The potential for dense medium separation of mineral fines using a laboratory Falcon Concentrator

C. Marion; H. Williams; R. Langlois; O. Kökkılıç; F. Coelho; M. Awais; N. A. Rowson; K. E. Waters

doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2016.12.008

The potential for dense medium separation of mineral fines using a laboratory Falcon Concentrator

C. Marion, H. Williams, R. Langlois, O. Kökkılıç, F. Coelho, M. Awais, N. A. Rowson, K. E. Waters^*

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Abstract

Dense medium separation (DMS) is a technique used to separate particles based on specific gravity. Conventional DMS is, however, limited to coarse particle sizes and is not practical when processing fines. To improve the separation efficiency when processing fine particles, centrifugal separators have been employed. This work investigates DMS in a lab centrifuge and a modified Falcon Concentrator, in order to process the slimes of a rare earth ore. It has been shown that centrifugal concentration using a dense medium is possible when recovering values from a slimes fraction. Both the lab centrifuge and modified Falcon Concentrator result in a similar performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-9
Number of pages	3
Journal	Minerals Engineering
Volume	105
Early online date	4 Jan 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2016.12.008
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2017

Keywords

Centrifugal separation
Dense medium separation
Falcon Concentrator
Fine particle separations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Chemistry(all)
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Mechanical Engineering

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