Structure
1. Gearing 2. Spiral 3. Cell 4. Lifting Device 5. Auto sand returning device
Spiral classifier is composed of transmission mechanism, (left, right) spiral water tank, lifting device, lower support, lubricating device, ore discharge valve, feed inlet, etc
The water tank of this machine is installed obliquely. The angle of inclination is determined according to equipment configuration of equipment in the process flow. The (left, right) spirals driven by the transmission mechanism rotates in the water tank. The finely grained slurry enters the water bank from the feed inlet at one side and forms one slurry precipitation zone, whose surface area and volume depends on the value of the water tank’s inclination angle and the height of overflow edge. The spirals rotating at a low speed play a certain stirring role. After the slurry is stirred, the light and fine particles float above the surface and overflow from the overflow edge. Then they flow into the next working procedure of ore dressing. The heavy and thick particles sink into the bottom of the water tank and become return sand which is transported by the spirals to the ore discharge mouth for discharge.
If ore grinding and classification are closed loop operation, the return sand discharged from the ore discharge mouth still goes into the mill for further grinding. Classifiers normally form closed loop operation together with mill.