Efficient honeycomb thickener

By using a honeycomb inclined tube bucket structure and a multi-layer mounting frame design, the problems of large footprint and low efficiency of traditional thickeners are solved, achieving efficient solid-liquid separation and improved production efficiency.

CN223464466UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-24LUANCHUAN COUNTY GENUO MINING CO LTD +1
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Application Number
CN202422879481.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-26
Publication Date
2025-10-24
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-26

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Technical Problem

Traditional thickeners have a large footprint, high construction costs, and low concentration efficiency, making them difficult to meet the space constraints and the need for improved processing efficiency in small mineral processing plants.

Method used

The honeycomb inclined tube bucket structure increases the settling area and reduces the settling distance. By combining a multi-layer main frame and multiple dense boxes, the settling efficiency and production efficiency are improved.

Benefits of technology

It reduces settling time, improves settling efficiency and solid-liquid separation effect, has a wide range of applications, meets different production needs, and reduces the equipment footprint.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a high-efficiency honeycomb thickener. The high-efficiency honeycomb thickener comprises a base, a mounting main body frame and a thickening box, the mounting main body frame is arranged on the base; the thickening boxes are correspondingly arranged on the laminates of the mounting main body frame up and down respectively; the thickening box comprises a shell, a honeycomb inclined pipe hopper, an ore feeding hopper, a heavy ore particle settling hopper and a clear water overflow hopper. The side edge of the upper end of the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper and the top edge of the partition plate are both arranged to be zigzag, surface overflow is formed on liquid after solid-liquid separation, and the problem that the solid-liquid separation effect is affected due to overflow imbalance caused by the fact that the overflow area is blocked by an overflow blocking edge due to equipment installation imbalance is solved; due to the arrangement of the multi-layer mounting main body frame and the thickening boxes, the floor area is greatly reduced, various combination modes of series connection and parallel connection can be adopted among the thickening boxes, different production requirements are met, the application range is wide, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to thickener technical field, especially a kind of high-efficiency honeycomb thickener. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the process of ore dressing, low concentration slurry needs to be thickened into high concentration slurry or the concentrate that has been sorted is efficiently separated. In order to improve the separation effect and processing capacity, the equipment and technology need to be constantly improved. Traditional thickeners, such as rake thickeners, usually have large floor area, high construction cost, and relatively low thickening efficiency. For some limited space or need to improve the processing efficiency of the scene, the traditional thickener is difficult to meet the demand. For example, in some small ore dressing plants, the space is limited, and the investment is huge. The large volume of traditional rake thickener restricts its installation and use. The shallow sedimentation theory shows that under certain conditions, reducing the sedimentation distance can improve the sedimentation speed and separation efficiency. This theory provides a theoretical basis for the design and working principle of the inclined pipe thickening hopper. In order to improve the separation effect and processing capacity, the equipment and technology need to be constantly improved. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model aims at overcoming the prior art's insufficient, provide a kind of high-efficiency honeycomb thickener, simple structure, less investment, reduce the sedimentation time, improve sedimentation efficiency.

[0004] The technical scheme adopted by the utility model is:

[0005] A kind of high-efficiency honeycomb thickener, including base, installation main body frame and thickening box;

[0006] The base is ground, and the thickened slurry collecting channel is arranged on the base. The installation main body frame is a multi-layer steel structure frame, and the installation main body frame is arranged on the base. The thickening box is arranged on each layer plate of the installation main body frame in a corresponding manner.

