Abstract: A method of improving the quality of froth removed from a minerals separation flotation cell by providing converging side walls to crowd the froth into a narrower chimney and thereby increase the froth height. The riser is constructed so that the height of the froth from the pulp/froth interface to the froth overflow weir is greater than the natural froth height in a similar parallel-sided flotation cell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 1985
Date of Patent:
May 26, 1987
Assignee:
501 University Newcastle Research Associates Limited