US Patent Number
6675064
Publication Date
1-6-2004
Abstract
With highly heterogeneous groups or streams of minerals, physical segregation using online quality measurements is an economically important first stage of the mineral beneficiation process. Segregation enables high quality fractions of the stream to bypass processing, such as cleaning operations, thereby reducing the associated costs and avoiding the yield losses inherent in any downstream separation process. The present invention includes various methods for reliably segregating a mineral stream into at least one fraction meeting desired quality specifications while at the same time maximizing yield of that fraction.
Assignees
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US)
Application Number
09/669,076
Filing Date
09/25/2000
Recommended Citation
Yingling, Jon C. and Ganguli, Rajive, "Process for the Physical Segregation of Minerals" (2004). Manufacturing Systems Engineering Faculty Patents. 1.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ms_patents/1
