SX Kinetics, Inc. - Specialists in Solvent Extraction: Production SX Plants

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We design and manufacture solvent extraction pilot plants for a wide variety of applications. The following summarizes our full scale solvent extraction pilot plants that we recently manufactured for production of various metals:

Solvent extraction plant for the recovery of uranium.

Client: Fansteel Corporation
Site Location: Muskogee, OK, USA
Plant Capacity: 200 L/min (org + aq)

SX Kinetics, Inc. designed, manufactured, and installed this solvent extraction plant for the recovery of uranium from tantalum residues.

For more details click: Full Scale SX Plant 1

Client: Fansteel Corporation
Site Location: Muskogee, OK, USA
Plant Capacity: 40 L/min (org + aq)

SX Kinetics, Inc. designed, manufactured, and installed this solvent extraction plant for the recovery of scandium from tantalum residues.

For more details click: Full Scale SX Plant 2

Client: Fansteel Corporation
Site Location: Muskogee, OK, USA
Plant Capacity: 40 L/min (org + aq)

SX Kinetics, Inc. designed, manufactured, and installed this solvent extraction plant for the recovery of tantalum from tantalum residues.

For more details click: Full Scale SX Plant 3

Solvent extraction plant for the recovery of cobalt.

Client: Cobatec Limited
Site Location: Cobalt, ON, Canada
Plant Capacity: 133 L/min (org + aq)

SX Kinetics provided the design of the mixer-settlers and supervised the installation of this solvent extraction plant for the recovery of cobalt.

Technical consulting was also provided for plant start-up, training of operators, and preparation of operating procedures.

For more details click: Full Scale SX Plant 4

Client: AMEC
Site Location: Lima, Peru
Plant Capacity: 73 L/min (org + Aq)

Designed and manufactured twelve mixer-setters for indium solvent extraction at a zinc refinery in Cajamarquilla, Peru.

For more details click: Full Scale SX Plant 5

Our "Turn-key" Full Scale Solvent Extraction Plants Include:

Mixer-Settlers with sealed covers and ventilation header

Efficient SX impellers coupled to in-line gear motors

Structural support mezzanine with stairs and handrail

SX feed polishing filter unit (required to minimize crud)

Crud treatment system with recovery of organic phase

Feed tanks with level control for SX feed, scrub, & strip

Aqueous transfer tanks with organic recovery

Organic surge tank with aqueous entrainment recovery

Feed pumps with VFD's and calibration tubes

Transfer pumps controlled by level switches

Organic and aqueous recycle with flow indication

Piping, fittings, valves, and process control components

Technical consulting during on-site assembly & start-up

	Full Scale SX Plants