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Hydrocyclone

The hydrocyclone is a high-efficiency classification/separation device that uses centrifugal force to partition particles in liquid suspensions based on size, shape, and density. As a compact, low-maintenance alternative to screens and sedimentation tanks, it’s widely applied in mineral processing, industrial wastewater treatment, oil & gas, chemical/pulp & paper industries.

Capacity: 0.1-900 m³ /h
Scope of Application: Ore pulp classifier
Process Material: Gold, chrome, tin, coltan, diamond, tantalite, silica sand, etc.

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Hydrocyclone Overview

The hydrocyclone is a simple piece of equipment that uses fluid pressure to generate centrifugal force and a flow pattern that can separate particles or droplets from a liquid medium. These particles or droplets must have a sufficiently different density relative to the medium to achieve separation.

Hydrocyclone/ cyclone filter is mainly used for classification, separation, concentration, and desliming in the mineral mining industry. When the hydrocyclone is used as a classifier, it is mainly used to form a grinding and classification system with a mill; when it is used as a deslimer, it can be used for desliming in a gravity concentrator; when it is used as a concentrating and dewatering device, it can be used to concentrate ore dressing tailings and send them to fill underground mining tunnels. The hydro cyclone sand separator has no moving parts, a simple structure, a large capacity per unit volume, a small area, high classification efficiency (up to 80% ~ 90%), fine classification granularity, low cost, and low material consumption.

Hydrocyclone Types
The hydro cyclone separator has two types of pressure type and gravity type made up of either cylindrical structure or metal pipe. Water is fed through the top of the structure (or metal pipe) by means of pressure or gravity along the tangent line. Coarse and thick particulate matter are thrown to the wall, rotated down, and discharged together with the concentrated liquid formed under the action of centrifugal force. Small particulate matter is discharged together with secondary upward vortex after rotated to some extent.

Advantages

Hydrocyclone Advantages

The hydrocyclone excels in liquid-solid and liquid-liquid separation applications with a compact, high-efficiency design. Its versatile operation effectively separates fine particles from liquids and can even process liquid-liquid mixtures with significant specific gravity differences, while accommodating fluctuations in feed solid content for flexible operation. Engineered for consistent performance, it maintains stable underflow densities that can be precisely adjusted to meet varying process requirements. Available with durable rubber linings as standard (or optional ceramic linings for abrasive applications), this robust separator combines operational reliability with low-maintenance construction for demanding separation tasks. Its simple yet effective centrifugal separation principle delivers continuous processing without moving parts, making it ideal for classification, thickening, and clarification applications across multiple industries.

✔ Cut Size (d₅₀): Particle size at 50% separation efficiency (e.g., 10–300µm).
✔ The sharpness of Separation: Measured by imperfection value (α) (lower = better).
✔ Capacity: Ranges from 5 m³/h (lab units) to 900 m³/h (industrial).

Compact & Space-Saving Design

No Moving Parts = Low Maintenance

Energy Efficiency

Scalability & Flexibility

High Efficiency & Adjustability

Structures & Working Principle

Hydrocyclone Structure
The structure of the hydrocyclone is relatively simple. The hydrocyclone consists of a hollow cylinder at the top and an inverted cone at the bottom, which is connected to the cylinder to form the hydro cyclone. In addition, the hydroclone also has feed pipes, overflow pipes, overflow conduits, and sinks.

Hydrocyclone Working Principle

The hydrocyclone pump (or height difference) rotates the slurry into the cylinder along the Tangent Direction with a certain pressure (generally 0.5 ~ 2.5 kg/cm) and flow rate (about 5 ~ 12 m / s), and then the slurry rotates along the cylinder wall at a very fast speed to create centrifugal force. Under the action of Centrifugal Force and gravity, the coarse and heavy ore particles are thrown out. The suspension enters the hydraulic cyclone at relatively high speed from the feed tube in a tangential direction and rotates from top to bottom. This motion is commonly referred to as external or descending swirl motion. The solid particles in the external swirl flow are separated from the suspension by Centrifugal Force and move down the wall of the device to discharge from the bottom outlet.

