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US 11,850,602 B2Granted
Flash milling inside a flotation cell
OwnerJohnny Tshibangu Kalalainventor
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Abstract
A grinding device suitable for operating inside a flotation cell which includes three zones including a collecting zone in which particles are collected though a settling process, a grinding zone in which particles undergo a size reduction process and a pumping zone from which milled particles are recycled to the flotation cell.
Claims4
A grinding device located inside a dead zone in a flotation cell, the grinding device comprising:
- a housing;
- a collection zone with a funnel shape at an upper end of the housing which allows settling of particles from the flotation cell;
- a grinding zone in which particles are milled to undergo a size reduction process;
- an inlet through which particles pass from the collection zone to the grinding zone;
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- a pumping zone in which slurry from the grinding zone is collected and which includes a pump which recycles milled particles into the flotation cell.
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