Rapid Disc Separator

MAGQUIP Rapid Disc Magnetic Separator

High-Intensity Electromagnetic Disc Separator for Precision Dry Mineral Separation

The MAGQUIP Rapid Disc Separator is a high-performance electromagnetic dry mineral separator engineered for the precise separation and concentration of weakly magnetic and paramagnetic materials. This advanced system utilises a series of high-intensity rotating discs mounted above a vibratory feed conveyor, enabling multi-stage separation of minerals with varying magnetic susceptibilities in a dry processing environment.

Industry-Leading Magnetic Selectivity

MAGQUIP’s disc separator delivers exceptional magnetic selectivity, producing high-purity magnetic fractions that are virtually free of non-magnetic contaminants. It is ideally suited for the processing of battery minerals, rare earth ores, and high-value electronic materials, where product quality and recovery are critical.

Applications include:

Coltan (columbite–tantalite) beneficiation
Lithium-bearing minerals (e.g. lepidolite, petalite)
Monazite, xenotime, and other rare earth elements
Ilmenite and garnet purification
Heavy mineral sands processing
High-grade iron ore concentration
Recycling of electronic waste and fine metallics

Versatile Modular Design

The MAGQUIP Rapid Disc Separator is available in one, two, or three-disc modules, offering up to six distinct magnetic products in a single pass. This modularity allows for flexible separation stages tailored to the mineralogical characteristics of your feed, ensuring optimal recovery and concentrate grade.

Feed Size Range

Designed for dry, free-flowing granular materials
Particle size range: 105 microns to 2 mm

Built for Today’s Critical Mineral Demands

As global demand increases for critical and strategic minerals used in electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies, electronics, and defence applications, MAGQUIP’s electromagnetic disc separator stands out as the reliable solution for operations seeking to upgrade feedstocks, maximise recovery, and achieve high-purity outputs.

Why Choose the MAGQUIP Rapid Disc Separator?

Engineered for rugged plant environments and high-duty cycles
Simplified maintenance and modular scalability
Proven performance across mining, minerals, and recycling sectors

The MAGQUIP rapid disc separator works by firstly discharging material for a gravity feed hopper or vibrating feeder onto the unit’s 3 belt conveyor and towards the series of one, two or three rotating discs. The magnetic particles are attracted to the zones of high magnetic gradient on the undersides of the discs and carried beyond the edges of the conveyor belt where they are discharged centrifugally into product collection chutes on either side of the conveyor. Product scrapers that are in contact with the underside of the magnetic discs ensure that all products are discharged from the disc before they can re-enter the magnetic field.

The MAGQUIP disc separator discs are adjustable so that the air gap between the discs and conveyor belt can be fine-tuned and varied, this disc adjustment allows best selectivity position to be set. Optimum selectivity can be accurately achieved by combining disc height above belt with adjustment of the current to electromagnetic coils via the control panel.

Distinctly separate grades of magnetic products can be produced by adjusting the angle of the discs with respect to the feed conveyor belt, the discs are normally tilted so that there is a difference of about 1 mm between the leading and trailing edges of each disc and between the adjacent edges of each disc

Separate a series of magnetic particles and minerals from dry granular materials that have varying magnetic minerals and magnetic susceptibilities.

Typical applications include:

Concentration of minerals such as ilmenite, garnet, monazite, wolframite, coltan (columbite-tantalite etc. (minerals for battery and electronics).

Removal of minerals of low magnetic susceptibility from cassiterite, zircon, rutile and scheelite.

Treatment of industrial powders and minerals.

Purification of quartz for glass making and abrasives & refractory minerals.

The advantages of the MAGQUIP Rapid Disc Separator include:

Modular construction with one-, two- or three-disc configurations
Individual Direct disc drives via geared motors
Easily adjustable disc air gap height
Optimised isolated magnetic circuit with high magnetic field gradients from long life coils
Feed can be via magnetic vibrating feeder for highly specific feed rates
Sophisticated control panel enclosure featuring PLC features for advanced component control and magnetic field adjustment via current control, feedback monitoring signals and HMI [Option for DC thyristor drive controller]
Easy to replace and change parts including belts bearing and drive components

Large Volume Feed Hopper & Feed arrangement (gravity velocity feed hopper or vibrating feeder)

Material Conveyor belt

Height adjustable induced magnetic discs

Frame + Enclosure + Product Chutes + Guarding + low intensity scalper option if applicable

Mining & Mineral Processing