Technical Parameters

Model	Diameter (mm)	Angle of Cone(°）	Diameter of Overflow Outlet (mm)	Diameter of Spigot (mm)	Max Feeding Size (mm)	Inlet Pressure (mpa)	Capacity (m³/h)	Separation Particle Size (um)	Overall Dimension			Unit Weight (kg)
Model	Diameter (mm)	Angle of Cone(°）	Diameter of Overflow Outlet (mm)	Diameter of Spigot (mm)	Max Feeding Size (mm)	Inlet Pressure (mpa)	Capacity (m³/h)	Separation Particle Size (um)	Length (mm)	Width (mm)	Height (mm)	Unit Weight (kg)
FX840	840	20	280～380	80～220	18	0.04～0.2	500～900	74～350	1700	1500	3700	1621
FX750	750	45	180～290	85～175	16	0.04～0.2	400～500	74～300	1210	910	2680	1400
FX710	710	45	175～270	80～165	16	0.03～0.2	350～450	74～250	1255	1185	1040	1250
FX660	660	20	165～250	80～155	16	0.03～0.2	250～350	74～220	1140	1000	2920	800
FX660	660	45	165～250	80～155	16	0.03～0.2	250～350	74～220	1140	1000	2000	995
FX610	610	20	155～230	75～140	13	0.03～0.2	200～300	74～220	875	950	2560	550
FX610	610	45	155～230	75～140	13	0.03～0.3	200～300	74～220	875	950	1810	600
FX500	500	20	125～185	55～115	10	0.03～0.3	140-220	74～220	850	700	2050	380
		15						74～150	850	700	2380	540
		45						74～150	850	825	1630	430
FX350	350	20	80～120	30～70	6	0.04～0.3	60～100	50～150	775	620	1765	208
FX350	350	15	80～120	30～70	6	0.04～0.3	60～100	50～120	775	620	1970	210
FX300	300	20	60～115	20～50	5	0.04～0.3	45～85	50～150	498	485	1415	105
FX300	300	15	60～115	20～50	5	0.04～0.3	45～85	40～100	498	485	1642	169
FX250	250	20	60～100	16～45	3	0.06～0.35	40～60	40～100	410	380	1215	75
		15						40～100	410	380	1405	73
		10						30～100	410	380	1788	85
FX200	200	20	40～65	16～32	2	0.06～0.35	25～40	40～100	365	330	1030	45
		15						30～100	410	330	1083	54
		10						30～100	400	365	1490	60
F150	150	20	30～45	8～22	1.5	0.06～0.35	11～22	30～74	310	265	820	29
		15						30～74	310	265	878	30
		10						30～74	310	265	1160	35
FX125	125	17	25～40	8～18	1	0.06～0.35	8～15	20～100	260	218	620	10.2
FX125	125	8	25～40	8～18	1	0.06～0.35	8～15	20～74	260	218	870	33
FX100	100	20	20～40	8～18	1	0.06～0.35	5～15	20～100	260	210	525	8.6
		15						20～100	268	215	720	13
		8						20～100	365	150	1065	23
		5						20～100	365	150	1505	30
FX75	75	15	15～22	6～12	0.6	0.1～0.4	2～5	20～74	240	230	420	2.2
FX75	75	5	15～22	6～12	0.6	0.1～0.4		5～40	240	230	778	6.5
FX50	50	15	11～16	3～8	0.3	0.1～0.4	1～2	10～74	160	137	400	1.5
FX50	50	5	11～16	3～8	0.3	0.1～0.4	1～2	10～74	160	137	680	5.5
FX25	25	5	6～10	3～7	0.2	0.1～0.4	0.8～1.2	4～20	130	85	495	1.2
FX10	10	4	3～4	2～3	0.2	0.2～0.4	0.1～0.2	2～10	30	30	195	2