FLSMIDTH A/S Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150273473 | GYRATORY CRUSHER DEVICE - A crusher device includes a crusher head positioned within a container that is fed material to be crushed by the crusher head. The body of the crusher head includes at least one aperture in which at least one of an eccentric assembly and a portion of a cylinder is positioned. The container that receives material may be defined by a substantially vertical inner wall. The inner wall may be defined by a wearable surface. The crusher head may also have a wearable surface defined by a mantle. | 10-01-2015 |
20150224425 | THICKENER/CLARIFIER DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREOF - Disclosed, is a drive ( | 08-13-2015 |
20150128833 | Cyclone Burner - A description is given of a cyclone burner for converting solid fuel comprising a substantially rotationally-symmetric whirling chamber ( | 05-14-2015 |
20150008728 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR CRAWLER TRACK VEHICLE - A crawler track chassis is motivated by the reciprocating movement of hydraulic cylinder's piston rod. | 01-08-2015 |
20140326643 | FLOTATION MACHINE, FROTH RECOVERY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING MATERIAL - At least one froth receiving device may be positioned in a slurry retained in a tank of a flotation cell of a flotation machine. Each of the froth receiving devices may be positioned adjacent to froth formed in the slurry by being positioned in the tank at a height that positions the froth receiving device in the froth or near the froth. Each froth receiving device may receive froth to extract the froth from the tank. In some embodiments, the extracted froth may be sent to at least one particle separation device so at least a portion of solid material in the froth is separated from liquid of the froth. The separated solid material may be moved to another machine for further processing for recovering the desirable material while any remaining solid material and liquid may be sent to another device for being utilized in further material processing. | 11-06-2014 |
20140215788 | Method for assembling a crusher - Described is a method for assembling a gyratory crusher ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140179154 | METHOD OF POWERING MOBILE EQUIPMENT - A method of providing operating electrical power from a stationary power source to a mobile conveyor utilized in material handling at a mine site as the conveyor moves over a predetermined path at the site without having to move long lengths of cable as the conveyor moves away from the power source. The method utilizes a cable reel that features a power receptacle into which a cable connector can be easily plugged and unplugged. | 06-26-2014 |
20140175020 | VARIABLE FLOW SELF-DILUTING FEEDWELL SYSTEM - In a feed dilution system and method for a thickener or settling tank, a feed pipe nozzle has a variable orifice configured to provide an infeed slurry flow stream of substantially constant velocity. The feed pipe orifice is disposed in a mixing conduit proximate an upstream end thereof, while a downstream end of the mixing conduit is functionally attached to a feedwell inside the thickener or settling tank, so that the mixing conduit communicates with the feedwell. Where a diluting liquid is introduced into the mixing conduit, the variable-orifice nozzle ensures a substantially uniform degree of dilution of the influent slurry feed stream by the diluting liquid. | 06-26-2014 |
20140166568 | BASKET - A basket for a horizontal centrifuge, the basket that has a frusto-conical body having a series of accelerator bars with each of the accelerator bars having a width greater than 20 mm. | 06-19-2014 |
20140158801 | CRUSHING ROLLER - Described is a roller for crushing of particulate material, such as crude ore for use in the mineral industry, where the roller body is provided with a roller shell having a plurality of individual wear segments. The roller shell is characterized in that adjacent wear segments have complementary sides and in that a number of the wear segments, prior to mounting of the remaining wear segments, are initially fixed to the roller body in order to provide guiding and fixation for the remaining wear segments which are wedged-in between the number of initially fixed wear segments. | 06-12-2014 |
20140151482 | CRUSHER DEVICE - A crusher device includes a frame, a rotating mechanism positioned in the frame, and a plurality of curtains connected to the frame. The curtains are spaced from the rotating mechanism to define a passageway along which material moves while being crushed. A first curtain is connected to the frame via at least one first cylinder. The first curtain is connected to a second curtain via at least one pivotal connection and at least one second cylinder. The at least one second cylinder is retracted automatically when the at least one first cylinder is forcibly retracted to adjust spacing between the first curtain and the rotating mechanism due to an uncrushable. The automatic retraction of the at least one second cylinder rotates the second curtain away from the rotating mechanism. Such movement widens the spacing between the rotating mechanism and the curtains minimizing damage from tramp or uncrushables. | 06-05-2014 |
