HYDROCLASSIFIER SECTION Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: mineral concentration, particularly, concentration of mineral materials in mining, chemical and construction industries. SUBSTANCE: hydroclassifier section includes body with inlet branch pipe of initial hydraulic mixture, pressure water, branch pipes for discharge of clarified pulp and finished product. Section consists of upper and lower classifying chambers installed one over the other and accommodating orthogonally arranged packs of inclined parallel plates movably installed in upper chamber and connected with vibration exciter. The latter is made in the form of eccentric-connecting rod drive whose side eccentrics are displaced to middle eccentric through 180 deg. Side eccentrics are hinged by connecting rods with one part of inclined plates, and middle eccentric is hinged to other part of plates located in space between one another and providing vibratory motion of adjacent plates relative to one another. EFFECT: higher efficiency of classification. 3 dwg