Mining Archive
When simulating particulate systems using the discrete element method (DEM), particle breakage can occur. Sometimes the extent of this breakage is significant, such as in crushers and mills,
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There can be little doubt about the importance of bulk materials handling to the mining industry, and by extension more generally to the success of Australia’s processing industries
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Rocky DEM and Population Balance Model (PBM) help researchers predict product size distribution for vertical stirred mill Grinding processes in large mills use a lot of energy, resulting
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Quite often DEM users are interested in predicting particle breakage, either to promote it (for example, spending less energy in comminution processes) or to avoid it (such as
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Vibrating Screen Equipment Vibrating screens are equipment used to separate and transport granulated materials in various processes throughout the mining, agriculture, pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries. Although vibrating
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Chutes are commonly adopted in conveying systems as a method of transferring bulk materials from one conveyor belt to another. Although widely used, a poorly designed chute or
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Heat transfer in particulate materials is a key phenomenon in a variety of industrial applications. Very often material is handled and stored in granular form and is need
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Screw feeders are extensively adopted in the food, plastics, mineral processing and agriculture industries as an efficient and economical method for conveying solid granular materials. The drawdown flow
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