20140144788 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS RECOVERY OF METALS | 05-29-2014 |
20140037440 | LOW-WEAR SLURRY PUMP - A centrifugal pump for a slurry combines design changes with respect to conventional configurations that produce quasi-laminar flow and materially extend the life of the casing. The cutwater clearance of the casing is increased to a range of 0.20 to 0.25 times the diameter of the impeller. The casing includes a redesigned removable annular liner with a diameter increased to at least 1.15 times the diameter of the impeller. The pump preferably also has an axially adjustable wear ring with a diameter increased such that it extends by at least 10% over the diameter of the area of interface between the wear ring and the impeller. | 02-06-2014 |
20140021279 | HEAVY DUTY MILL - In a drive arrangement for a heavy duty mill an electric motor with a high number of magnetic poles and a stator that is segmented into at least four stator segments is used. By providing one, more or all of the stator segments with a three phase winding system, a highly modular mill drive with a high power density and therefore reduced space requirements is provided. | 01-23-2014 |
20130299618 | CRUSHING BODY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A crushing body includes a wear body, inserts positioned in channels of the wear body, a mounting body positioned adjacent to the inserts and fasteners inserted into the mounting body to connect the mounting body to the inserts, the wear body, or both the inserts and the wear body. Preferably, the inserts are positioned so that a portion of each of the inserts is within the wear body and a base portion is adjacent to or engages the mounting body. Crushing devices such as mills, and crushers may utilize embodiments of the crushing body. | 11-14-2013 |
20130256243 | OPEN-CHANNEL FEED DILUTION SYSTEM FOR A THICKENER OR SETTLING TANK - An open-channel infeed conduit of a feed dilution system of a thickener/clarifier settling tank is provided with orifices between its upstream inlet end and its outlet end. The orifices are positioned proximate to and in fluid communication with the clarified liquid phase in the tank to draw clarified liquid from the tank into the conduit responsive to or by virtue of momentum transfer between the flow of the liquid slurry feed stream in the conduit and the clarified liquid in the tank. | 10-03-2013 |
20130256153 | CONTINUOUS ELECTROWINNING PROCESS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A continuous electrowinning system | 10-03-2013 |
20130240457 | Feed Dilution System for a Thickener or Settling Tank - In a feed dilution system and method for a thickener or settling tank, a feed pipe nozzle has an outlet opening or orifice configured to generate an initial stream of slurry from the feed pipe into an upstream end of a mixing conduit wherein the stream is extended from a first side of the mixing conduit to a substantially opposite second side in a first direction transverse to the mixing conduit so as to enhance entrainment of dilution fluid flow into the slurry stream and concomitantly produce a substantially uniform solids concentration across a stream flowing from the mixing conduit into the feedwell. The outlet opening is generally shaped asymmetrically towards a third side of the mixing conduit in a second direction transverse to the mixing conduit so as to bias the initial stream of slurry towards the one side, where the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. | 09-19-2013 |
20130220036 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAKING SAMPLES - The invention relates to a device ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130193088 | THICKENER/CLARIFIER FEEDWELL HAVING VOLUTE PERIPHERIES - A feedwell for a thickener/clarifier includes a feedwell body ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130168295 | CATALYTIC RETORTING PROCESS FOR OIL SANDS AND OIL SHALE - Disclosed is a method of retorting an oil sands or oil scale material to recover the hydrocarbon values therein in the form of crude oil products. Dried crushed material is directed to a retort unit in which the material is heated in the present of a catalyst to generate a gas byproduct containing the desired hydrocarbon values and a solid byproduct containing carbon. The gas byproduct is treated in a condenser to cool the gas to recover desired crude oil products. The solids byproduct is calcined in a heated gas after which the calcined solids byproduct is separated from the heated gas. | 07-04-2013 |
