TAILINGS EQUIPMENT
Equipment tails
View of installed McLanahan overhead filter
press with proper structure for support
Bolted thickener right option for
Mauritania
Valves, thickeners and filter presses are all key components
in today’s trend towards more thickened and filtered
tailings solutions. Paul Moore reviews some of the options
umping tailings slurries requires a
specialised approach to the pipe itself,
the pumps and the associated
components. Victaulic, a world leading
manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining
systems, has launched its new Refuse-to-Fuse™
Series 906 Knife Gate Valve (906 KGV), the
industry's first in-line maintenance KGV for
HDPE pipe. The new valve simplifies installation
and maintenance, reduces downtime, and
improves worker safety.
The 906 KGV for HDPE pipe is ideal for fluid
lines containing solids or abrasive materials
common in mining and other industrial settings
with applications such as slurry and tailings
lines or cyclones. “For years, workers had to
endure the labour-intensive process of removing
the entire valve from the
pipeline service to
facilitate maintenance,
rebuild and repair, but
our new 906 KGV can be
maintained in-line
without having to
disconnect the valve from
a piping system to
address worn parts,” said
Jane Zhang, Product
Manager at Victaulic.
“With this product, we
are proud to demonstrate
Victaulic’s constant
expansion of innovative
P
The Victaulic 906 KGV for
HDPE pipe is ideal for
fluid lines containing
solids or abrasive
materials common in
mining
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Refuse-to-Fuse technologies that solve the most
complex piping challenges across industries.”
The new valve also improves worker safety
because only one component has to be replaced
versus removing the entire valve from the
pipeline. This first-of-its-kind, revolutionary
design eliminates the need for rigging with
heavy chains and pulleys swinging over the
heads of maintenance crews.
“The 906 KGV is an advanced technology
that encloses all wear parts into a single
replaceable seat cartridge kit, which reduces
maintenance downtime by up to 95% and
generates up to 60% savings in annual
maintenance costs,” said Mike Prince, Product
Engineer at Victaulic. “Both durable and highly
resistant, we have witnessed our KGVs lasting
more than five times longer than alternative
products cur