ABOUT US
PasteTech is a private business, consulting on the creation, management and material handling of paste. The creation of paste (dewatering) can be accomplished in a number of different ways and a holistic approach is required. My name is Steve Meiring and I am the owner of PasteTech.
I am a Dewatering Consultant with more than 27 years experience in dewatering, process equipment applications and commissioning on an international basis. As an experienced metallurgist, I have chosen to specialise in the area of thickening and centrifugation. My experience has been worldwide in the field of liquid solid separation and I have given numerous dewatering courses to international metallurgical professions.
Following numerous years in thickener related projects, I gained a solid understanding of pilot plant thickening. Key to my success is my understanding of the entire process, from thickening to deposition.
My early involvement with thickeners included the completion of numerous bench scale settling tests, after which I finalised the specifications, sizing, selection of thickeners. I also co-wrote a confidential thickener sizing spreadsheet used for the analysis of thickener results.
About PasteTech Cont…
Over the years I have managed and evaluated a number of thickener pilot test programs. Two of note were the Escondida Water Recovery and Radomiro Tomic Tailings Projects.Feel free to review the thickener application information provided on this webpage.
Recent Technical Papers:
1. Lessons from Thickener Pilot Plant Testing: Experiences Shared – Paste 2014, Vancouver, BC 2. Thickeners versus centrifuges. A coal tailings technical comparison – Paste 2015. (This paper will be presented in Cairns, Australia in May 2014) I have lectured at numerous institutions on centrifugal dewatering. Feel free to review the centrifuge application information provided on this webpage. A portion of my experience involves the fine-tuning, wear reduction and upgrading of centrifuges. The majority of this work has been done on coal and potash dewatering plants. On the commissioning side, I have held numerous leadership roles commissioning coal, nickel, gold, copper and manganese plants. As a result, I have a library of the breakdown of all responsibilities, roles and structures a commissioning team should adhere to. Feel free to review the commissioning flyer provided on this webpage. A Spanish introduction is included on the webpage. Should you wish to learn more about the services I offer please contact me.
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Es un gusto presentarme en este grupo. Soy un profesional, con 26 años de experiencia operativa y de consultoría en procesos de secado para varios tipos de minerales en Australia. Durante mi carrera profesional he completado varios proyectos de relaves y he realizado múltiples presentaciones técnicas y cursos de capacitación sobre espesamiento. A continuación describo una lista de algunos proyectos que he completado como Consultor Principal – Todos ellos están especialmente relacionados con procesos de Espesamiento: 1. BHP – Escondida Pilot Plant and Water Recovery Project – 6 meses 2. Codelco – Radomiro Tomic Pilot Plant – 4 meses 3. BHP – Olympic Dam Thickeners – 3 meses 4. BHP – Saraji Tailings Thickeners – 3 meses 5. BHP – Blackwater Tailings Thickeners – 5 meses 6. Rio Tinto – Gove Tailings Dewatering – 6 meses 7. BHP, Ravensthorpe Thickener Upgrade, High Torque – 4 meses Los invito a que revisen los enlaces de video donde encontrarán una idea del tipo de trabajos en lo que he participado. Me especializo en análisis de muestras y resultados, selección y diseño de espesadores, procesos de selección y separación, calibración de los equipos, equipos de sedimentación, compresión de pastas con espesadores, entre otros. No dude en contactarme si su empresa necesita servicios de consultoría para diseñar o mejorar procesos de espesamiento, aprovechamiento de relaves y en general procesos de secado. También, puedo asistir con la colección de muestras e interpretando los resultados de las pruebas para equipos de espesamiento. Para terminar, poseo habilidades únicas en el manejo de plantas piloto. Me encuentro en buena condición física y para mi sería un privilegio colaborar con su equipo de trabajo. Si desea obtener una referencia de mi trabajo en operaciones de espesamiento, no dude en contactar a Carlos Contreras, Senior Process Engineer en Santiago BHP. Espero poder colaborarle con sus inquietudes profesionales en un futuro pronto.