20130153699 | OVERBURDEN REMOVAL SYSTEM WITH TRIPLE TRACK MOBILE SIZER - An overburden removal system receives, comminutes and transports excavated material. Two laterally spaced apart pivotal crawler track assemblies ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130133559 | FLOW REGULATOR DEVICE - A fluid flow regulator of the present invention comprises in combination a stationary hollow duct housing having a first end and a second end through which fluid flows. The device also incorporates a movable member aligned concentric with the duct having an end essentially similarly shaped and sized to the first end of the housing. The member may be spaced apart from the duct so that fluid can enter the duct housing through an opening defined by the space between the end of the member and the first end of the duct, with the movement of the member serving to change the size of opening. The movement of the member is controlled by the movement of a float located within the duct. The position of the float can be preset by the operator of the invention so that when fluid flow into the duct is at a predetermined amount the float will remain stationary, and when the fluid flow increases above such predetermined level the float will be moved in the direction of the fluid flow and when fluid flow into the duct is below said predetermined amount, the float will move the member opposite the direction of fluid flow. | 05-30-2013 |
20130095444 | PREHEATER SHELL TEMPERATURE REGULATOR - A description is given of a heat treatment apparatus, such as a preheater or calciner ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130040257 | Method and Plant For Manufacturing Cement - A method for manufacturing cement by which method cement raw materials, such as limestone and clay, are comminuted in a comminution apparatus for subsequently being heated and burned into cement clinker. The cement clinker is then cooled and directed to a comminution apparatus for comminution to cement. For some embodiments of the method, the cement raw materials and cement clinker may undergo comminution in one and the same comminution apparatus. | 02-14-2013 |
20130023393 | WEAR-RESISTANT ROLLER - A description is given of a method for producing a wear-resistant roller for crushing of particulate material, such as crude ore for use in the mineral industry, by which method the surface region of the roller ( | 01-24-2013 |
20130004732 | Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composites and Method and Apparatus for Making - A new product is made by an improved pultrusion method including the use of repetitiously moved cooled consolidation plates by the action of which excess plastic resin is allowed to escape from the sides and wherein the flow of plastic carries and shapes transverse reinforcing fibers to curve along the edge of the product preventing delamination of the product. The repetitiously moved consolidation plates provide a more accurately dimensional product and require less pultrusion drawing force than the usual cup and plunger pultrusion die. | 01-03-2013 |
20120313038 | Method for Treating Tailings - A sludge or slurry physical stabilizing method combines coarse particles with a slurry of fine particles to generate a composite slurry having a substantially predetermined ratio of coarse particles to fine particles. The composite slurry can then be diluted, flocculated and dewatered. Superabsorbent polymer (SAP) is mixed in with the dewatered composite slurry in an amount effective to produce a somewhat friable, semi-solid conveyable composition of sufficient strength to enable transport, stacking and support of restored overburden at a mining site. | 12-13-2012 |
20120298914 | Method for Treating and Conditioning Tailings - A sludge or slurry physical stabilizing method combines coarse particles with a slurry of fine particles to generate a composite slurry having a substantially predetermined ratio of coarse particles to fine particles. The composite slurry can then be diluted, flocculated and/or dewatered. Superabsorbent polymer (SAP) is mixed in with the dewatered composite slurry in an amount effective to produce a shear stable, non-segregating conveyable composition of sufficient strength to enable pumping, transport and placement at a mining site or tailings disposal site. | 11-29-2012 |
20120298479 | APPARATUS FOR STACKING AND RECLAIMING MATERIAL - A mobile stacking and reclaiming apparatus includes a moveable bridge, a moveable hopper and a moveable tripper. The moveable bridge has a first end, a second end, and at least one intermediate portion between the first and second ends. The moveable hopper is connected to the moveable bridge. The moveable hopper is moveable relative to the moveable bridge along at least a portion of the moveable bridge. The moveable tripper is also connected to the moveable bridge. The moveable tripper being moveable relative to the moveable bridge along at least a portion of the moveable bridge. A system is also disclosed that includes at least one mobile stacking and reclaiming apparatus adjacent to at least one stacking overland conveyor configured to convey material for stacking material and at least one reclaiming overland conveyor configured to convey material for reclaiming material. A method of providing such systems is also disclosed. | 11-29-2012 |
