Crushing damp ore

Bols
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Posted in: , on 22. Dec. 2005 - 10:44

Hi all

I'm a metallurgist in training (MIT) in a diamond processing plant. The problem we have here is, low throughput (tonnage) from the Kawasaki gyratory cone crusher during the rainy season as the ore fed is wet/damp.

Are there any parameters/settings we can change in the crusher to improve the tonnage?

Thank you in advance.

Re: Crushing Damp Ore

Erstellt am 26. Dec. 2005 - 04:14

What do you want to improve:

1. power

2. capacity

3. mineral surface area generated per kW

4. size distribution bias to a particular product sceen spec.

5. equipment life

6. all of the above

The wet ore and size distribution may play a role in reducing throughput. The shape of the mantle and concave can be changed to improve many of the above. This is not a suitable point to elaborate on here.

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