What is a Thickner?
A thickening agent or thickener is a substance that can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties.
Edible thickeners are commonly used to thicken sauces, soups, and puddings without altering their taste; thickeners are also used in paints, inks, explosives, and cosmetics.
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What are the components of a thickener?
A thickener has several basic components: a tank to contain the slurry, feed piping and a feed well to allow the feed stream to enter the tank, a rotating rake mechanism to assist in moving the concentrated solids to the withdrawal points, an underflow solids withdrawal system, and an overflow launder.
How do thickeners work?
A thickener is an equipment structure used for the continuous gravity settling (sedimentation) of solids in suspensions. Suspension is fed into one or more basins or chambers and, whilst it is passing through, the solids settle out.