Magnetic High Tension Separators
Magnetic High Tension Separators
Magnetic High Tension Separators
Separators
Group 8
Stephen John Sanchez
Raymerose Daque
Arqam Abdula
Elmar Obguia
Low-intensity magnetic
separation
Dry Low-Intensity
Magnetic
Separation
Wet Low-Intensity
Magnetic
Separation
Drum Separators
Most common machines for cleaning
the medium in DMS circuits.
Widely used for concentrating finely
ground iron ores.
Applicable for the particles with field
intensity of below 0.7T at the pole
surface.
Widely used to treat low-grade taconite
ores which contains 40-50% Fe.
Separation is by the pick-up
principle.
Concurrent Type
Counter-rotation Type
Counter-current separator
Cross-belt separator
High Intensity
Separator
AllM
iner
High-Gradient Magnetic
Separators
High-Gradient Magnetic
Separators
In order to separate paramagnetic materials
of extremely low magnetic susceptibility,
high magnetic forces must be generated.
High-Gradient Magnetic
Separators
The core, or
working
volume, is filled
with a matrix of
secondary
poles.
The solenoid
can be clad
externally with
an iron frame to
form a
continuous
return path for
the magnetic
High-Gradient Magnetic
Separators
DRAWBACK
An increase in field gradient necessarily
reduces the working gap between secondary
poles, the magnetic force having only a
short reach, usually not more than 1mm.
Superconducting
Separators
Superconducting
Separators
Field strengths in excess of 2T can only be
generated economically by the use of
superconducting magnets.
In 1986, a superconducting HGMS was
designed and built by Eriez Magnetics to
process kaolinite clay in the United States.
This machine uses only about 0.007 kW in
producing
5T
of
flux,
the
ancillary
equipment needed requiring another 20 kW.
Superconducting
Separators
In operation, the
supply of slurry is
periodically cut off,
the magnetic field
is shut down, and
the canister
backwashed with
water to clear out
accumulated
magnetic
contaminants.
Superconducting
Separators
An opengradient drum
magnetic
separator with
a
superconductin
g magnet
system has
been operating
commercially
since the late
1980s.
High-Tension Separator
High-Tension Separator
makes use of a comparatively high
rate of electrical discharge, with
electron flow and gaseous ionization
having major importance
Pinning Effect
non-conducting mineral particles,
having received a surface charge from
the electrode, retain this charge and
are pinned to the oppositely charged
separator surface by positive-negative
High-Tension Separator
The method has fairly limited
application;
greatly used in separating some of
the minerals found in heavy sands from
beach or stream placers
High-Tension Separator
Parameters influencing separation using HTS
roll speed
position of the electrode wire with respect to the
electrode tube
position of the electrode assembly with respect to
the roll
variation of the DC voltage
polarity
splitter plate position
feed rate
heating of the feed
High-Tension Separator
operate on feeds containing particles of between 60
and 500m in diameter
surface charges on a coarse grain are lower in relation
to its mass than on a fine grain
coarse grain is more readily thrown from the roll
surface, and the conducting fraction often contains a
small proportion of coarse non-conductors
finer particles are most influenced by the surface
charge, and the non-conducting fraction often
contains some fine conducting particles.
High-Tension Separator
Disadvantage
the capacity is very small for finely
divided material
Electrostatic Separators
Final cleaning of the products of high tension
separators is often carried out in purely
electrostatic separators
Modern types are of plate and screen
The feed particles gravitate down a sloping,
grounded plate into an electrostatic field
induced by a large, oval, high-voltage
electrode
The converse of the separation which takes
place in the high-tension separators, where
most effective separation of fine nonconductors from coarse conductors takes place
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