Tuesday at Physical Separation '24

The importance of sensor-based sorting is increasing rapidly, with the need to reduce energy and water consumption, and papers from leading players, conference sponsors Steinert and Comex, opened today's proceedings, followed by a paper from Vale, Brazil on sorting performance (there will be a summary of papers in a couple of weeks' time).

The Steinert team of Jean Makola, John Knouwds (Germany),  Priscila Esteves (Steinert Latinamericana, Brazil) and Lutke von Ketelhodt (Germany)
with Bruno Kovacs of Gebr.Pfeiffer SE, Germany

The team from Vale, Brazil: Mariana Pereira, Thailli Conte, Rogerio Kwitko-Ribeiro,
Vitor Andrade and Kassia Toccolini

Magnetic and electrostatic separation took us to the lunch break, which was followed by presentations on classification and screening.

It was good to welcome Chinese company Huate Magnet to its first MEI conference. The  company is the manufacturer of the world’s largest vertical ring Wet High Gradient Magnetic Separator (WHGMS) and High Gradient Magnetic Filter (HGMF).

Candice Hsu and Jason Liu of Huate with Schalk Bekker, of Tugela Mining and Minerals,
South Africa and Wynand Erasmus of Derrick, South Africa

I first met Mike Flanagan at the IMPC in Sydney in 1993. He was the founder, in 1974, of Boxmag Rapid South Africa and was managing Director of Magnapower which became Magquip, for which he is now a consultant. His son Rory Flanagan is managing director and they are pictured in their booth with Tomas Machalek of VSB- Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. 

Tomas, Mike and Rory

Eriez, USA is a well known manufacturer of magnetic separators, and they are represented here by Eriez Magnetics, South Africa, and I called in to talk to Sales Director Theuns van Rensburg.

Following the day's presentation we travelled by bus to the heart of Cape Town for an always great evening of dining and entertainment, with a 14-dish taste of Africa menu, at the Gold Restaurant.

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