Thanks to a Labox testing unit, the mining and metallurgy research and engineering institute JSC Uralmekhanobr will be able to better educate local filtration specialists and offer new alternatives to current testing methods. Larox donated the Labox to the institute, which is part of JSC UMMC-Holding, the second biggest copper producer in Russia after Norilsk Nickel.
The institute is situated in the city of Ekaterinburg, the heart of iron and non-ferrous metals mining/metallurgical activity in the Ural region. The institute is the main organisation related to engineering of new projects within the UMMC. It prepares also feasibility studies and carries out tests for UMMC and other iron and non-ferrous mining companies. The core areas of the UMMC is iron and non-ferrous metals research and engineering activities around it for the UMMC and other regional mining companies.
The relationship between UMMC and Larox goes back over a decade. UMMC specialists have visited Larox for reference purposes, yet before this event, there has not been deeper cooperation nor common projects between UMMC and Larox. Through the Labox donation Larox aims at strengthening the relation with the UMMC institute and creating foundation for further co-operation.
The initiative to donate the Labox came from Larox after a successful co-operation between UMMC and Larox, when Larox sold two Automatic Pressure Filters 120/144 with auxiliaries and spare parts to Gaisky GOK. Gaisky Gok is the second-largest producer of copper concentrate in Russia and a mine developer in the Russia’s Orenburg region, and in addition one of the UMMC members.
The positive attitude of the institute was valuable in completing the deal and therefore the Labox was warmly welcomed by the institute.
The Labox will be used for filtration tests for various slurries of mining and metallurgical applications. It is especially useful for cases where the amount of slurry is limited e.g. feasibility studies of deposits’ evaluations and simulations of hydrometallurgical processes.
The Labox will help the institute to put the institute’s research and engineering activity to a higher level. Before Labox there was no equipment for getting reliable results on filtration, which could be used as a basis for institute’s engineering and researching reports.
By using the Labox, UMMC will get more familiar with the Larox Pressure Filter technology and they will be able to educate the local specialists even outside the institute. Many specialists from the UMMC work in close cooperation with other Russian institutes of research and engineering and other professionals interested in filtration.
With Labox the research at Ural Mekhanobr will give an alternative for the current testing methods. The Labox will make the testing more professional and increase demand for new filtration projects.
Labox benefits include:
- Small & portable, which requires only air to operate and small sample sizes to perform optimal test results
- Gives base results for pressure filtration
- Cake washing can be performed
