Lead Ore beneficiation Processing

Lead Ore beneficiation equipment

Lead has the advantages of low melting temperature and extreme malleability, which allow easy casting, shaping and joining of lead articles. Besides this, lead is slow to corrode and there are many examples of lead articles which have lasted for centuries. Lead is relatively abundant. Lead concentrates can be easily extracted from the ore and winning the metal from the concentrate does not need much energy. This reflects also in a fairly low price compared with other non-ferrous metals. Lead can be recycled as a secondary raw material from lead-acid batteries, from metallic scrap and from several composite consumer products in conjunction with existing recycling loops, for example for steel, zinc and copper, at moderate costs.

Lead is rarely used in its pure form, as small alloying additions considerably increase its strength. For applications requiring higher strengths, composites such as lead clad steel can be used.

The very high density of lead lends itself to some quite different applications, such as shielding against sound, vibrations and radiation, for example as protection for users of computer and TV screens. For these purposes lead is used in metallic form or as lead compounds in lead glasses.

Some compounds of lead have their own useful properties, particularly in relation to color and glass-forming ability. As we can see, there is a potential lead ore market in the future. Lead ore processing is becoming more and more important. 

Lead ore processing:

The raw materials are sent into the jaw crusher for primary crushing through vibrating screen. Then the crushed materials enter in the cone crusher or impact crusher for further crushing in the secondary section. Then through belt conveyor, the materials are sent into the flotation machine. According to the characteristics of the materials, the related chemical medicines are added into the flotation machine to separate the impurities. After the chemical reaction, the materials are brought into the concentrator which the needed lead ore can be got.