Product introduction
Thickener is a solid-liquid separation device based on gravity settlement,
usually made of concrete, wood or welded metal plate as a structural material to
build a cylindrical shallow trough with a cone bottom. The slurry with solid
weight of 10% ~ 20% can be concentrated into the underflow slurry with solid
content of 45% ~ 55% by gravity sedimentation, and the thickened underflow
slurry can be discharged from the bottom flow port of the thickener with the
help of the rake installed in the thickener and running slowly (1/3 ~
1/5r/min).
Working principle
The clarified liquid (overflow) produced by concentration is left in the
thickener and discharged by the annular chute at the top; Concentration process:
The pulp entering the pool gradually naturally forms five different zones.
Clarification zone, free settling zone, precipitation zone, concentration zone,
slime zone; The thickening of pulp begins in the free settling zone, but the
main thickening process takes place in the thickening zone.
Advantages and characteristics
1. Use the lower deep feeding method
According to the theory of deep settling, deep feeding shorens the settling
distance of solid particles, makes coarse particles sink into the compression
zone quickly, relatively reduces the concentration of mud water in the middle
and upper part of the pool, and is conducive to the settling of fine particles.
Due to the use of lower deep feeding, forcing the fine particles into the upper
part of the compression zone, at this time, the collision of dense particles
greatly reduces their energy, so that the fine particles remain and can not
float, thereby increasing the concentration of underflow and reducing the solid
content of the overflow.
2. Use higher rake speed
Because the concentrator has a larger processing capacity than the ordinary
concentrator, the higher rake speed can be used to scrape the sediment at the
bottom to the central discharge port in time, and it is not easy to have a press
rake accident. When the driving power is constant, the speed of the rake frame
is high, the driving torque is reduced, it is not easy to press the rake, and
the rake frame is not easy to twist.
3. Use larger pool depth
There are two main reasons for using a larger pool depth, which can give a
higher static pressure in the compression zone of the thickener and increase the
settling concentration time in the pool. Minimize the amount of solids contained
in the overflow.
4. Adjustable rake speed
Because the oil pump of the hydraulic station is a variable pump, the speed
of the rake can be adjusted by adjusting the displacement of the variable pump
to adapt to various process conditions and achieve the best process effect.
5. The main body of the rake frame is made of steel pipe
In order to reduce the resistance of the rake frame running in water,
increase the strength, and increase the buoyancy, the rake frame is made of
steel pipe. This structure can reduce the power consumption during the operation
of the equipment.
6. Reliable lubrication system
The transmission system of the NM series thickener is in a completely closed
transmission box. The lubricating oil in the transmission box can immerse the
transmission gear and the outer gear ring of the slewing support. This
lubrication system is reliable and sufficient. It can maximize the life of
transmission gear and slewing support rings.