FG-Spiral Classifier

Operating Instruction Manual

Henan Songshan Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.

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Contents

1. Stucture
2. Operation principle
3. Techniqual parameter
4. Operation and Maintenance
5. Wearing parts
6. Equipment structure diagram

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1. Structure
The main structure of the high weir spiral classifier is the semicircle trough, which is made up of
steel plate and profile steel. Feed outlet is on the side wall of the central trough body, returned sand
outlet is on the lower part of the upper trough body, and drain valve is on the bottom of the lower
trough body. The drain valve is closed at normal operation time, and the ore pulp will only be
discharged from the drain valve when emergency happens. Vertical hollow shaft is installed inside
the trough body, and a support shelf which is compatible with the spiral lead angle is equipped on
the vertical hollow shaft. Beside, helical blades are fixed on the top, the helical system mainly
adopts double-threaded uniform pitch screw, and wearable liner is equipped on the edge of the
blade (normally is made up of mediummanganese nodular cast iron). When the spiral is rotating,
the light-fine particles are floating by agitated ore pulp, and the heavy-rough particles sunk at
bottom of the trough are sent to the upper part. The hollow shaft is made up of seamless steel tube
generally, or to be made by welding from long steel plates which are rolled as annular shape. Axle
journals are welded at each two ends of the hollow shaft, and the upper end is supported inside the
lower support. The shaft head on both sides of the supporting base is supported on the gear frame,
hence the spiral axis can do the motions of both rotation and up-and-down.
Due to the bearing support of the lower part is immersed in the ore pulp for long time, good
condition of sealing device is required. The machine adopts packing labyrinth type and high
pressure oil type, therefore the sealing performance is improved.
The spiral axis is transmitted by the motions of motor, speed reduction device, cylindrical gear and
bevel gear, and the transmission device is located on the upper part of the equipment. Due to the
helical blade will be buried by sand setting when the machine stops, it may causes difficult
machine starting, spiral lifting gear is equipped necessarily. On the other hand, the motor via speed
reduction device and the cylindrical gear drive the lead screw so that the axle can be lifted and do
up-and-down motions.

2. Operation principle
The overflow position of the highweir spiral classifier is higher than bearing center of lower end of
the spiral axis, but is lower than spiral upper edge of the overflow end. There is a settlement region
which is suitable for classifying rough grains, so the overflow granularity of bigger than 100 mesh
can be obtained.
Spiral classifier operation principle:
The ore pulp after fine grinded is fed into the trough from the feed outlet located in the center of
the settlement region. Slantwise installed lower end of the trough is the ore pulp classifying
settlement region. The low speed rotation of spiral makes effort to agitate the ore pulp, so the
light-fine grains are suspended on the top, and being discharged from the over flow edge, into the
next process stage. Oppositely the heavy-rough grains are sunk to the bottom of the trough, and
being discharged as return sand from discharge outlet. Normally the spiral classifier and the
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grinding machine compose of closed circuit, and the rough sand will be sent back to the grinding
machine and being grinded again.

3. Techniqual parameter

Type

Spiral Trough Rotation

speed
diameter length
(mm)
(mm)
(r/min)

Capacity (t/d)
Return
sand

Motor power (Kw)

Overflow Transmission

Lifting

Weight
(t)

FG7.5

750

5500

6-10

340-570

65

3.0

Manually

2.7

FG10

1000

6500

5-8

675-1080

110

5.5

Manually

4.43

FG12

1200

6500

5-8

1170-870

155

5.5

1.5

8.7

FG15

1500

8400

4-6

1830-2740

235

7.5

2.2

12.5

FG20

2000

8400

4-6

3240-5400

400

11

2.8

20.5

FG24

2400

9210

3-.6

4650-7450

580

15

3.0

25.6

4. Operation and Maintenance

a) The machine must be started with no-load. The spiral axis should be lifted at first, when
the operation is steady, then lower the spiral axis slowly until proper position.
b) When the machine is in repairing, the spiral axis must be lifted in order to prevent
infiltration of ore pulp to the sealing parts, even more damages to the equipments in the
future.
c) The bearings of both speed reduction device and both sides of the spiral axis should be
lubricated with oil grease each definite time of operation time.
d) The machine needs to be shutdown immediately if any unusual noises have been found,
and eliminating faults to ensure smooth operation in the future.

5. Wearing parts
1. wear strip
2. helical blade

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6. Equipment structure diagram

Chart 1 High weir single-spiral classifier

1. Transmission Mechanism
2. Spiral
5. under-part support saddle 6. feed outlet

3. trough
4 hood gear
7. elevating mechanism

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