摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for obtaining a comminuted "fines" product from a solid feed material, a large proportion of the particles of which are greater than 1 cm, comprises a housing having a lower region forming a crusher (10) and an upper region forming a classifier (11). There is an inlet for the solid feed material leading to a hopper (22) from whence feed material passes to a rotor (13) which causes the material to be flung centrifugally outwards in the crushing chamber (23) where it is comminuted. As a result of movement of the rotor, there is a predominantly upward air flow (F) from the crushing chamber (23) to the classifier (11). This air flow entrains a high proportion of "fines" which can be classified, in the classifier (11) using vanes (21), and collected. The apparatus is capable of producing an output product having a very high proportion of "fines" from even very abrasive feed material with particles of a size up to 5 cm.</p> |