HYDROCYCLONE
Hydrocyclone is a device that classifies materials according to grain size and uses centrifugal force to increase the precipitation rate of particles. It is one of the most important devices in the mineral industry and widely used in closed circuit grinding operations. It is also preferred in many other applications such as degritting, desliming, and thickening.
WORKING PRINCIPLE
When slurry enters the hydrocyclone under pressure as a result of centrifugal force, materials larger than cut-off point size enter toward mainstream vortex adjacent to the wall and proceed toward discharge with a small volume of water. Thinner particles than cut-off point size travel in an upward swirl along the axis of the hydrocyclone.