Atomised Ferro Silicon 15%

 

Atomised silicon powder 15% is mixed in water to create a dense medium and finds uses in the mining and scrap processing industries. Dense medium separation is a gravity separation technique which creates a medium with a specific density. This medium allows lights to float and heavies to sink, thus permitting separation due to density. The process typically separates aluminium, magnesium and mixed heavy metals such as copper alloys, thereby increasing overall scrap metal recycling rates. After sizing, the mixed feed is screened and then sent to a drum containing magnetite media which removes the lower density waste (rubber, plastic, etc) and light metals such as magnesium alloys. The heavy concentrated scrap is then directed to a second drum containing FeSi media which separates the aluminium from other metals. These two media, namely Magnetite and FeSi, create different media densities and can be adjusted, within certain limits.