Vibrating Screen Working Principle

When the smaller rock has to be classified a vibrating screen will be used. The simplest Vibrating Screen Working Principle can be explained using the single deck screen and put onto an inclined frame. The frame is mounted on springs. The vibration is generated from an unbalanced flywheel. A very erratic motion is developed when this wheel is rotated. You will find these simple screens in smaller operations and rock quarries where sizing isn’t as critical. As the performance of this type of screen isn’t good enough to meet the requirements of most mining operations two variations of this screen have been developed.

In the majority of cases, the types of screen decks that you will be operating will be either the horizontal screen or the inclined vibrating screen. The names of these screens do not reflect the angle that the screens are on, they reflect the direction of the motion that is creating the vibration.

Vibrating Screen Design

In-plant design, it is usual to install a screen ahead of the secondary crusher to bypass any ore which has already been crushed small enough, and so to relieve it of unnecessary work. Very close screening is not required and some sort of moving bar or ring grizzly can well be used.

 Vibrating Grizzly Feeder     

It consists of a fixed frame, set on the slope, across which is tightly stretched a woven-wire screen composed of large diameter wires, or rods, of a special, hard-wearing alloy. A metal strip, bent over to the required angle, is fitted along the length of each side of the screen so that it can be secured to the frame at the correct tension by means of spring-loaded hook bolts. A vibrating mechanism attached to the middle of the screen imparts rapid vibrations of small amplitude to its surface, making the ore, which enters at the top, pass down it in an even mobile stream.

Screen Capacityscreen_capacity

The determination of screen capacity is a very complex subject. There is a lot of theory on the subject that has been developed over many years of the manufacture of screens and many studies of the results of their use. However, it is still necessary to test the results of a new installation to be reasonably certain of the screen capacity.

A general rule of thumb for good screening is that: “The bed depth of material at the discharge end of a screen should never be over four times the size opening in the screen surface for material weighing 100 pounds per cubic foot or three times for material weighing 50 pounds per cubic foot. The feed end depth can be greater, particularly if the feed contains a large percentage of fines.” Other interrelated factors are:

the travel rate or velocity of the material on the screen;

the vibratory stroke characteristics—amplitude, the direction of rotation, type of motion, and frequency; and

the surface moisture.

Vibration is produced on inclined screens by circular motion in a plane perpendicular to the screen with one-eighth to ½-in. amplitude at 700-1000 cycles per minute. The vibration lifts the material producing stratification. And with the screen on an incline, the material will cascade down the slope, introducing the probability that the particles will either pass through the screen openings or over their surface.

Screen capacity is dependent on the type, available area, and cleanliness of the screen, and screen ability of the aggregate. Below is a general guide for determining screen capacity. The values may be used for dried aggregate where blinding (plugged screen openings), moisture build-up or other screening problems will not be encountered. In this table, it is assumed that approximately 25% of the screen load is retained, for example, if the capacity of a screen is 100 tons/hr (tph) the approximate load on the screen would be 133 tph.

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