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Micronization & fine selection of the minerals

Innovatory and high-performance solutions aiming to solve issues related
to the micronization and the fine selection of the minerals, at the top
of the range for reliability, easiness of assembling and maintenance.

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AIR SEPARATORS TYPE SEP

Many years of use and technology development of the traditional air
separators with internal air circulation, TYPE SEP, in their various evolutions, allowed us to understand profoundly the benefits but also the
insurmountable technical limits of such typology of machines and
have suggested us the points of force for a new equipment generation
project.

RAW MATERIAL
INLET

The air separators TYPE HPS along with the micronization and automatic selection mills TYPE S are the result of years of trials and research. They represent the most updated synthesis of this long experience gained by SIC in the field of micronized minerals production.
Our air separators TYPE HPS and the micronization and automatic
selection mills TYPE S cannot be considered solely machines any longer. Actually they are complete production systems which consent the
simplification of the engineering and the management of the plant.
FINE
PRODUCT
OUTLET

Considering its consolidated technology and reliability we have,

however, decided to keep the separator TYPE SEP in our production
line and not to abandon its use in all those projects where a selection
of great quantities of material is required with a top cut value > 90
micron either in cases when a preselection is required before feeding
in more sophisticated systems such as an air separator HPS TYPE or
a mill TYPE S.

REJECTS

TECHNICAL DATA

Power
kW

Type

SEP18

1490

1275

825

1800

190 18.5

SEP25

1935

1490

900

2500

220 18.5

SEP28

2780

2000 1300

2800

290

22

SEP30

2250

1800 1050

3000

350

22

SEP35

2620

2100 1160

3500

360

30

SEP42

3200

2500 1350

4200

430

45

SEP48

4000

2600 1400

4800

450

75

SEP55

4500

3500 1450

5500

480 200

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AIR SEPARATORS TYPE HPS

Utilization benefits
Stability of the granulometric quality of the finished product even in
presence of irregular feeding product both granulometry- and quantity-wise.
Deflocculating effect of the feeding product which allows to reduce
to the smallest the content of fines inside the rejected material even
if agglomerated.
Capability to select products with a top cut (d97) < 10 micron.
Possibility to alter continually the quality of the finished product
without mechanical operation and/or subdue to chromatic sensors
the top cut set value.
Simplicity of installation even in existent plants.
Self-feeding option - drawing the selection material within a distance of 25 m away from the selection unit and/or restore the fine
selected product to a distance exceeding 20 m.
Lack of dust.
High energy efficiency.

Principle of operation
The air separators HPS, in their basic configuration, consist of a
selection unit, a bag filter for the collection of the selected material
and a high efficiency centrifugal fan which generates a current of air
which is necessary for the system functioning.

BAG FILTER
RAW MATERIAL
IN LET
SELECTION
UNIT

VENT
AIR
AIR

REJECT

FINE PRODUCT
OUT LET

HIGH EFFICIENCY
FANS

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AIR SEPARATORS TYPE HPS

The product which must undergo a selection is introduced into the separation unit either by means of mechanical transportation (bucket elevator,
screw, vibrating batcher) or, in the FLUX version of the separator, the material is sucked directly through the bottom of the separator.

RAW MATERIAL
IN LET

The current of air which crosses the air separator from the bottom to the
top meets the material and drags its finest particles towards the exit mouth
of the air separator.

FINE
OUT
LET

Along its way towards the machine outlet the material encounters the mere
selecting unit which consists of a squirrel cage frame which speed of rotation can be regulated by a frequency converter.
The particle of the material for selection is subdued to two types of force so
that it can cross the selection frame: the centripetal force generated by the
air current which crosses the selection frame and the centrifugal force
generated by the rotation of the frame.

