Ph.D.

professor Material Technology DepartmentofMiningPetroleum&Metallurgical, Faculty Of Engineering

Prof.Dr.Salah Elmofty

E-mail:s_elmofty@hotmail.com

Lecture:1 Comminution

Comminution
-Ore minerals are usually finely disseminated and intimately associated with gangue minerals. -These minerals should be liberated before concentration.

-This liberation accomplished by

comminution.

-Communiation is one of the primary operations in mineral dressing

Comminution
Crushing Grinding

Crushing
Primary crushing
Jaw crushers

Secondary crushing
Cone crusher

&Gyratory crushers

&

Roll crusher

The feedsize in all this cases varies from 1.5 to 6

Feed size ranging from 3 to 30 can easily be handLed

Blake crushers
These crushers built in many sizes
-The largest boluldr is 4 feet in diameter
-Smallest Takes feed around 3 to 4 inches

Primary crushers

Jaw crushers

Gyartory crusher

Blake crushers
Constraction:

Liners:

-The material used for lining the jaw plates and check plates.

Jaw crushers:

Characteristics of jaw crushers:

1-They are working little than half the time. 2-Because of heavy flywheel and high speed of rotation they are favourable to more efficient action of jaw crushers . 3- Rate of oscillation of the moving crushing surface determines the machine capacity ordinary taper 4.5 per foot 4-Have less capacity than gyratory crushers 5-Work in open circuit with double deck screen

Gyratory crushers

Characteristics of gyratory :
1-Capacity is greater than jaw crushers. 2-Required power less than jaw. crushers. 3-There is less vibration in operating.

Wich of the two following crushers we should choose for small capacity? & why?

Jaw crusher

orGyartory crusher

Jaw crusher is the better choice because of:

1-Jaw crusher can take larger size than gyratory &is better adopted to handle clayey &spongy rocks.

2-Gyartory crusher consume more power for the same feed as produces more new surfaces than jaw crusher. 3-Installation and housing costs will be more compared to jaw crushers.

Secondary crushers

Cone crusher

Roll crusher

Cone crushers
1-Cone crusher is secondary crusher. 2-Product of cone crusher is the feed of grinding mill. 3-It work in closed circuit with double deck screen. 4-Product is more uniform in size .

Cone crushers

Merits of cone crusher over gyratory 1-Cone crusher moves faster than gyratory. 2-Rapid discharge of crushed material due to increase space from top to bottom. 3-Hier capacity and reduction ratio than gyartory crushers. 4-Work in closed circuit.

Roll crusher

Roll crusher
1-Used for crushing relatively soft materials like coal & salt. 2-Capacity is high and reduction ratio is large. 3-Can not produce fine product owing to the spacing between adjacent teeth.

Angie of nip
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E
a C C,D Rolls E sphere of rocks N angle of nip a D

Comparison between roll & cone crushers:

1-Roll crusher production smaller of fines than cone crushers and smaller reduction ratio. 2-Rolls,because of theirinability to yield ahigh reduction ratio,have not been installed in recent years. 3-Reduction ratio for rolls should not exceed 4:1 similar to cone crushers. 4-Rolls remain to be the best device for intermediate crushing.

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