programmer, Chromamax II, #7851
• (1) spray dryer
• (1) hot isostatic press (HIP), 22000C, 75 ksi
• (1) hot press
• (1) AJAX magnethermic induction melter, 100 kw, 200 lb batch
• (1) gas-fired crucible furnace, 100 lb batch
• (1) EDS plasma system, 120 kw, robot controlled, 5 axis manipulation

AGGLOMERATION
• (1) Continuous briquetting machine
• (1) Pelletizer, pelletizing disk, saucer type 36" dia.
• (1) Balling drum, variable speed, 18" dia x 4 ft
• (1) Mix-muller, 1 ft3

CONCENTRATE HANDLING
• (2) thickeners, Dorr-Oliver, 5 ft dia x 3 ft
• (1) densifier, WEMCO, Simplex, 12" dia x 3 ft
• (1) drum filter, WEMCO, 18" dia x 12"