Outotec develops solid-liquid separation solutions mainly for the Mining, Metallurgy and Chemical Process Industries.

From coal mines to food manufacturing, and from traditional to emerging applications, Outotec's process expertise helps customers achieve their performance and sustainability targets. Outotec guarantees the performance of its solutions by conducting comprehensive test work, by using the latest equipment and material technology, and by making innovation a continuous process.

Proven Experience for Mining and Metallurgy

Decades of experience and continuous investment in research and development place Outotec at the forefront in meeting the filtration needs of mining and metallurgy industries worldwide. Outotec enables concentrators and metallurgical plants to achieve optimal output and profit. All solutions are designed for application-specifics needs to meet all process performance requirements of clients and their customers.

Trustworthy partner to chemical processing

Outotec helps customers succeed in this challenging business environment where technological progress is particularly rapid. Combining Outotec technical know-how with the customer's own chemical and process expertise generates major cost-savings and improvements in the production process. Outotec has gained a solid reputation with the Larox filters as a truly reliable solution provider for the Chemical Process Industries.

Outotec constantly brings new or improved filtration products and solutions to market. Outotec Larox filters are built to last, delivering maximum production performance, availability and the best process results at the optimum operating cost for a wide range of processes and process environments.

All Outotec Larox technologies are based either on over-pressure including automatic vertical pressure filters, horizontal filter presses and polishing filters, or on under-pressure including horizontal vacuum belt filters, ceramic disc filters and conventional vacuum disc and drum filters. Our trademark Larox is based on the previously know trademarks of Ceramec, Hoesch, Pannevis, Scanmec and Scheibler. Most of the product names have served the markets for several decades and all of them are supported by Outotec aftermarket services.

Outotec Automation System continues to maintain it’s leading position in the filtration technology field by improving on the Filtration automation control systems offered for the full range of products

The Outotec automation systems have been especially designed to serve the end users in production tasks as well as the filter maintenance. The systematic approach to operation and the modular structure of the control system now also makes it possible to easily add new properties to existing systems already in the operation.

The Outotec automation system automates, optimizes and visualizes the entire filtration process, allowing filtration plant operators to achieve better filtration performance and cost-efficient operations with minimal intervention. Outotec automation solutions include plant floor level automation for all filter types, as well as corporate-wide visualization, real-time reporting and availability analysis of the filter plant. All Outotec automation solutions are based on the same proven architecture with modular functions customized to each installation.

The system provides plant operations, maintenance and management with the data, condition monitoring information, reporting and visualization needed to keep both equipment availability and production costs on target. Modem or web-based remote support from Outotec’s experienced local or global service team helps ensure continuous automated operation. In Outotec Larox products the automation has been incorporated as an integral part of a machine and by adding new features and uses, Outotec effectively makes all of its products easier to use.

With Outotec Automation System a large amount of real time data can be used to achieve better overall equipment effectiveness.

• Fully automated filter plant control
• Electrical and instrumentation engineering
• Process control and optimization
• Real-time data acquisition, analysis and visualization
• Control room, local area network, and web-based reporting
• Seamless integration with office software
• Advanced real-time diagnostics
• Remote access for comprehensive support
• Continuous product improvement during product lifecycle

Benefits of expanded control systems:

• Automates, optimizes and visualizes the entire filtration process
• Better filtration performance
• Lower operating cost
• Increased productivity
• Systematic collection of data
• Availability analysis of the filter plant
• Faster fault diagnostic
• Improved process diagnostic
• Faster learning curve
• Centralised control room
• Standardised reporting available at mgmt desk

During their life-cycle, our Outotec filters have a positive environmental impact. Thanks to efficient filtration technology, our customers can reduce their energy and water consumption, emissions and the overall environmental impact of their manufacturing process.

• Filtration reduces the need for thermal drying and drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions. It reduces solids loading on wastewater systems by producing extremely clear filtrates for recirculation or other purposes.
• With our pressure or ceramic filtration technologies customers can achieve major savings in energy consumption as they can eliminate the pre-dryer stage in most of the dewatering application in the smelter as a result of drier concentrate. In hydrometallurgy applications, our customers get higher production recovery rate because of better washing result and drier cake.
• In the chemical process industries there is a lot of potential for our filtration to help customers take full advantage of the best technology available. Outotec Larox RT & GT enclosed belt filters and Outotec Larox DS pressure filters provide 100% total containment even for solvent-wetted processes by using closed-loop inert atmospheres.

What does service do for filters? Provide service solutions for life time.

Outotec provides its customers with an unrivalled combination of process expertise and service. Outotec delivers complete filtration solutions that exceed customer expectations in terms of product quality, safety, value and consistency. All this in an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly way. Outotec offers a comprehensive Performance for Life service concept for its filtration solutions.

• Outotec’s customer-centered services begin with strategic lifecycle planning already at the investment phase.
• A nominated customer support engineer handles each project together with the project manager, providing a familiar and reliable point of contact for the customer throughout the entire lifetime of the filtration solution.
• Start-up and training services ensure optimal performance, while reliability is maintained through spare part services, service agreements and maintenance support.
• Filter performance can be further enhanced through process optimization and modernizations.
• Finally, Larox offers refurbishment and relocation/resale services that maximize the value of the original filtration investment.

Outotec’s mission is to work together with its customers on a day-today basis to achieve their system and process objectives for the entire lifetime of the solution. To support customers in achieving competitiveness in their business, Ouotec helps them to maximize availability, minimize operating cost and optimize process results. The Performance for Life service concept developed by Ouotec has proven to be an optimized, cost-effective and high-quality approach that meets the individual needs of customers.

Filtration Solutions for Life time

• Safety
• Maximum availability
• Minumum operating costs
• Optimized process results