SCREENING

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 Screening
• Separates a mixture of various sizes of
particles into two or more portions, each of
which is more uniform in size of particle than
the original mixture
– Dry screening – the treatment of a material
containing a natural amount of moisture or a
material that has been dried before screening
– Wet screening – an operation when water is
added to the material being treated for the
purpose of washing the fine material through the
screen.
 Importance of screening
• Means of preparing a product for sale or
subsequent operation
• Means of analysis, either to control or gauge
the effectiveness of another operation such as
crushing or grinding
• To determine the value of a product for some
specific application
 Methods of reporting particle size distribution
• Oversize: 20 mesh (or ¼ in) → +20 (+¼ in)
• Through 10 mesh on 20 mesh → -10+20 or
10/20
• Undersize: 200 mesh → -200
 Screen analyses
• Screens – used for control of particle size
analytical work. They are constructed of wire
mesh cloth, the diameter and the spacing of the
wires are specified
• Aperture – clear spaces between individual wires
of the screens
• Mesh – number of apertures per linear inch; i.e.,
10 mesh: 10 openings per inch and aperture of
0.1 inch minus the diameter of wire
• Screen interval – relationship between successive
sizes of screen openings in a series
 Types of screens
• Tyler standard sieve screens – series of screens
based on a 200-mesh screen with wire diameter
0.0021 in. thick and with an opening of 0.0029 in.
Other sizes vary by a fixed ratio of . The mesh
is up to 400 mesh. Table 19-6 list properties of
Tyler screens.
• United States Sieve Series – introduced by
National Bureau of Standards differ slightly from
Tyler series being based on a 1-mm opening and
varying .
• International Test Sieve Series – similar to the
other two but the wires have different gauges.
Methods of Reporting Screen Analyses
• Differential screen analysis or fractional plot
• Cumulative analysis or cumulative plot
Screen Effectiveness
 Industrial Screening Equipment
• Grizzlies
• Stationary screens
• Vibrated screens
• Oscillating screens
• Reciprocating screens
• Trommels or Revolving Screens
• Gyratory Screens
 Testing Sieve shakers
• Ro-Tap testing sieve – equipped with 1-13
screens at a time
• End-Strak Testing Sieve Shaker
• Dynamic Sieve Shaker
 Capacity of screens
• Indicates how much material a screen can
handle
• Expressions:
 Problem 1
It is desired to separate a mixture of sugar
crystals into two fractions, a coarse fraction
retained on an 8-mesh screen, and a fine
fraction passing through it. Screen analysis of
feed, coarse and fine fractions show
Mass fraction of +8 particles in feed = 0.46
Mass fraction of +8 particles in coarse fraction = 0.88
Mass fraction of +8 particles in fine fraction = 0.32
Calculate the overall effectiveness of the
screen used for the separation purpose per
100 kg of feed.
 OMB:
100=R+P
100(0.46)=R(0.88)+P(0.32)
R=25 kg
P=75 kg
 Problem
• If the total percentage of particles larger that
the screen opening in the feed, product, and
undersize are 36%, 89% and 3%, respectively,
calculate the effectiveness of the screen.
 Problem
• Limestone is crushed by six units operating in parallel and
the products separated by six 35-mesh screens also in
parallel, into two fractions. The effective dimensions of
each screen is 6' by 20'. The common undersize from the
screen comes out at the rate of 50 tons/hour. Assume no
losses.

calculate the efficiency and the capacity of each

screen
 Problem
• Fine silica is fed at 1500 lbs/hour to a double-deck
vibrating screen combination to obtain a 48/65 mesh
(Tyler) product. The silica feed is introduced into the
upper screen, of the 48 mesh and the product is
discharged off the surface of the lower screen of 65
mesh. During the screening operation, the ratio of
oversize to product to undersize is 2: 1.5 :1 .
Laboratory analysis of the different fractions:
• Calculate the effectiveness of the screening
equipment and if the screens measure 5 ft x 8
ft each, calculate the capacity in MT/day-ft2-
mm of the 65 mesh screen on the basis of a
perfectly functioning 48 mesh screen.
Desired material : -48+65
 Problem
• 1800 Ibs of dolomite per hour is produced by
crushing and then screening through a 14-mesh
screen. The screen analysis is as follows:

• Calculate the total load to the crusher