20120260798 | Piston Assembly for Gyratory Crusher - A piston assembly for a gyratory crusher that contains designed wear parts comprising an upper piston bushing, a lower piston bushing, a piston wear ring and a hydraulic seal. All the wear parts can be replaced without access to the underside of the crusher | 10-18-2012 |
20120233872 | Apparatus for Treating a Bed of Particulate Material - A description is given of an apparatus ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120175219 | Conveyor Apparatus - A conveyor apparatus is provided that includes a frame and a cross conveyor. The cross conveyor has a moveable belt sized and configured to receive and move material. The cross conveyor is supported by the frame. The frame has a base and a plurality of rotatable members attached to the base. The rotatable members are configured to rotate to move the frame. The frame is sized and configured to be positionable adjacent to a mobile bridge conveyor having a tripper conveyor device such that a portion of the cross conveyor is positionable under an upper end portion of the tripper conveyor device to receive material from the tripper conveyor device and move the material to a storage area or stacking area for stacking the material. The tripper is preferably constrained to the frame of the mobile bridge conveyor. | 07-12-2012 |
20120160135 | Process for the Manufacture of Synthetic Pozzolan - Disclosed is a process for the manufacturing of synthetic pozzolan with desirable color properties. Feed material is dried, crushed, and preheated in a drier crusher. The dry, crushed material is collected and fed to a calciner where it is heated to become a synthetic pozzolan. The synthetic pozzolan is then fed to a cooler where it is maintained for a least a portion of the cooling step in a reducing atmosphere. | 06-28-2012 |
20120148788 | Multidirectional Filament Reinforced Tape and Method of Manufacture - The apparatus is a laminar shear resistant pre-impregnated resin tape for use in die forming pultrusuion processes, with the tape formed by integrating three distinguishable layers, each with integrated parallel reinforcing filaments. The layers are arranged within the tape so that the filaments of adjacent layers are oriented at angles to each other. The tape of the preferred embodiment of the invention is constructed with the filaments of the center layer at 90 degrees to the length of the tape and the filaments of the two outer layers aligned with the length of the tape. The center layer can be more heavily loaded with filaments than conventional tapes, and the outer two layers have less than the amount of filament load of the center layer. | 06-14-2012 |
20120115099 | Calciner Gas Distribution Plate Bypass Mechanism - A calciner includes a calciner gas distribution plate bypass mechanism. The gas distribution plate bypass mechanism is sized and configured to permit gas to enter a calciner at a temperature below a sticky point of material to be calcined and prevent or substantially reduce material buildup on the gas distribution plate. For instance, additional gas may be introduced into the calciner at a position downstream from the gas distribution plate so that additional gas may be fed into the calciner without passing through the gas distribution plate. The additional mass of gas may allow for increased capacity without elevating the temperature of the gas passing through the gas distribution plate or adjacent to the gas distribution plate and provide sufficient heat for calcining the material. A control damper may be utilized in some embodiments to ensure that certain conditions and operating parameters of the calciner are monitored and maintained. | 05-10-2012 |
20120107758 | DIRECT SPRAY COOLING FOR LIMESTONE PREHEATERS - A preheating apparatus for particulate material using hot kiln gases to preheat the particular material. The apparatus has a means to cool the hot kiln gases prior to the gases being exhausted from the preheating apparatus. | 05-03-2012 |
