CEMENT MILL TROMP CALCULATIONS

Particle % of cummulative passing

Circulation separator mean
size Feed, a Fines, f
Feed, a Fines, f Tailings, g factor efficiency size
(microns)
1 1.23 3.20 0.77 5.28 85.3 0.5 1.23 3.20
3 4.44 9.43 2.64 3.77 69.6 2 3.21 6.23
5 6.71 15.12 3.14 3.36 73.9 4 2.27 5.69
10 13.80 28.30 6.50 2.99 67.2 7.5 7.09 13.18
20 20.06 51.42 9.48 3.96 84.0 15 6.26 23.12
30 27.59 68.96 12.75 3.79 81.9 25 7.53 17.54
38 33.80 79.07 17.21 3.73 76.7 34 6.21 10.11
40 35.47 81.12 18.64 3.71 75.0 39 1.67 2.05
45 39.26 85.53 22.53 3.77 71.4 42.5 3.79 4.41
50 43.06 89.06 26.63 3.80 67.8 47.5 3.80 3.53
53 45.28 90.81 29.10 3.81 65.7 51.5 2.22 1.75
63 52.25 95.08 36.96 3.80 59.6 58 6.97 4.27
75 59.59 98.00 45.07 3.65 53.9 69 7.34 2.92
90 67.20 99.70 53.01 3.29 48.6 82.5 7.61 1.70
100 71.40 99.98 57.22 3.02 45.9 95 4.20 0.28
106 73.63 100.00 59.42 2.86 44.5 103 2.23 0.02
125 79.50 100.00 65.26 2.44 41.2 115.5 5.87 0.00
150 85.08 100.00 71.27 2.08 38.5 137.5 5.58 0.00
170 88.33 100.00 75.26 1.89 37.1 160 3.25 0.00
172 88.61 100.00 75.63 1.88 37.0 171 0.28 0.00
180 89.66 100.00 77.06 1.82 36.6 176 1.05 0.00
190 90.82 100.00 78.76 1.76 36.1 185 1.16 0.00
200 91.85 100.00 80.35 1.71 35.7 195 1.03 0.00
212 98.93 100.00 82.15 1.06 33.1 206 7.08 0.00
3.05 56.93

Mill production 12.5 tph Vf average 0.33

mill entrance 38.14 tph Vr 0.67 D25
separator course 25.64 tph by-pass 15.27 D50
sharpness of separation 2.41 D75
cut point 35.00
Imperfection 0.44
 100.0
Tailings, g tromp

0.77 33.0 90.0

1.87 38.1
0.50 15.3 80.0
3.36 34.3
2.98 20.9
70.0
3.27 27.7
4.46 47.5
1.43 58.9 60.0
3.89 64.4
4.10 70.4
50.0
2.47 74.3
7.86 79.1
8.11 85.1 40.0
7.94 90.5
4.21 96.9 30.0
2.20 99.6
5.84 100.0
6.01 100.0 20.0
3.99 100.0
0.37 100.0 10.0
1.43 100.0
1.70 100.0
0.0
1.59 100.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
1.80 100.0

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