[0007] The thickener tank comprises a shell, a honeycomb inclined pipe hopper, a mine feeding hopper, a heavy mineral particle settling hopper and a clean water overflow hopper; the shell comprises a front side plate, a rear side plate, a left side plate, a right side plate and an intermediate partition plate, the front and rear side plates are inverted right-angled trapezoidal plates, the left side plate is obliquely arranged between the inclined edges of the front and rear side plates, the right side plate is arranged between the straight edges of the front and rear side plates, the intermediate partition plate is arranged in parallel with the left side plate at the position close to the right side plate in the shell, the mine feeding hopper is formed between the intermediate partition plate and the right side plate, a parallelogram region is formed between the intermediate partition plate and the left side plate, the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper is arranged in the parallelogram region, the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper comprises two parallelogram plate members arranged on the inner sides of the front and rear side plates of the shell and a plurality of settling pipes, the two parallelogram plate members are connected with the left side plate and the intermediate partition plate at two ends to jointly form the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper in the shape of an oblique square cylinder, the upper ends of the two parallelogram plate members and the left side plate are all lower than the front and rear side plates of the shell and are all arranged in the shape of saw teeth, and the plurality of settling pipes are arranged in the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper in the shape of honeycomb and are arranged obliquely and closely.

[0008] The heavy mineral particle settling hopper is in the shape of an inverted truncated pyramid matched with the shape of the lower end of the shell, the upper end of the heavy mineral particle settling hopper is connected with the lower end of the shell through a flange, and the flange is connected with the installation main frame; the heavy mineral particle settling hopper is provided with a mine discharge port connecting pipe at the bottom, the mine discharge port connecting pipe is provided with a gate valve, the mine discharge port connecting pipe of the heavy mineral particle settling hopper corresponding to the lowermost layer of the installation main frame is arranged corresponding to the thickened slurry gathering channel of the base, and the gate valve of the mine discharge port connecting pipe of the heavy mineral particle settling hopper located on the second layer and above of the installation main frame is further provided with a three-way valve, and the third outlet of the three-way valve is arranged corresponding to the mine feeding hopper of the honeycomb thickening hopper main body below.

[0009] The clean water overflow hopper is arranged at the upper left side of the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper, and the clean water overflow hopper is provided with a clean water discharge pipe at the bottom.

[0010] Specifically, the installation main frame is provided with a ladder and a guardrail, and the installation main frame layer plates around the thickener tank serve as an operation corridor.

[0011] Specifically, the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper is provided with a partition plate, the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper is divided into a plurality of regions by the partition plate, and the top edge of the partition plate is also arranged in the shape of saw teeth.

[0012] Specifically, the settling pipe is a PVC pipe with a hexagonal cross section, and the inclination angle of the settling pipe is 45-60°.

[0013] Specifically, the mine discharge port connecting pipe is further provided with an anti-blocking backflushing connecting pipe.

[0014] Specifically, the slope of the thickened slurry gathering channel is not less than 3°.

[0015] Due to the technical scheme, the thickener tank has the following advantages:

[0016] The setting of the settling pipe greatly increases the settling area of the solid particles, when the suspension flows in the settling pipe, the solid particles can settle on the surface of the settling pipe, instead of only relying on the bottom area of the thickening hopper for settling; the inclination angle of the settling pipe shortens the settling distance of the solid particles, and the particles slide down along the settling pipe under the action of gravity, instead of vertically falling, thereby reducing the settling time, thereby greatly improving the settling efficiency, when the water flow flows in the settling pipe, the speed will slow down, thereby reducing the disturbance to the already settled solid particles, which is beneficial to the further precipitation of the solid particles; the upper end side and the top edge of the separation plate of the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper are both provided in a sawtooth shape, which forms surface overflow of the liquid after solid-liquid separation, solves the uneven overflow caused by the overflow edge blocking the overflow area due to unbalanced equipment installation, and thereby affects the solid-liquid separation effect; the setting of the multi-layer installation main body frame and the plurality of thickening boxes greatly reduces the floor area, and the plurality of thickening boxes can adopt a plurality of combination modes of series and parallel connection, meets different production requirements, is widely applicable, and greatly improves the production efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Fig. 1 is the overall schematic view of the utility model.

[0018] Fig. 2 is the schematic view of the thickening box of the utility model.

