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Materials handling and logistics
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Above:
Multotec has devel-
oped an environmentally
friendly water filter press
believed to be a world first.
Right:
A significant invest-
ment in tooling has allowed
Multotec to produce an
injection moulded polyure-
thane screen panel that
dramatically increases the
open area and drainage.
and reducing magnetite losses — the
highest cost confronting a coal pro-
cessing plant,” adds Rhodes Nelson,
from Multotec’s screening team. “The
latest development follows a significant
investment in tooling that has allowed
us to produce an injection moulded
polyurethane screen panel that dra-
matically increases the open area and
drainage. This innovative new screen
panel provides a significant open area
that, in some cases, has been shown to
be double what was previously achieved
with conventional Multotec Hi-Flow
panels for the same aperture, and with
double the drainage capability.”
General manager of Multotec’s solid
liquid and magnetic separation division,
Ernst Maritz, says that the company’s
low intensity magnetic drum separators,
used in conjunction with the correct
wash water system and screen cloth
design, are also achieving significant
savings on operating costs by reducing
magnetite consumption.
To address the need for improved
longevity, the introduction of new and
better materials of construction to
reduce costs is a continuous process
