How is T-Tape Separate Ore used?

T-Tape Separate Ore is used in hydrometallurgical mining. In other words,
T-Tape is used in Heap Leach Mining, where large amounts of "low grade" ore is broken and moved from the ground onto a large stack. Then T-Tape is spread across the heap and used to distribute very specific amounts of sulfuric acid or dilute cyanide solutions to the ore, to extract minerals.

What application does it have?

T-Tape can be applied on any heap leach operation to help cut costs and increase recoveries.

What minerals are commonly leached with the use of
T- Tape?

T-Tape Separate Ore is most commonly used at copper mines, gold mines, silver mines and uranium mines.

Is T-Tape bulky to ship like drip hoses?

We can ship 460 reels of T-Tape (1.38 million ft) in a 20 foot shipping container and 640 reels (1.92 million ft) in a 40 foot shipping container. This is nearly 3 times as much as drip hoses.

Is T-Tape difficult to install?

No, because of the way T-Tape is put on the disposable reels, T-Tape is much easier to install than drip hose. One of our customers reported a 50% reduction in installation costs both in time and manpower requirements.

Do T-Tape emitters perform as well as others?

T-Tape is equipped with the best emitter in the industry! T-Tape emitters are shown in mine test after mine test to outperform our competitors’ emitter products throughout the world.

Do I need extensive filtration to switch to T-Tape?

We recommend that you have at least 150 mesh (100micron) filtration. The extensive inlet area on T-Tape emitters gives our customers a definite advantage over using our competitor's products. Most of our customers have found that whatever filtration they have in place is adequate enough that T-Tape gives them better performance than any previous product.

Does T-Tape plug off from scaling at the outlet like hard hose?

The T-Tape emitter is manufactured with a large "Dual Flow Positive Directional Flow Outlet". This eliminates most of the problems with scale plugging because of the overall size and "cleaning action" of the outlet area.

Is T-Tape better than sprinklers in hot/dry climates?

T-Tape can help reduce evaporation and increase solution distribution over sprinkler applications.

As my heap gets higher and larger, I have difficulty getting enough solution to the farthest end. Can T-Tape help?

T-Tape is designed to operate at 12 to 15 PSI, which reduces pumping costs, but will function very well at 5 to 6 PSI. This allows many of our customers to get solution across the whole heap.

Can we make 500' single feed runs across our very large dumps?

With Separate Ore 700 series, it is very common to run 500' or even 600' depending on flow requirements.