Abstract

A mobile ore slurrying apparatus (10) comprising: A feeding unit (12); a processing unit (14); and a pumping apparatus (16), wherein the processing unit (14) is separated into a slurry tank section (30) and a water tank section (32), such that ore may be passed from the feeding unit (12) to the slurry tank (30) where it is contacted with water from an overflow of the water tank (32) to produce a slurry stream, the slurry stream is then transferred from the processing unit (14) by way of the pumping apparatus (16).

IPC Classes  ?

• E02F 7/00 - Equipment for conveying or separating excavated material
• E21C 47/00 - Machines for obtaining, or the removal of, materials in open-pit mines
• B65G 53/30 - Conveying materials in bulk through pipes or tubes by liquid pressure
• C22B 3/00 - Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes

Abstract

A dredging system (10) for a sump area (48) containing a feed stock, comprising; a support system (14); and a sluicing pump (12) suspended from the support system (14), the sluicing pump (12) having a suction inlet (30) to recover feedstock from the sump area and a discharge outlet (28), whereby in operation the sluicing pump (12) draws a slurry of water and feed stock material from the sump area (48) through the suction inlet (30) and discharges it through the outlet (28).

IPC Classes  ?

• E02F 1/00 - General working methods with dredgers or soil-shifting machines
• E02F 3/88 - DredgersSoil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers
• E02F 9/06 - Floating substructures as supports
• E02F 9/08 - SuperstructuresSupports for superstructures
• E02F 9/22 - Hydraulic or pneumatic drives
• E21C 41/30 - Methods of surface miningLayouts therefor for ores, e.g. mining placers