20120091241 | Modular Shell for Crusher Device - A modular bottom shell of a multi-shell crusher device, the shell includes a central hub having a centered cylindrical support hole and at least two support arms extending orthogonally from the centered cylindrical support hole, each support arm having an end plate, and wherein at least one of the two support arms has an orthogonal bore therein which extends from within the centered cylindrical support hole to an outer portion of the support arm; and at least two outer shell sections having an annular inner surface, and wherein each of the outer shell sections has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper and lower surfaces extending from one end of the outer shell section to the other end of the outer shell, and a first vertical end plate on one end of the outer shell section and a second vertical end plate on the other end of the outer shell section, and wherein each vertical end plate has at least one bore therein, which has a corresponding bore within one of the end plates of the support arm. | 04-19-2012 |
20120091239 | Feed Shaft for Feeding Particulate Material to a Mill - A description is given of an inclined feed shaft for feeding particulate material to a mill. The feed shaft is configured for rotation about its longitudinal axis. The feed shaft may be configured so that any incipient formation of coatings on a wall of the shaft is continuously cleaned off and dislodged from that wall by descending material particles in the feed material so that the feed shaft is self cleaning. | 04-19-2012 |
20120073105 | Method of Forming or Repairing Devices Configured to Comminute Material - A method for repairing a crushing device or other device configured to comminute material includes the steps of removing at least one first insert from a portion of a crushing body such that at least one opening is formed in the portion of the crushing body, positioning at least one second insert in the at least one opening formed by the removing of the at least one first insert, positioning a force application mechanism adjacent to the at least one second insert and the portion of the crushing body, and actuating the force application mechanism to deform the portion of the crushing body to attach the at least one second insert to the portion of the crushing body. The one or more first inserts may be damaged and the one or more second inserts may be used to replace the one or more damaged first inserts. The force application mechanism is preferably explosive material. A method of forming a wearable surface is also disclosed. | 03-29-2012 |
20120056027 | DEVICE FOR THE COMMINUTION OF MATERIAL - A device for comminuting material, such as a roller press, includes rollers positioned adjacent to each other and forming a nip therebetween. One of the rollers may be moveable via an actuator, such as a cylinder or hydraulic cylinder. One or more first accumulators may be attached to the actuator so that fluid is moveable from the actuator to the one or more first accumulators when the rollers are rotated to comminute material passing through the nip. One or more second accumulators may be connected to the actuator as well so that fluid from the actuator may move to the one or more second accumulators when an uncrushable element passes through the nip. Preferably, the one or more second accumulators are configured such that fluid does not pass from the actuator to the one or more second accumulators unless an uncrushable element passes through the nip. | 03-08-2012 |
20120045728 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING KILN EXHAUST GASES IN A KILN BYPASS - Described is an apparatus ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120012534 | Thickener/Clarifier Feedwell Assembly with Infeed Rotation - A feedwell assembly for a thickener/clarifier includes a feedwell body, at least one infeed conduit connected at a downstream end to the body, and at least one spin or rotation inducement element disposed as part of the infeed conduit for imparting rotation or spin to a slurry stream fed to the feedwell body via the infeed conduit. The spin or rotation inducement element may be a fixed and rigid structural member such as a vane or baffle, or include actively operated elements. Multiple such spin or rotation inducement elements may be provided in various locations in or adjacent the infeed conduit. | 01-19-2012 |
20120009530 | Rotary Kilns for Alternative Fuels - A method for burning raw materials by which method the raw material and a secondary fuel are separately introduced to one and the same rotary kiln in which the raw material as well as the secondary fuel are heated by gases formed by burning of a primary fuel in the rotary kiln so that the secondary fuel is converted to gases and solid matter in the form of combustion residues such as ashes and coke. The secondary fuel during the process of conversion to gases and solid matter is kept separate from the introduced raw material, which may ensure that the secondary fuel and hence the locally reducing zones and major areas with reducing conditions are brought into minimum contact with the raw material. | 01-12-2012 |
