Salter Cyclones

Salter Cyclones Ltd specialises in the removal of fine solids with Hydrocyclones and Multi-Gravity Separators. The equipment and technologies are all based on achieving powerful and precise separations in practical, operator friendly and economic systems. Assemblies have been specifically designed to be very compact, reliable, robust and easily maintained.

Typical wet processing applications include:-hydroclones.jpg

  • Classification
  • Desanding
  • Degritting
  • Desliming
  • Thickening
  • Dewatering
  • Solids Removal

 
The company is based in Cheltenham, near exit 11 on the M5 and just over an hour’s drive from Bristol and Birmingham airports and one and a half hours from Heathrow. Personnel have over 150 years of collective worldwide experience gained with Richard Mozley Ltd.

Salter Cyclones has excellent test facilities and offers full performance verification services carried out under actual process conditions. Test equipment is also available for hire on a monthly basis.

Latest News

We have received an order for six of our 80x2inch Hydrocyclone assemblies from a long established Canadian client. Each Hydrocyclone has our longer body design for higher separation performance. These are packaged in our space efficient "mushroom" arrangement and replace a competitor's design of Hydrocyclone which was found prone to clogging and maintenance difficulties, which resulted in unacceptable down-time.

Salter Cyclones continues to obtain considerable sales and provide support to many of our North American clients. Recent orders include large numbers of our 3inch Hydrocyclones for InDense effluent treatment packages, the supply of significant quantities of our highest efficiency Cyclonettes for refurbishment of starch washing plant and 10 inch stub Hydrocyclones for degritting digester feed.

We supplied our 2inch high temperature Hydrocyclones, enclosed within a pressurised canister, for seaweed processing. The Hydrocyclones remove grit prior to final centrifuge separation products.

We continue to supply many of our SCTR1 Hydrocyclone test rigs, with sales over the last 2 months to Denmark, Finland, South Korea and Morocco. We have also supplied our SCMG1 laboratory Multi-Gravity Separator for upgrading mine tailings.

Salter Cyclones are pleased to team up with Atlantic Pumps who are well known for their comprehensive range of pumps and products to treat highly abrasive fluids.

By incorporating Atlantic Pumps experience and capabilities in designing and fabricating pump and treatment systems, Salter Cyclones are able to offer customers package solutions for a wide range of fine separation applications across the mining and minerals. Spare parts and technical back-up will be provided by Salter Cyclones and Atlantic Pumps, giving the customer the additional assurance of a total package system.

A SCTR2 complete with a full range of Hydrocyclones, up to and including 5 inch, has recently been sent to a Ugandan Government Mining Laboratory. Additionally this year we have supplied two, SCTR1 test rigs, a Laboratory Mineral Separator and a SCMG1 Multi-Gravity Separator to the UK and USA.

 

Case Studies

MINERALS
The SCMG3, our large scale Multi-Gravity Separator, was supplied to a client with high tailing volumes who wanted to improve recovery of fine grained chromite.

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WATER
A client in the power industry has had problems with blinding of filters when they have had peak suspended solids for short periods. Two inch Hydrocyclones are being installed to protect the downstream plant.

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NUCLEAR
One inch and three inch Hydrocyclones have been supplied for the removal of solids carryover associated with sludge and resin retrieval systems.

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