Tailings slime pulp can be rapidly and directly flocculated and thickened in a vertical sand bin without building a thickening tank.

Slime pulp is one of the common problems during the process of newsprint making from mechanical pulp, which unfavorably influences the quality of paper and its making process.

Products used for the prevention or control of slime growth on materials, equipment and structures, used in industrial processes, e. g. on wood and paper pulp, porous sand strata in oil extraction.