EKATO are specialists in providing autoclaves and agitator systems for hydrometallurgy applications in the mining industry.
Innovative solutions for high pressure oxidative and acid leaching autoclaves
More than 250,000 EKATO agitators are successfully operating worldwide in various industrial applications.
EKATO’s product range consists of efficient and tailor-made industrial agitators, entire agitator systems with reactor vessel, as well as complete process plants, which are individually designed for specific mixing requirements.
EKATO Service Portfolio for Minerals Processing
- Analysis of mixing processes
- CFD simulations and testing from 3l to 100m3 vertical and 3l to 15m3 horizontal vessels
- Design optimization, e.g. best locations for acid feed pipes, slurry draw-off positions and gas feed pipes
- Stress calculations of vessels and internals using FEA
- Consulting, revamping and modernization, as well as training at customer’s plant site
- Worldwide service facilities with full after-sales service
- Special impeller designs and wear resistant materials
EKATO Lab Testing
- Mixing time characteristics
- Solids suspension
- Residence time distributions
- Mass transfer
- Flow velocities
- Power numbers ungassed / gassed
- Radial forces on the shaft
- Rheological properties
- Particle characterization (microscopy)
- Validation of CFD models
- Scale-up to commercial scale designs