Langley, British Columbia. September 2nd, 2014 – Sepro Mineral Systems Corp is pleased to offer an enhancement in design for the Semi-Batch 5200B Falcon Concentrator rotor bowl lining. The Lower Strike Point (LSP) Insert has demonstrated significantly improved wear resistance during equipment operation.
The company recently embarked on an extensive 6 month R&D project and it was confirmed through field trial testing that the LSP Insert provided stronger wear resistance over rubber and ceramic lining under harsh wear conditions.
The molded rubber LSP Insert ring can be installed into the Falcon Concentrator basin impact wear area without bowl removal, and is specifically formulated to increase wear resistance in severe conditions. The use of this insert is intended to reduce downtime, operation costs and inventory needs for SB5200B Falcon customers.
“Detour Gold ore has extremely aggressive wear characteristics for our processing equipment and piping so we originally specified ceramic tile lining in our SB5200B Falcon Concentrators and associated piping. Sepro offered to develop an improved rotor bowl lining system to help extend wear life and reduce operating costs. The resulting molded rubber Lower Strike Point (LSP) Insert ring is lasting about 1.5 – 2 times longer than the original ceramic tiles and knocks into place without removing the bowl. It effectively relines the lower bowl impact wear area very quickly and has demonstrated significant improvement in wear and reduced maintenance costs.
I would highly recommend the new LSP Insert lining system for Falcon 5200B Concentrators to other gravity gold recovery operations.”
Gerry Barstad, Chief Metallurgist – Detour Gold Inc.
Sepro is making the LSP Insert available to all current Falcon SB5200B owners as a low cost retro-fit parts package. All new SB5200B units sold will incorporate this latest enhancement as the design standard. The company is developing plans to release the LSP Insert for the SB2500B Falcon model in the near future.
SEPRO MINERAL SYSTEMS CORP. is a Canadian company operating internationally in the mining and metals industries. Sepro’s core business for the last 25+ years has been the supply of mineral processing equipment, metallurgical testing and process consulting. Basic services range from evaluative studies through equipment design, fabrication and commissioning. Sepro is committed to providing state-of-the-art equipment and process solutions for new and existing projects worldwide.