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MN PR 413
Section 1
Experiment #6
Magnetic and High-Tension Separations
Group E
Adam Rodriguez and Victoria Stewart
3/4/2014

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1. Magnetic Separator Data and Discussion

Mineral
Garnet
Garnet
Garnet
Garnet
Garnet
Garnet
Garnet
Garnet
Garnet
Garnet
siderite
siderite
siderite
siderite
siderite

Magnet Setting
(Volts)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
20
20
20
5
10
15
20
25

Feeder
Setting
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
4
4

Belt
Speed
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
High
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low

Mag. Wt.,
g
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.58
14.10
19.39
19.50
18.86
15.06
17.13
3.46
17.10
19.16
19.42
19.50

Non-Mag. Wt.,
g
20.00
20.00
20.00
19.43
5.71
0.32
0.11
0.63
4.24
2.07
16.50
2.74
0.57
0.30
0.17

Mag., Wt.
%
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.90
71.18
98.38
99.44
96.77
78.03
89.22
17.33
86.19
97.11
98.48
99.14

The higher the voltage on the magnet setting then the greater the recovery of Garnet, and the higher the
voltage on the magnet setting then the greater the recovery of Siderite as well. However, the Siderite
started reacting to the magnet at a lower setting than Garnet, therefore the Siderite was recovered by
magnetic separation at a lower magnetic voltage.
Also, the level 4 on the feeder setting enabled the optimal recovery of Garnet. Level 5 more so then level
3 lowered the magnetic recovery of the Garnet. Finally, a lower belt speed allowed a greater magnetic
recovery of garnet then a higher belt speed. We believe the faster the belt speed then the less time the
magnet will have to attract the Garnet, thus a lower Garnet magnetic recovery.

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2.

Magnetic Response vs Voltage - Feeder Setting 4

100.00
90.00
80.00

% Magnetic

70.00
60.00
50.00

Garnet

40.00

Siderite

30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
0

10

15

Field Strength, Volts

20

25

30

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3. Metallurgical balance
Original Collected Data
Product
Magnetic
Non-Magnetic

Product
Conc.
Tails

Wt., g
10.57
9.38

Wt., %
53.0
47.0

Feed
(calc.)

19.95

100.0

Feed
(meas.)

Siderite, Vol.
%
93
5

Wt., g
10.57
9.38

Garnet, Vol.
%
7
95

Assays, Wt. %
Siderite Garnet
93
7
5
95

20

51.6

48.4

50

50

Units
Siderite Garnet
4927.4
370.9
235.1
4466.7
5162.5

4837.5

Distribution, %
Siderite Garnet
95.4
7.7
4.6
92.3
100.0

100.0

4. 92.3% of Garnet was recovered in the tails stream with a grade of 95% Garnet and 7.7% of the
Garnet in the feed stream was lost to the concentrate stream. 95.4% of the Siderite was recovered
in the concentrate stream with a grade of 93% Siderite, and 4.6% was lost to the tails stream.
5. Mixture Unit Capacity

Belt Width, cm
Magnet Setting, v

7.5
15

Feeder Setting
Feed Time, s

4
15.9

Wt., g

20

a. =

()

() ()

b. =

(20/1000)
(15.9/3600) (7.5/100) = .

6. Belt Width in order to process 2000 kg/hr of solids

a. () =

2000 ( )
= .

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7.
Mineral

Operating
Voltage, kV

Bin #1 Weight,
g (W1)

Bin #2 Weight, g
(W2)

Bin #3 Weight, g
(W3)

Rc

Quartz Sand
Garnet
Magnetite
Galena

12
16
14
13

16.94
16.96
1.30
1.24

1.50
0.96
1.12
0.50

2.00
1.06
17.48
18.52

-0.73
-0.84
0.81
0.85

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a. = 1+2+3
8. The correlation we find between the conductivities of the solids and the Rc values is the smaller
the conductivity then the Rc value will be closer to negative one and more material will be in Bin
#3. . The larger the conductivity then the Rc value will be closer to positive one and the majority
of the material will be allocated to Bin #1.
9. Density and size would also affect the separation. The denser the particle then the more inertia
it will have. Thus a denser particle will be more likely to remain in its trajectory than stay on the
drum. The same holds true for larger size particles.
10. We placed the middling material into the insulator product. Our reasoning was that we believed
we saw more Quartz material in the middling material thus it would improve our grade of
Quartz and recovery of Quartz in the insulator product.
11. 91.3% of Quartz was recovered in the insulator stream with a grade of 71% Quartz and 8.7% of
the Quartz in the feed stream was lost to the conductor stream. 70.9% of the Magnetite was
recovered in the conductor stream with a grade of 91.3% Magnetite, and 29.1% was lost to the
insulator stream.

Product
Wt., g
Conductor 7.84
Insulator
10.06
Feed
17.9
(calc.)
Feed
20
(meas.)

Wt., %
43.8
56.2
100.0

Assays, Wt. %
Magnetite Quartz
91.3
8.7
29.2
70.8
56.4
43.6
50

50

Units
Distribution, %
Magnetite Quartz Magnetite Quartz
3998.8
381.1
70.9
8.7
1641.1
3979.0
29.1
91.3
5639.9
4360.1
100.0
100.0