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Dynamic air-flow separation of raw meal
The dynamic airflow separator QDK-L is used in airflow mills, and is primarily applied in grinding raw meal but also in petcoke or coal grinding. Depending on the material to be ground, it can also be used to separate other products, such as minerals, limestone, feldspar, or quartz sand. The input material enters the QDK-L with the separator airflow from below, and is sucked upwards into the separator by the airflow. It provides a top cut of up to 20 µm.
Technical details
- Suitable for use in grinding plants for petcoke, coal, and raw meal
- Top cut up to 20 µm
- Material input through airflow
- Air flow and speed of the rotating cage can be adjusted according to the required finish product
- Avoidance of oversize particles due to wear-free confined air seal of rotating cage
- Also available in an impact-resistant version (e.g. for separation of explosive materials)
more than 1,000 installations worldwide
What is the function of a separator?
The separator classifies the material stream into two partial streams depending on the particle size. The separator is charged with powdered material, consisting of particles of different sizes, in a continuous process. It defines the finer particles as the finish product by selecting them from the feed material. The rejected coarse particles and the non-selected fine particles are fed out of the separator as a second mass flow.
What is the function of the jalousy ring in classifiers with a rotating basket?
The jalousy ring serves as a static pre-classification device to define the amount of material passing to the rotating cage. At the same time, it limits the space around the rotating cage which makes it easier to adjust the flow conditions.
What does the term "loading factors" mean?
We often talk about two loading factors with regards to the separator. The feed loading and the fines loading in [kg/m³]. It means the mass of the respective fraction per air volume.
The higher the permissible loading factors, the smaller the separator can be designed to classify the required tonnages. Permissible loading factors mean the lowest value under which a separator can still effectively and reliably fulfill its function. Coarse material loading is not relevant in this context because it has no influence on the functionality of the separator.
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