AIR

AIR
RAW MATERIAL
IN LET

FINE
OUT LET

REJECT

FINE
OUT
LET

FLUIDIFICATION
AIR
SECONDARY AIR

COARSE PRODUCT
OUTLET

AIR

TECHNICAL DATA

Type

Raw material
in let

97 = m

Installed
power

HPS05

0.5:5 t/h

10:150 m

17 kW

HPS10

1:10 t/h

10:150 m

32 kW

HPS11

5:15 t/h

10:150 m

47 kW

RAW
MATERIAL
IN LET
REJECT

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AIR SEPARATORS TYPE HPS

In a simplifying way we could assume that the force acting on a spherical
particle dragged by the air current is of the following type:
Fk

= 0,4 x d2 x g x v2

Fk
d
g
v

=
=
=
=

force of entrainment
particle diameter
air density
air current speed

while the centrifugal force exerted by the rotation speed of the selection
frame could be summarized by a formula of the following type:
Fc

= 4.2 x d3 x s x vp2

Fc
d
s
vp

=
=
=
=

centrifugal force
particle diameter
density of the material for selection
centrifugal speed

The particle of bigger dimensions (<dmax) which manages to cross the

selection frame will be the one which satisfies the equilibrium conditions
between both forces calculated here above, while those of a bigger diameter, being subject to a prevailing centrifugal force, will be rejected.
The equilibrium conditions between the two forces which act on the particle may be summed as Fk = Fc

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AIR SEPARATORS TYPE HPS

in other words we can equalize and simplify the two equations:
dmax = 0.095 x g / s x v2 / vp2
if we convert the formula here above into engineering values which can be
detected easily in an industrial process and assemble all the values which
appear constant, we will be able express in a simplified way the formula
which regulates the operating of the selection system HPS as follows:
dmax = K x Q2 / RPM2
dmax = size of the biggest particle
which crosses the selector
K
= cumulative constant
Q
= range of air crossing
the selector expressed in m3/h
RPM = rotation speed of the selector
expressed in turns/minute
Hence, it is clearly deducible that the augmentation of the air range
which crosses the selection frame increases the top cut diameter
while augmentations of the selecting frame rotation speed decrease
the top cut values.

TECHNICAL DATA
HPS
5

Rotors n Power kW
1
15

A
1540

B
980

C
2920

D
720

E
144

10

30

1635

1700

3415

1020

244

15

45

2130

2130

3550

1250

273

20

60

1935

1935

3675

1430

324

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HPS DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTALLATION

Conventional

IN

The selection unit is assembled on the

top of the silo for rough material and is
fed in by a bucket elevator or a screw.
The bag filter which discharges the
selected product is assembled on the
top of finished product silo.

OUT

OUT

Pre-cyclone
The selection unit is assembled on
the top of the silo for rough material
and is fed in by a bucket elevator or a
screw. A cyclone is put before the
bag filter, both are assembled on the
top of the finished product silo.
This type of installation allows the
selection of three different sizes of
the product.

OUT
OUT

Fluxed
The selection unit is assembled on the top of the silo for rough material and intakes the product for selection
directly from the production machine. The bag filter from which the selected product is discharged is assembled on the top of the silos of the finished product. Thanks to this solution the selection system serves also as
a conveyance equipment for the feeding product, furthermore, during the conveyance phase the material for
selection fluidifies and improves the efficiency of the selection unit.
IN

OUT

OUT

OUT

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MICRONIZATION AND SELFSELECTION MILLS - S TYPE

The logical evolution of the HPS air separators was to install the selection head of a HPS
air separator on the top of the grinding unit
and achieve in that way not only a mill or a air
separator but a complete and self-sufficient
micronization and selection plant.
One machine which alone consents to micronize, to select and to transport the micronized
material.

Utilization benefits
Stability of the granulometric quality of the finished product even in
presence of irregular feeding product, both in size and quantity.
Capability to select products with a top cut (d97) < 10 micron.
Possibility to alter continually the quality of the finished product
without mechanical operation and/or to subdue the top cut set value
to chromatic sensors.
Simplicity of installation even in existent plants.
Possibility to restore the grinded and selected material to a distance of 35 m from the selecting and grinding unit.
Lack of vibration and external parts in motion.
Lack of dust.
High energy efficiency due to the lack of overgrinding effect and to
the self-regulating system for the working load.
Low noisiness and vibration.