[0019] Fig. 3 is the principle schematic view of the internal ore pulp distribution of the thickening box of the utility model.

[0020] In the drawing: 1-base, 11-aggregation channel, 2-installation main body frame, 21-ladder and guardrail, 3-thickening box, 31-housing, 311-front side plate, 312-rear side plate, 313-left side plate, 314-right side plate, 315-middle partition plate, 32-honeycomb inclined pipe hopper, 321-settling pipe, 322-separation plate, 33-ore feeding hopper, 34-heavy ore particle settling hopper, 341-ore discharging port connecting pipe, 342-gate valve, 343-three-way valve, 344-anti-blocking backflushing interface pipe, 35-cleaning water overflow hopper. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The utility model will be further explained and described below in combination with the drawings and examples, which cannot limit the protection scope of the utility model, and the purpose of disclosing the utility model is to protect all technical improvements within the scope of the utility model.

[0022] In combination with the drawings Figs. 1-3The high-efficiency honeycomb thickener shown comprises a base 1, a mounting main body frame 2 and a thickening tank 3; the base 1 is the ground, and the base 1 is provided with a thickened ore pulp gathering channel 11, the slope of the thickened ore pulp gathering channel 11 is not less than 3°; the mounting main body frame 2 is a double-layer steel structure frame, the mounting main body frame 2 is arranged on the base 1, the mounting main body frame 2 is provided with a ladder and a guardrail 21, two thickening tanks 3 are correspondingly arranged on the layer plates of the mounting main body frame 2 in up and down directions, and the layer plates of the mounting main body frame 2 around the thickening tank 3 serve as an operation corridor.

[0023] The thickening tank 3 comprises a shell 31, a honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32, an ore feeding hopper 33, a heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 and a clean water overflow hopper 35; the shell 31 comprises a front side plate 311, a rear side plate 312, a left side plate 313, a right side plate 314 and an intermediate partition plate 315, the front and rear side plates 312 are inverted right-angled trapezoidal plates, the left side plate 313 is arranged between the inclined edges of the front and rear side plates 312 in an inclined manner, the right side plate 314 is arranged between the straight edges of the front and rear side plates, the intermediate partition plate 315 is arranged in parallel with the left side plate 313 at a position close to the right side plate 314 in the shell 31, the intermediate partition plate 315 and the right side plate 314 form the ore feeding hopper 33, the intermediate partition plate 315 and the left side plate 313 form a parallelogram region, the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32 is arranged in the parallelogram region, the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32 comprises two parallelogram plate members arranged respectively on the inner sides of the front and rear side plates of the shell 31 and a plurality of settling pipes 321, the two ends of the two parallelogram plate members are connected with the left side plate 313 and the intermediate partition plate 315 of the shell 31 respectively to jointly form the inclined square cylindrical honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32, the upper ends of the two parallelogram plate members and the left side plate 313 of the shell 31 are all lower than the front and rear side plates of the shell 31 and are all arranged in a zigzag shape; the settling pipe 321 is a PVC pipe with a hexagonal cross section, the inclination angle of the settling pipe 321 is 45-60°, and the plurality of settling pipes 321 are arranged in a honeycomb shape and are arranged in the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32 in an inclined manner, and the upper end plane of the settling pipe 321 is lower than the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32.

[0024] The heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 is a reverse pyramid structure matched with the shape of the lower end of the shell 31, the upper end of the heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 is connected with the lower end of the shell 31 through a flange, and the flange is connected with the mounting main body frame 2; the heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 is provided with a discharge port connecting pipe 341 at the bottom, the discharge port connecting pipe 341 is provided with a gate valve 342, the discharge port connecting pipe 341 of the heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 of the lowermost layer of the heavy ore particle settling hoppers 34 of the mounting main body frame 2 is correspondingly arranged with the thickened ore pulp gathering channel 11 of the base 1, the gate valve 342 of the discharge port connecting pipe 341 of the upper layer of the heavy ore particle settling hoppers 34 of the mounting main body frame 2 is further provided with a three-way valve 343 in front of the gate valve 342, the third outlet of the three-way valve 343 is correspondingly arranged with the ore feeding hopper 33 of the honeycomb thickening hopper main body below the three-way valve 343; the discharge port connecting pipe 341 is further provided with an anti-blocking backflush interface pipe 344.

