Of the various activities we are carrying out as part of TAILLIQ, it seems likely that most tailings engineers would be least familiar with beam centrifuge testing of model embankments. We therefore thought it would be useful to prepare a video showing the preparation of a model embankment to illustrate the process and the scale of the sample. This test is on a bulk sample of gold tailings that we are also testing in a calibration chamber, hollow cylinder, and a range of oth

Preparation of large scale bulk samples forms an important part of our work in the TAILLIQ project. Such material can then be used for various tests such as beam centrifuge, calibration chamber, and a range of element tests. This video shows Riccardo Fanni and David Reid mixing and wetting up ~600 kg of gold tailings, prior to bagging the material for future use. This process means that each of the bags has identical material in it. Such consistency improves our ability to