In the most challenging applications, for example chemicals or mining and minerals, reliable dewatering and product recovery is critical to maintaining continuous production. This is why ANDRITZ has put decades of expertise into the Horizontal Vacuum Belt Filter (HVBF) technology, to provide a solution with the highest throughput and low residual cake moisture content, while keeping operating costs low.
A cost effective solution for dewatering and product recovery
The horizontal vacuum belt filters by ANDRITZ Delkor (Pty) Ltd. offer numerous advantages for process plants:
High-throughput dewatering and cake washing
Reduced downtime due to innovative design
Global testing facilities
Increased flexibility due to modular design
Engineering solutions for optimized designs
ANDRITZ has fully integrated engineering capabilities that enable accurate design with state-of-the-art technology to provide optimized equipment sizing and footprint.
Engineering capabilities include:
CFD analysis
3D modelling
FEA analysis
The wide variety of materials of construction and the bolted frame structure allow for modular designs that are customized to the clients‘ requirements.
Washing applications
High extraction efficiencies are the key to profitability in most washing applications, whether it is for gold, uranium, phosphoric acid, copper, or alumina. The horizontal vacuum belt filter can attain wash efficiencies of more than 99.8% as plug flow displacement and multi-stage counter-current washing is utilized over the filtration area.