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Gold/Mining/Energy : Altair Nanotechnologies -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chevalier who wrote (583)	7/19/1999 11:33:00 PM
From: Q.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 603

Here's what their 10k says: The Series 30 Jig, however, is designed to be capable of processing 500 tons of solids per day, or more than four times the throughput capacity of the Series 12 Jig. The volumes of solids per day that the Series 30 and Series 12 Jigs are actually capable of processing have not been established through testing; however, the Company expects that continued testing over the next six to twelve months will confirm that the two models can process the volumes they have been designed to process. The Company has also begun design work for a larger Jig that would have over twice the processing capacity of the Series 30 Jig. edgar-online.com OTOH, the 10k also indicated that competing centrifugal jigs are already commercially offered, whereas theirs is not, so it seems that they are way behind: Competing Products. The Company believes that the Jig currently faces several forms of competition in the commercial segregation of dense particles contained in feeds between 150 and 400 mesh, including the Kelsey Jig, Falcon concentrators and the Knelsen batch concentrator unit, which are currently being used worldwide. See "Factors That May Affect Future Results--Competing Products and Alternative Technologies." Another centrifugal jig device, the Kelsey jig, has been developed in Australia subsequent to the invention of the Jig. The Kelsey jig is more complicated in design than the Jig, which the Company believes makes it more expensive to manufacture, operate and maintain in a production environment. According to the Kelsey jig's manufacturer, Geo Logics Pty. Ltd., Kelsey jigs are in service at 20 plants worldwide.