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FGX Dry Processing Tests Conducted at Exxaro R&D

GJ de Korte

200931 pages

Pilot tests of a waterless de-stoning unit on raw coals from four South African collieries at a Pretoria research site, for plant metallurgists weighing dry beneficiation.

What this report found

A compound dry cleaning machine de-stoned low grade raw coal without using water, but separation efficiency was low, with high relative density cut points and EPM values in the order of 0.3. Misplaced material was heavy and coal below 6 mm reported to product almost indiscriminately. The unit is cheap to buy and run, needs only crushing to 50 mm, and gives high throughput.

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Contents

  • Introduction4
  • The FGX Compound Dry Cleaning Machine5
  • FGX tests conducted at Exxaro R&D8
  • Results obtained10
  • Matla Coal10
  • Sasol Coal17
  • Anglo Coal21
  • Leeuwpan Coal23
  • Discussion of results25
  • Conclusion29

How it opens

With the kind co-operation of Exxaro, a series of tests was conducted on a FGX compound dry cleaning machine at the Exxaro R&D site in Pretoria West. The purpose of the tests was to evaluate the potential of the FGX towards dry de-stoning of low-grade raw coals.

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