APIC jigging technology
BATEMAN has now added the APIC under-bed air-
pulsed jig technology to its portfolio of wholly- owned technologies,
having completed the licence period with the French supplier, the Fives-
Lille Group (FCB).
A PIC jig technology is one of the most efficient
for gravity separation. BATEMAN, through Atoll, its joint venture with
Mintek, has installed 30 jigs since 1997 in South Africa, as well as
internationally in France, Belgium, Sweden, Brazil, India, the USA,
Russia and Asia Pacific.
The APIC jig separates clean, saleable material from
waste / raw material by separating particles of different densities
in a homogenous bed of granular material. With capacities ranging from
10 to 800 t/h, it can recover alloys and metals from slag dumps, wash
coals and upgrade non- metallics, such as diamonds and garnets, as well
as manganese and iron ores. Typically, in the metal-from-slag application,
the recovered metal has a purity greater than 97 %. Besides the clean
product, demonstrated advantages of this process are extremely high
recoveries and an ability to effect separation at large sizes and high
densities. Recoveries greater than 95 % are obtained for coarse material
(in the size range 5 mm to 150 mm) and greater than 90 % for fine material.
The largest modular APIC jig, the M9 model, is designed
specifically for separating difficult products that require longer residence
times to effect efficient stratification and separation of materials
of very similar densities. This jig was developed from the growing need
in the southern African industry for larger modular units.
APIC jigs can also be equipped with JIGSCAN, a fully
integrated and computerised automatic jig-control system. It results
in improved control over product quality and higher yields of ‘on-specification’
product. Much of the operator’s attention needed for efficient
operation of a jig is reduced or eliminated. The system automatically
raises an alarm if separation efficiency drops and sequences start-ups
and shut- downs to optimise production.
For further information, please contact Vincent Dieudonné,
BATEMAN General Manager, Jigging, on +27-11-899-2343 or Email: jigging@batemanengineering.com
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