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Solid / Liquid Separation Equipment
SBCCO-China supplies thickeners, clarifiers, hydrocyclones, SX mixer-settlers, drum and belt filters, and the FRP and rubber-lined internals that go with them — for mineral processing, solvent extraction, water treatment and chemical plants. Engineered to your process data or basin survey and inspected in China before shipment.
01 / What we supply
What we supply
Most of this equipment is not bought off a shelf. It is dimensioned to a basin, a filter deck or a duty that already exists on your site.
Thickeners
High-rate and conventional thickeners with FRP or steel tanks, drive heads, rake arms, lifting devices, feedwells and launders. Supplied complete, or as internals for an existing concrete basin.
Clarifier Collection Systems
FRP collection headers, laterals, launders and weir plates fabricated to the basin survey, match-marked and trial-assembled in the shop before shipment.
Hydrocyclones
Individual cyclones and radial clusters from 50 mm to 800 mm diameter, with polyurethane, natural rubber, nitrile or ceramic liners, plus distributors, manifolds and pinch valves.
SX Mixer-Settlers
Mixer boxes, settler tanks, weirs, picket fences, launders and coalescing internals in FRP or rubber-lined steel, for copper, cobalt, nickel and uranium solvent extraction.
Drum & Vacuum Filters
Drum tubs, agitators, valve bodies and filtrate piping in FRP or alloy — dimensioned to fit existing filter decks where the original supplier no longer supports the machine.
Separation Packages
Filter presses, belt filters, dewatering screens and skid-mounted packages, supplied with pumps, piping and instrumentation as a single scope of supply.
02 / Specification
What we can build, in numbers.
If your duty falls outside this envelope, say so in the enquiry — we will tell you honestly whether it is something our shops should be building.
| Equipment | Thickeners, clarifiers, CCD circuits, hydrocyclones, mixer-settlers, drum and belt filters, filter presses, dewatering screens |
|---|---|
| Tank materials | FRP (vinyl ester, isophthalic, bisphenol A), rubber-lined carbon steel, 316L, duplex 2205, PP and PVC lined |
| Thickener diameter | Up to 45 m, supplied as bolted or field-welded segments with match-marked joints |
| FRP standards | ASTM D3299, ASTM D4097, BS 4994, ASME RTP-1 — laminate schedule issued for your approval before layup begins |
| Hydrocyclone range | 50 mm to 800 mm diameter; polyurethane, natural rubber, nitrile or ceramic liners |
| SX / EW experience | Copper, cobalt, nickel and uranium circuits, with equipment in service in Chile, Peru, Mexico, DRC, Zambia and Morocco |
| Testing | Hydrotest, Barcol hardness, laminate thickness mapping, acetone sensitivity, spark test on linings, shop trial assembly of segmented tanks |
| What we need to start | A process data sheet, a basin survey or a general arrangement drawing. We return a dimensioned proposal drawing for approval before anything is cut. |
| Delivery | Containerised segments, or break-bulk for large-diameter shells; erection drawings and match-marking supplied |
03 / How we control it
The part that fails is almost never the tank.
In separation equipment the tank is the easy part. What fails is the interface — a launder that does not line up with the basin, a liner that was wrong for the reagent, a laminate cured too fast in a hot shop. Those are the things we control, because those are the things that put a crew on site with a grinder.
We measure the basin before anything is fabricated
For retrofit work we survey the existing structure, or work from yours, and issue a dimensioned proposal drawing. Segmented shells are trial-assembled in the shop and photographed before they are cut apart for shipping.
The laminate schedule is agreed in writing
Resin type, veil, chopped strand and woven roving sequence, cure schedule and Barcol target are fixed before layup — checked against the reagent, temperature and duty you gave us, never against a generic default.
Chemical compatibility is checked against your actual liquor
Send the reagent, the concentration and the operating temperature. If the resin or liner we would normally use is not right for that duty, we say so before quoting — even when saying so costs us the price advantage.
Everything ships match-marked
Segments, laterals and launders arrive numbered and keyed to an assembly drawing your erection crew can follow without a phone call to China.
04 / Questions
Solid / liquid separation — common questions
Can you supply internals for a basin built by someone else?
Yes — it is a large part of our separation work. We need a basin survey and the process duty, and we return a dimensioned proposal drawing for approval before fabrication starts.
Which resin do you use for solvent extraction duty?
It depends on the organic, the aqueous chemistry and the temperature. Vinyl ester is the usual answer for SX raffinate and electrolyte, but we confirm it against your data sheet and state the resin, veil and cure schedule in the quotation.
Do you supply drives and rakes as well as the tank?
Yes. Drive heads, rake arms, lifting devices, feedwells, launders and instrumentation can be supplied as one package — or we can supply only the parts you are missing.
How large a thickener can be shipped?
Up to 45 m diameter, as bolted or welded segments sized for containers or flat racks. Segments are trial-assembled and match-marked in China so that field fit-up is mechanical rather than corrective.
Can you match a discontinued filter or cyclone?
Usually. Send the machine and model, or the part itself. We dimension it, issue a reconstruction for your approval, and manufacture to the approved geometry. We do not represent the result as an original-equipment part.
Send the process data. We will send a proposal drawing.
Upload a data sheet, a basin survey or a photograph of the equipment you are replacing, and we will come back with materials, a dimensioned proposal, an inspection plan and a price.