| Brand Name: | BLUWAT |
| Model Number: | Blufloc Emulsion |
| MOQ: | 1000kgs |
| Price: | negotiable |
| Delivery Time: | 5-10days |
Improve copper and zinc tailings settling, concentrate thickening, and process-water clarification with oil-based EA 6520 and water-based EWA 7520 screening options.
Copper and zinc circuits use collectors, frothers, modifiers, lime, and recycled water that can influence particle surfaces and flocculation. Mixed sulfide and clay-rich ores create especially variable settling.
Polymer selection should distinguish concentrate thickening, tailings thickening, and wastewater clarification because product quality, metal recovery, and water-reuse requirements differ.
Blufloc anionic PAM emulsion improves settling of fine copper and zinc mineral-processing solids in thickeners and water-recovery circuits.
Grades are evaluated with the actual flotation reagents, ore blend, recycled process water, pH, calcium concentration, hydraulic shear, and separation objective.
Fine sulfides, gangue, clay, residual flotation reagents, high-pH water, and ore-blend changes can alter adsorption, floc strength, thickener clarity, and valuable-mineral recovery.
Finely ground sulfide, silicate, and clay particles may remain suspended or form fragile floc.
Collectors, frothers, modifiers, lime, and recycled reagents can change particle surfaces and polymer demand.
Ore-blend changes and clay episodes can shift the preferred charge, dilution, dose, and mixing conditions.
Overflow solids must be controlled without sending valuable copper or zinc minerals to an undesired stream.
Very-high-molecular-weight APAM adsorbs onto suitable mineral-surface sites and bridges multiple particles into larger aggregates. Anionic degree, calcium concentration, pH, salinity, and residual flotation chemistry affect chain extension and attachment.
Activate and dilute the selected emulsion, then distribute it evenly at the intended addition point.
Long APAM chains link fine sulfide, gangue, and clay particles into larger, settleable floc.
Preserve floc through the thickener and verify clarity, underflow, recovery, and downstream quality.
Compare candidates at equal active polymer mass using fresh samples that retain the actual flotation reagents, ore blend, solids concentration, and process-water chemistry.
| Grade | Base | Molecular Weight | Charge | Suggested Screening Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA 6520 | Oil-based | Very High | High anionic | Primary candidate for tailings and high bridging demand |
| EWA 7520 | Water-based | Very High | Medium anionic | Alternative for water-based dosing and different surface chemistry |
The product pages classify the cationic EC and EWC series as high molecular weight and the anionic EA and EWA grades as very high molecular weight. Confirm exact commercial specification limits, active content, viscosity, shelf life, and preparation instructions on the current grade-specific TDS and order specification.
Identify whether the objective is concentrate thickening, tailings thickening, or wastewater clarification.
Preserve the actual ore blend, reagent suite, recycled water, pH, temperature, and solids concentration.
Compare dose, dilution, distribution, and shear while monitoring both separation performance and recovery risk.
Record settling, supernatant clarity, underflow density, floc strength, and metal reporting between streams.
Validate the selected grade during representative ore blends, throughput, water chemistry, and operating conditions.
EA 6520 is a strong high-anionic screen for tailings and demanding fine-particle bridging. EWA 7520 provides a medium-anionic water-based comparison for different surface chemistry and dosing-system requirements.
For concentrate thickening, confirm that the polymer does not compromise recovery, concentrate quality, filtration, or downstream processing.
Neat-emulsion price per kilogram can be misleading. Compare on active polymer mass and include preparation efficiency, dose, thickener capacity, overflow quality, underflow or cake quality, metal recovery, water reuse, and disposal cost.
If flocculation changes after lime, collector, frother, modifier, or recycled-water adjustments, retest the water chemistry and ore blend before simply increasing polymer.
If valuable fine minerals report to an undesired stream, review the polymer addition point, dilution, mixing energy, and separation objective. Confirm recovery and product quality before changing the dose or grade.
Keep the package sealed in a cool, dry, ventilated area. Protect it from direct sunlight, freezing, and excessive heat.
Follow the grade-specific TDS and SDS for shelf life, handling limits, and transport classification. Polymer spills can make floors extremely slippery and should be contained and cleaned promptly.
For base-metal tailings, concentrate thickening, and process-water clarification, Bluwat can screen adjacent PAM emulsion grades, review preparation and dosing conditions, and help define a plant-trial plan using agreed separation, recovery, water, and cost indicators.
Confirm the required grade specification and order documentation before production and shipment.
Shortlist products under realistic pH, temperature, solids, mineralogy, water chemistry, reagent suite, and shear.
Supply clear make-down, dilution, dosing, addition-point, mixing, and scale-up recommendations.
Adjust charge level, dose, addition point, dilution, or mixing using plant-trial separation and recovery data.
It may be possible, but ore mineralogy, clay content, grinding size, flotation reagents, recycled water, and thickener duty should be tested for each circuit.
Polymer addition should be located and controlled to avoid unwanted interaction with flotation. Confirm the addition point, dosage, metal recovery, and product quality through metallurgical testing.
Dissolved divalent ions can influence anionic polymer conformation, chain extension, mineral-surface interaction, floc structure, and the preferred dose.
Potentially, but product recovery, concentrate quality, filtration, moisture, and downstream processing must be evaluated before full-scale use.
Screen EA 6520 and EWA 7520 with representative copper-zinc slurry, controlled carrier-specific preparation, the actual flotation-reagent suite, recycled process water, and duty-specific mixing. Confirm the preferred grade using settling, overflow solids, underflow density, metal recovery, water-reuse compatibility, and total operating cost.