


Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing - AT SCREENING TECHNOLOGY
This practice occurs in a variety of industries such as mining and mineral processing, agriculture, pharmaceutical, food, plastics, and recycling. A method of separating solid particles according to size alone is called screening. Contents 1 General categories 2 Applications 3 Process 4 Physical principles 5 Screening terminologyMineral processing can involve four general types of unit operation: comminution – particle size reduction; sizing – separation of particle sizes by screening or classification; concentration by taking advantage of physical and surface chemical properties; and dewatering – solid/liquid separation.