20110300278 | Central Vacuum Cooling Plant - Described is a method as well as an apparatus for vacuum cooling of food produce through moisture removal, which method comprising the steps of loading the food produce to be cooled into a vacuum chamber, lowering the pressure inside the vacuum chamber to a predetermined pressure level and maintaining the vacuum chamber at this predetermined pressure level both by removing air through a vacuum pump system for a sufficient of time to allow heat transfer out of the food produce to take place, and condensing water vapor inside the vacuum chamber through a refrigeration system. The method and apparatus is unique in that the step of lowering the pressure inside the vacuum chamber to the predetermined pressure level is carried out using a single stage vacuum pump and the step of maintaining the vacuum chamber at this predetermined pressure level is carried out using a two stage vacuum pump. | 12-08-2011 |
20110272512 | Roller Mill - A roller mill for grinding particulate material comprises a grinding table which by means of a drive mechanism is rotatable about a vertical axis, at least one roller rotatably mounted on a shaft and being maintained in tangential direction relative to the grinding table by means of a guide mechanism and a support. The roller mill also comprises a vibration-compensating device that is arranged in connection with the guide mechanism to ensure in interaction therewith that the roller is maintained in tangential direction relative to the grinding table. | 11-10-2011 |
20110272051 | Damper Arrangement - A damper arrangement provided in connection with a pipeline for regulating a gas flow being conveyed through the pipeline in a direction. The pipeline over a given distance comprises a branch section, where it is divided into at least two branch pipelines each comprising a damper device that independently of one another can be placed in a fully open position or in a fully closed position. In some embodiments, the branch pipelines after the branch section as seen in the gas conveying direction are united into one single pipeline. | 11-10-2011 |
20110259984 | GEARBOX ASSEMBLY FOR GYRATORY AND CONE CRUSHERS - A gearbox assembly for a gyratory crusher and/or cone crusher, which includes a drive shaft having a rotational movement, and a drive shaft gear attached to a distal end of the drive shaft. The drive shaft gear imparts a rotational movement of the drive shaft to a first gearing assembly, the first gearing assembly imparting a second rotational movement to a second gearing assembly, the second gearing assembly imparting a third rotational movement of the second gearing assembly to drive a ring gear, and wherein the ring gear is attached to and rotates an eccentric assembly of the gyratory crusher and/or cone crusher. The cone crusher is preferably configured to crush rock, stone, ore or minerals. A method of making or retrofitting a crushing device such as, for example, a cone crusher or other gyratory crusher, is also provided. | 10-27-2011 |
20110259983 | Wearable Surface For A Device Configured For Material Comminution - A method of making a wearable surface for a device configured for material comminution includes positioning inserts adjacent to a first metal structure positioning a second metal structure adjacent to the inserts and the first metal structure such that there is a gap between the second metal structure and the first metal structure, and positioning at least one explosive adjacent to the second metal structure. The one or more explosives are ignited adjacent to the second metal structure to cause a portion of the first metal structure to deform to attach the inserts to the first metal structure. The wearable surface may be, for example, a semi-autogenous layer of a roller or may be a wearable surface of a crushing body of a crushing device configured to impact, crush, or grind material such as rock, minerals, ore or agglomerated material. Devices that include such a wearable surface are also disclosed. | 10-27-2011 |
20110240129 | THICKENER FLOCCUANT CONTROL BY IN-SITU AGGREGATE SIZE ANALYSIS - A system for performing in-situ aggregate size analysis in a feedwell assembly, which includes a feedwell assembly, which receives an influent feed stream from at least one feed pipe, and at least one flocculant feed pipe within the feed stream or feedwell assembly, which delivers a flocculant to the feed stream. An in-situ device provides images of flocculated particles within the feedwell assembly to an image analysis software application. The image analysis software application receives the images of the flocculated particles within the feedwell assembly and provides for size measurement and averaging for dosage control of the flocculant added to the influent feed stream within the feedwell assembly. | 10-06-2011 |