[0025] The clean water overflow hopper 35 is arranged on the upper left side of the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32, and a clean water discharge pipe is arranged at the bottom of the clean water overflow hopper 35.

[0026] Preferably, the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32 is provided with a parallelogram partition plate 322, and the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32 is divided into two areas.

[0027] In operation, low-concentration ore slurry is fed into the ore feeding hopper 33, and then into the heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 for preliminary settling; when the opening and closing degree of the gate valve 342 on the ore discharge pipe connection 341 of the heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 is small, the high-concentration ore slurry discharge amount is less than the low-concentration ore slurry entering amount in the ore feeding hopper 33; at this time, the heavy ore particles continuously settle to the bottom of the heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 under the action of gravity, and the ore slurry mixture inevitably enters the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32 from the lower end of the settling pipe 321; under the action of the settling pipe 321, when the side wall of the settling pipe 321 settles to a certain volume of solid ore particles, the solid ore particles slide into the heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 under the action of gravity along the inclined settling pipe 321; the clean water in the upper part of the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper 32 overflows from the left side plate 313 to the clean water overflow hopper 35, and is discharged from the clean water discharge pipe; the heavy ore particles are discharged from the bottom ore discharge pipe connection 341.

[0028] In actual production, when the on-site demand for processing capacity is prioritized, the two thickening boxes 3 are used in connection, the three-way valve 343 of the upper thickening box 3 is closed, the gate valve 342 is opened, and low-concentration ore slurry is fed into the ore feeding hopper 33 of the two thickening boxes 3; when the on-site demand for thickening effect is prioritized, the two thickening machines are used in series, the three-way valve 343 of the upper thickening box 3 is opened, the gate valve 342 is closed, and the ore slurry in the heavy ore particle settling hopper 34 of the upper thickening box 3 after primary settling is fed into the ore feeding hopper 33 of the lower thickening box 3 for secondary thickening, and finally discharged into the thickened ore slurry collecting channel 11.

[0029] The part not described in the embodiment is the prior art.

[0030] The embodiments selected in the text for the purpose of disclosing the invention are considered appropriate at present, but it should be understood that the invention is intended to include all changes and improvements of the embodiments that belong to the scope of the concept and invention.

Claims

1. A high efficiency honeycomb thickener characterized by, The device comprises a base, a main body frame and a thickening box. The base is the ground, and a concentrated slurry gathering channel is arranged on the base. The thickening box comprises a shell, a honeycomb inclined pipe hopper, a mine feeding hopper, a heavy mineral particle settling hopper and a clean water overflow hopper. The heavy mineral particle settling hopper is a reverse pyramid structure matching the shape of the lower end of the shell. The clean water overflow hopper is arranged on the upper left side of the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper.

2. The high rate honeycomb thickener of claim 1, wherein: The main body frame is provided with a ladder and a guardrail, and the layer plates of the main body frame around the thickening box serve as a working corridor.

3. The high rate honeycomb thickener of claim 1, wherein: The honeycomb inclined pipe hopper is provided with a partition plate, which divides the honeycomb inclined pipe hopper into several areas.

4. The high rate honeycomb thickener of claim 1, wherein: The settling pipe is a PVC pipe with a hexagonal cross section, and the inclination angle of the settling pipe is 45-60°.

5. The high rate honeycomb thickener of claim 1, wherein: The concentrated slurry gathering channel has a slope of no less than 3°.

6. The high rate honeycomb thickener of claim 1, wherein: ​