Innovative De-Watering Device for Effective Separation of Mud Slurry and Solids Ore in a Mining Industry

In South Africa, there are many mining industries based on the extraction of Gold, diamond, coal and Bitumen. Sibanye Gold mining industry extracts gold from underground and different kinds of machinery is used to separate the raw materials from the unwanted ones. One of the equipment that needs to be designed for effective operation is dewatering filter selection. However, the design and implementation of dewatering device is used to dewater solids from a mud slurry solution. The slurry is 20% mixture of solids and mining water. The slurry emanates from different areas in the mine due to defragmentation of the rocks which are rich in ore and is ground down to fine dust particles trapped in the solution. Large rocks substances are separated from the smaller rocks by using a vibrating screen to obtain smaller sized particles. The filtration of the vibrating screen is composed of fine solid particles of 0.75μm and below.Therefore, in this paper, the outcome is that the machine is able to separate water from solids, by filtering separately and effectively, and being able to discharge the water and solids from the filter. Solid works program was employed for frame simulation with regards to loading. Finally, the results of this project is a safe control system for slurry, an effective method of water and slurry transportation and reduction of downtime and increase in production was achieved.