20110215180 | Roller Mill for Grinding Particulate Material - A roller mill includes a substantially horizontal grinding table, at least one roller operating interactively therewith which is configured for rotation about its centerline by means of a roller bearing and being connected to a roller shaft. The roller mill also includes a force device for at least partial absorption of an axial force originating at least from the roller and acting in the longitudinal direction of the roller shaft. The force device comprises a first part mounted on a machine component which is stationary relative to the longitudinal direction of the roller shaft and a second part mounted on a machine component rotating about the centerline of the roller and co-rotating therewith. The first and second parts comprise opposing pressure surfaces which both extend substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the roller shaft and form between them a compartment. The pressure surface on the first part is oriented in the opposite direction to the axial force acting in the longitudinal direction of the roller shaft and the pressure surface on the second part is oriented in the same direction as the axial force acting in the longitudinal direction of the roller shaft. An apparatus configured to introduce a pressurized viscous medium into the compartment between the opposing pressure surfaces is also included. | 09-08-2011 |
20110192802 | Control Method for Hydrocarbon Hydrocyclones - The overflow and underflow effluents of a conventional hydrocyclone are discharged into enclosed vessels, so that the operating pressure may be manipulated for each effluent independently of other operating parameters. Each of the effluent vessels is equipped with a source of pressurized gas to form a gas blanket over the effluent at a controllable pressure. Such variable pressures in each vessel, in combination with the pressure of the incoming feed stream, provide the necessary parameters to implement pressure-differential-ratio control, thereby improving the efficiency of separation. | 08-11-2011 |
20110174907 | Mobile Crushing Station - A mobile crushing station for receiving and comminuting excavated material from earth moving vehicles provides at least one moveable skip connected to a chassis or frame for receiving material from vehicles, such as rear unloading vehicles like dump trucks. The skips are configured to move to dump material fed into the skips into a feed hopper. The feed hopper is positioned to guide material onto a feed conveyor, such as an inclined apron conveyor. The feed conveyor is configured to transport material to a feed orifice of a crushing device, such as a sizer, a crusher, or a crushing circuit. The crushing device is configured to crush material fed into the crushing device. The crushing device also has a discharge orifice that is positioned above a portion of a discharge conveyor. The mobile crushing station is moveable so it may be repositioned closer to an excavation site as excavation activities progress. | 07-21-2011 |
20110159450 | Method and Cooler for Cooling Hot Particulate Material - A cooler for cooling hot particulate material which has been subjected to heat treatment in an industrial kiln such as a rotary kiln for manufacturing cement clinker, includes a grate for receiving and supporting hot material from the kiln, at least one cooling gas duct which is connected to slots in the grate for introducing cooling gases into the hot material and a compressed air system for injecting compressed air into the material on the grate. The cooler also comprises at least one flow restricting device provided in the cooling gas duct. Use of the one or more flow restricting devices may permit only a very limited amount of the compressed air that is injected into the material on the grate to pass through the cooling gas duct. | 06-30-2011 |
20110159449 | Integrated Material Cooler and Heat Recovery Exchanger Apparatus and Process - A method of cooling a substance heat treated in a material processing plant in which the substance is cooled in a cooling apparatus to a temperature that is about 25% to about 55% of the temperature at which the partially cooled substance was when it entered the cooling apparatus. Heated gas is recycled from the cooling apparatus to at least one other process within the plant and the partially cooled substance is delivered from the cooler to a cogeneration system in which the substance is further cooled and the heat removed from the substance is used to generate power. | 06-30-2011 |
20110155833 | Concrete Crusher - A gyratory crusher, which includes a bowl, a head assembly and a cylindrical eccentric assembly. The bowl is shaped as a cone and has a wider opening approaching a top portion of the crusher, and an inner shell, which is backed by a concrete outer shell. The head assembly is shaped as a cone, and is centrally located within the bowl. The head assembly also includes a central mainshaft which is located on an inclined axis within the bowl. The cylindrical eccentric assembly includes an eccentric central volume in which the main shaft is held so that, as the eccentric assembly rotates, the mainshaft gyrates, with the eccentric assembly rotating about a center hole within a central hub of the crusher. A method of making or retrofitting a crushing device such as, for example, a cone crusher or other gyratory crusher, is also provided. | 06-30-2011 |
