Screening: Che-205 Particle Technology
Screening: Che-205 Particle Technology
Screening: Che-205 Particle Technology
Screening
Saeed GUL, PhD
Professor
Screening is a method of
separating particles according to
size alone
screens are used on a large scale
for the separation of particles
according to their sizes, and on a
small scale for the production of
closely graded materials in
carrying out size analyses
The method is applicable for
particles of a size as small as
about 50 μm
Introduction
Undersize:
fines, pass through the screen openings
Oversize: tails:
Particles which do not pass through
screen openings
Industrial screens are made from woven
wire, silk or plastic cloth, metal bars,
perforated or slotted metal plates.
Various metals are used, with steel and
stainless steel the most common.
Standard screens range in mesh size from
4 in. to 400-mesh
Introduction
Single Deck Screen
Unsized fractions
A single screen can make a single
separation into two fractions i.e.
under size and oversize. Such type
of fractions is called unsized
fractions. Multi Deck Screen
Sized Fractions
Material passed through a series of
screens of different sizes is
separated into sized fractions, i.e.
fractions in which both the
maximum and minimum particle
sizes are known
Cutting diameter Dpc
Gyrating screens
Centrifugal Screens
Screening Equipments
(Stationary screens and grizzlies)
Stationary inclined woven-metal screens operate in the same way
like grizzlies
Separating particles 0.5 to 4 in. (12 to 100 mm)
Effective only with very coarse free-flowing solids containing few
fine particles
Screening Equipment
(Stationary screens and grizzlies)
A grizzly has a plane screening surface
composed of longitudinal bars up to 3 m long,
fixed in a rectangular framework
It is usually inclined at an angle to the
horizontal and the greater the angle then the
greater is the throughput although the
screening efficiency is reduced
Used for very coarse feed, as from a
primary crusher
The spacing between the bars is 2 to 8
in. (50 – 200 mm)
Screening Equipments
(Mechanically Operated Screens)
Mechanically operated screens are vibrated by means of an
electromagnetic device or mechanically
In the former case the screen itself is vibrated, and in the
latter, the whole assembly
Elimination of D gives
Screen effectiveness