Filtration Performance
Filtration Performance Often Starts Upstream
The LOCUS ADVANTAGE
Enhance cake formation and dewatering using biosurfactants
Improved filtration stability across operating conditions
Lower cake moisture and improved dewatering efficiency
Clear trial pathway with defined evaluation metrics
Filtration performance is driven by upstream conditions such as froth behavior, water carryover, and particle interactions. Locus Mining applies a chemistry-first approach, using biosurfactants to improve these factors at the source, resulting in better cake formation, lower moisture, and more consistent filtration performance across mining operations.
The Challenge
Upstream issues limit downstream performance
Filtration performance is highly sensitive to upstream conditions. Froth carryover, low concentrate densities, inconsistent water balance, and unstable particle behavior lead to poor cake formation, higher moisture content, and reduced filtration efficiency. These issues limit throughput and create variability across filtration systems.
Evaluating upstream chemistry to improve filtration performance
Locus Mining evaluates biosurfactant-based reagents to influence flotation-driven interfacial behavior and improve downstream performance. This approach is suited for plants where filtration is limited by upstream conditions, circuits with high water carryover or froth instability, operations seeking measurable improvements without equipment changes, and teams focused on low-disruption, testable enhancements.
Interfacial control
Chemistry designed to influence bubble–particle interaction and water recovery behavior
Water Management
Compatible chemistry
Designed to integrate alongside existing flotation reagent systems
Measurable gains in filtration performance
- Improved filtration stability across operating conditions
- Lower cake moisture and improved dewatering efficiency
- Reduce concentrate transportation cost as moisture content improves
- Better cake formation and solids consolidation
- Increased filtration throughput and consistency
- Clear trial pathway with defined evaluation metrics
- All outcomes remain circuit- and ore-dependent and require validation through testing.
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Test downstream improvements today
Work with our technical team to design a measured trial that evaluates biosurfactant impacts on water recovery, froth behavior, and filtration stability—without disrupting your existing circuits.