20110150755 | Method and Apparatus for Hydrating Lime - In a process for the hydration of a material containing CaO, the material is contacted with water near the bottom of a vertical gas suspension column to thereby at least partially hydrate the material. The material is thereafter transported upward through and out of the vertical gas suspension column in an entraining gas that enters the vertical gas suspension column near its bottom. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150744 | Method for Drying Potash - A process for drying potash in which wet potash is introduced into a vertical gas suspension column, in which it is entrained in a heated gas and dried from an initial moisture content of from about 3 to about 6 wt. percent to about 0.01 to about 0.1 wt. percent. | 06-23-2011 |
20110147508 | Heavy-Duty Drive Arrangement and Mill Driven by the Same - A heavy-duty drive arrangement for a mill having a grinding bowl ratable about a vertical axis comprises a housing, an electric motor, and a gearing arrangement disposed in the housing and supported on the housing. The grinding bowl can be driven by means of the electric motor via the gearing arrangement. The electric motor is disposed below the gearing arrangement. The electric motor is integrated in the housing. Advantageously, the electric motor is supported on the housing particularly on a bottom element of the housing. The rotor can be connected directly, or via a coupling integrated in the rotor, to a gear of the gearing arrangement. The mill may be, for example, a roller bowl mill. | 06-23-2011 |
20110139913 | MILLING DEVICE - A milling device includes a grinding member, a table, a plurality of actuators and a controller. The table has a grinding surface. The table is positioned adjacent to the grinding member such that the grinding surface faces toward at least a portion of the grinding member. The table and the grinding member at least partially define a grinding chamber sized and configured to receive material. Each actuator is connected to the grinding member such that movement of that actuator causes at least a portion of the grinding member to move from a raised position to a lowered position to grind the material. The controller is connected to the actuators and is configured to cause the actuators to move in a sequence that causes the grinding member to wobble as the grinding member is moved by the actuators to grind material. | 06-16-2011 |
20110132846 | FEEDWELL DILUTION SYSTEM FOR THICKENERS IN OIL SANDS - A feedwell dilution system for diluting an influent feed stream, which include at least one eductor assembly, and a feedwell assembly. The at least one eductor assembly includes a feed pipe which converges to a narrow throat portion or nozzle; a mix tube positioned downstream from the narrow throat portion that is sized and configured to provide mixing of the influent feed stream and a clarified liquid drawn from a settling tank; and an enclosure, which is installed around the narrow throat portion and an inlet portion of the mix tube and includes an open-ended portion on a bottom thereof, which is sized and configured to allow a clarified liquid to be pulled into the mix tube from below the inlet portion of the mix tube. The feedwell assembly is sized and configured to receive the mixture of the influent feed stream and the clarified liquid from the mix tube. | 06-09-2011 |
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20110114768 | Roller Mill for Grinding Particulate Material - A roller mill for grinding particulate material such as for example cement raw materials, cement clinker and similar materials, said roller mill comprising a mill housing enclosing a grinding table and a set of rollers rotatable about a vertical shaft. The set of rollers are configured for interactive operation with the grinding table and comprising a number of rollers each rotating about a roller shaft which is connected to the vertical shaft via a hinged connection with a center of rotation which allows a free circular movement of the roller in upward and downward direction in a plane comprising the centerline of the roller shaft. The center of rotation of the hinged connection in a vertical plane is located under the centerline of the roller shaft. The grinding table is rotatable about the vertical shaft and the roller mill may include mechanisms or devices that are sized and configured to introduce gases into the mill housing and may also include mechanisms or devices configured to allow for continuously diverting ground material suspended in gases out of the mill housing. | 05-19-2011 |
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