PARTICLE SEPARATOR
February 1st, 2002
BY MATTHEW BRACEAN AUSTRALIAN team has invented a new particle separator that could have a major impact on the mining industry.Researchers from the University of Melbourne, have developed the machine, after studying in great detail how compounds, including ores, avalanche naturally under gravity when in a tumbler. The idea is simple and follows the physical laws of gravity.The vessel tumbles the particulate material creating mini-avalanches, and particles of larger size or lower density move in a radial fashion outward from the centre.They have calculated where ...
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