BAG FILTER

MILLING & SELECTION

UNIT
HIGH
EFFICIENCY
FANS
DOSING
SCREW

FINAL
PRODUCT

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DESCRIPTION OF THE GRINDING

AND SELECTING UNIT FUNCTIONING
Principle of operation
The installation of a grinding system with our TYPE S mill is very similar to the one described above in the section of our selection units
TYPE HPS.
Our grinding and selecting system consists of a screw measuring device
for the material for grinding, assembled integrally with the mill body; the
mill & selection body; a bag filter for the collection of the grinded and
selected material placed on the top of the collecting silo and a high efficiency centrifugal fan which sets the system in depression and carries
out the transport of the grinded and selected material.
The air intaken by the fan enters into the grinding chambers throughout
two silenced ducts placed frontally to the two disk wheels, then crosses
the grinding area of the mill and rises towards the selection unit.
Once crossed the selector, the air exits the selection mill group and reaches the bag filter inside of which the finished product sets down.
The material for grinding is introduced into the grinding chamber by a
dosing screw at a variable speed and is discharged among the two
wheels.
The screw speed is set subject to the intensity of the current absorbed
by the motors of the two grindstones in order to maintain a constant and
optimal working load of the mill even if the granulometry curve of the processed material changes.

AIR INLET

FINE PRODUCT
OUT LET

RAW MATERIAL
IN LET

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DESCRIPTION OF THE GRINDING

AND SELECTING UNIT FUNCTIONING
The material for grinding is launched
by the centrifugal force of the hammers placed on the periphery of the
wheels, in a way to take up the energy
required for a grinding which occurs
through collision.
The grinding of the product occurs
through collision against the hammers,
through collision with the wearproof plates which are meant for the protection of
the mill casing, but mostly through collision between the very particles of the
material for grinding.
The material introduced into the grinding
chamber being of a sufficiently small size
or being submitted to reduction by the
grinding action of the mill, is entrained
towards the selection frame by the air
current which crosses the mill.
The material, which has already reached the dimensions to which the
machine has been set up to, will manage to pass through the selection
frame upon reaching it, whereas the coarse material will be sent back inside the grinding chamber by the force of gravity.
The particular lay-out structure of our TYPE S mill allows to minimize the
effect of overgrinding of the product, typical for the installations consisting
of mills combined with air separator, which brings to pointless energetic
expenses due to the overgrinding.
We contrive our machine selecting different materials for the hammers and
the shells, according to the characteristics of the material for grinding.
Furthermore, the wide nose doors allow a fast access to all the expendable
organs of the machine without the need of auxiliary instruments for an easy
cleaning or maintenance.

SPECIAL APPLICATIONS
The versatility of the TYPE S mills gives the possibility to easily adapt
them also for some very special applications such as:
exsiccation of materials during the grinding and selection phase,
through hot air brought in from external sources; a typical case for
this use is in the pet-coke micronization for combustible.
Grinding in a nebulized atmosphere with anticaking additives used
during grinding of those products which have the tendency to adhere to the surfaces and create sculls, such as the sodium bicarbonate used for the coating of exhausted gas neutralization plants.

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SPECIAL
APPLICATIONS
the compact configuration of this type
of plant makes it suitable for the construction of grinding, selecting and
transporting plants built in advance in
a workshop, in order to reduce to the
minimum the constructing time on the
erecting yard for their positioning and
enabling.

TECHNICAL DATA
Type
Top-cut
d97=m

S40

S60

S80

S100

8100

8100

8100

8100

Installed power (kW)

Mill

2x15

2x30

2x55

2x75

Selector

7.5

11

15

22

Fan

15

22

30

45

Dimension
A

1900

2750

3200

3450

1250

1330

1830

1950

2300

2500

2700

3020

900

1000

1100

1150

Weight (kg)

1800

3100

4300

5250

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