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ANDRITZ HVBF
Horizontal vacuum belt filter
Features
The ANDRITZ horizontal vacuum belt
filter is a continuous vacuum filter that
makes use of the most modern design
capabilities to make it an efficient and
reliable solid/liquid separation unit
able to operate under the most ardu-
ous conditions. The filter has been
simplified for easy operation, yet all
the wearing parts remain easily acces-
sible for routine maintenance pur-
poses.
Dewatering / Washing
applications
■ Gold and silver recovery in cyanide ANDRITZ are able to manufacture wetted
processes parts of the horizontal vacuum belt filter from
■ Washing of Phosphate rock a variety of materials to accommodate
■ Recovery of Manganese process conditions.
■ Copper Cement
■ Tailings washing as final stage after CCD The belt filter has numerous advantages
over rotary type filtes:
Dewatering of heavy and coarse ma-
terials including: ■ High filtration rates
Ilmenite Rutile ■ Flexibility of operation
Zircon Chromite ■ Excellent washing efficiency
Paper effluent Iron ore ■ Drier filter cake
Cake discharge Largest belt filter plant in the world - Cutaway of horizontal vacuum belt filter
Nchanga, Zambia
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■ Wear strips
These are made from highly wear resistant,
low friction material and are attached to the
vacuum box shoulders to locate the loose
wear belt system.
■ Wear belt
Our large filters are typicall site erected, with A typical life of 12 months is possible, but is
smaller units delivered fully assembled and largely dependant on the particular applica-
factory tested to save on installation and tion and the maintenance practises em-
commissioning time. Depending on trans- ployed. Replacement wear belts can be
port, access and erection restrictions, it may installed in less than one hour by utilising the
be possible for larger units to be transported simple pneumatic system for raising and
and erected in one piece. lowering the vacuum box in-situ.
ANDRITZ AG
ANDRITZ Chile Ltda. ANDRITZ Pty Ltd. Stattegger Strasse 18
Isidora Goyenechea 3600, Oficina 202 37 Colemans Road 8045 Graz, Austria
Santiago de Chile, Chile Carrum Downs VIC 3201, Australia Phone: +43 (316) 6902 0
Phone: +56 (2) 462 4600 Phone: +61 (3) 8773 4888 separation@andritz.com
separation.cl@andritz.com separation.au@andritz.com www.andritz.com
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for any purpose is a violation of the relevant copyright laws. ANDRITZ AG, Stattegger Strasse 18, 8045 Graz, Austria HVBF-ESP-05_11