Abstract: A method and apparatus fluidizes solid deposits of coal tar sludge, such as coal tar decanter sludge or coal tar tank sludge to a relatively homogeneous mixture of solids dispersed in liquid. The coal tar decanter sludge received from the coke oven, including approximately 10 to 50% by weight coal and coke solids, is conveyed into a sludge mixing vessel where it is deposited onto a liquid-permeable support member or screen having a predetermined maximum screen size. A suitable coal tar solvent in the sludge mixing vessel is heated to a temperature sufficient to partially solubilize and reduce the viscosity of the coal tar portion of the coal tar decanter sludge to provide a pumpable dispersion of solids dispersed in a diluted coal tar mixture. Agglomerates of coal and coke solids held together with coal tar fall through the screen when sufficient coal tar has solubilized and the solid agglomerates then are reduced in size for recirculation to the sludge mixing vessel.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for finely crushing particles of material in a mill comprising feeding the material to be crushed to a first impact position, impacting and impelling the particles from the first impact position by a rotating impact surface stationary impact surface to a and accelerating the particles in a vacuum to produce a sufficiently high impact energy at the first impact surfact to crush the particles fed thereto prior to the section impact surface. The particles to be comminuted are passed through a feeding tube or channel to a crushing chamber containing a rotor having its axle parallel to the feeding tube and having first impact surfaces thereon which are arranged to be parallel with the stationary impact surface, or surfaces, at the time they impact with the particles fed to the first impact position. The outlet of the feeding tube is located at the outer periphery of the rotor.

Abstract: An apparatus for comminuting waste material such as waste plastic sheet material, into progressively smaller pieces until a desired size is reached that may be recycled. The apparatus has a set of slowly rotating, intermeshing scissor rolls for receiving the waste material and shearing the material into smaller pieces. A paddle wheel conveyor receives the smaller pieces from the scissor rolls and moves the smaller pieces over a screen with the undersized smaller pieces passing through the screen defining the desired reduced size. The oversized smaller pieces that do not pass through the screen are reprocessed back to the scissor rolls by the paddle wheel conveyor. A vacuum pump draws air through the apparatus and the screen to facilitate the separation on the screen and entrains the undersized pieces in an air stream to convey the pieces from the apparatus.

Abstract: A dual sand reclaimer comprising a drum formed of an inner and outer cylinder, substantially along its length, the drum being formed into three segments, an entrance segment wherein the castings are initially deposited for removal of its green mold sand, the inner cylinder thereat being perforated to provide for separation of the sand from its castings, a middle segment wherein the castings and internally arranged mold sand are subjected to abrasive members that remove any core sand, and a third or discharge segment from which the castings exit, and having an inner cylinder thereat perforated to provide for the passage of the core sand and abrasive members therethrough, with the sand being screened for removal thereat, while the abrasive members are returned by vanes arranged intermediate the inner and outer cylinders of the middle segment of the drum for a return to the leading end of the segment for reusage.

Abstract: Apparatus for and method of reducing spherically shaped fluid coke waste by-product pellets into a pulverized condition for use as a fuel in which there is a first grinding and pulverizing mill initially receiving the waste material which, because of its spherical shape is difficult to pulverize, and accordingly the waste material is transported to a second grinding mill where its spherical shape is altered to render it more easily pulverizable upon return to the first grinding mill where the final pulverizing of the waste material takes place prior to discharge to a point of use which may be to directly fire a furnace, a boiler or a kiln. The waste material is usually rather wet and requires drying so as not to choke the grinding apparatus, and for this purpose heat generated during the burning of the pulverized waste material is returned to the apparatus for the purpose of drying the waste material during its processing in the respective mills.

Abstract: A circulation type homogenizing apparatus for treating raw material liquids, which utilizes a main cylindrical barrel with a subsidiary barrel centrally located therein and a pair of mating grinding disks arranged to provide a homogenizing action for the liquid passed therethrough. The raw feed liquid containing fine particulate solids is introduced into the main barrel and centrifugally forced from the lower stationary portion of an inner subsidiary barrel by rotary tandem blade tubes into the gap between the mating grinding disks. Both grinding disks have teeth and grooves on the grinding surfaces, and the upper disk is rotated relative to the stationary lower disk by a driving motor mounted above the main barrel. From the grinding disks a portion of the homogenized liquid is recirculated back through the subsidiary barrel and grinding disks gap for further treatment, while the remainder of the homogenized material is withdrawn from around the upper end of the main barrel.

Abstract: In a pulping apparatus including a pulper with a rotor near the bottom therein, the pulper having a sluice outlet at the bottom for acceptable pulp suspension. Above the rotor at a corner of the pulper is a second outlet for suspension and dirt. A conduit leads from the second outlet to a horizontally oriented withdrawal apparatus chamber having a suspension agitating rotor at the end of the chamber opposite the entrance for pulp thereinto. A tangential outlet from the withdrawal apparatus chamber leads to a rotary, perforated sorting drum which permits exit of acceptable suspension and which has a rejected suspension and dirt outlet. A valve in the inlet to the withdrawal apparatus chamber is periodically and cyclically opened to permit periodic replacement of the suspension in the withdrawal apparatus chamber, and the suspension which has been agitated in the withdrawal apparatus chamber then moves to the sorting drum.

Abstract: For impact grinding a free-flowing feed material to a finished product of a narrow grain size range, particularly in the cereal and feeding stuff grinding industry, the feed material is fed to an impact or hammer mill (1) having a sieve jacket (33), wherein it is subjected to a first impact grinding phase, during which a first finished product passes through the sieve jacket (33), while a recirculation material component is withdrawn from the grinding chamber (34) through exhaust means (51) provided on the sieve jacket (33), said recirculation material component being fed to a grain size separator means (4) comprising a sieve screen (44) for separating further finished product from an oversize component which is to be returned to the impact grinding phase, preferably together with newly introduced feed material.

Abstract: A jet-type grinding system for grinding relatively large particles, such as coal and the like, wherein the particles to be ground are entrained in a circulating gaseous vortex in which the particles are caused to pulverize each other, the system including a mill having a grinding chamber succeeded by a classifier section in which smaller ground particles are initially separated from larger ground particles, this classifier section constituting a primary separator, the primary separator being in operative connection with a secondary separator into which ground particles pass from the first separator for additional classification and separation into smaller and larger particles, and a tertiary separator inoperative connection wtih the secondary separator to provide passage from the secondary to the tertiary separator of ground particles for additional classification and separation of smaller from larger particles, the passage of all of the particles from one separator to the other being by centrifugal force, an

Abstract: A vertical roller mill has a grinding table (1), rollers (3) and a separator (6) for separating ground material, which is conveyed to the separator in an air stream supplied through an inlet (7), into a fine fraction, which passes out through an outlet (8), and a coarse fraction which is returned for further grinding through an outlet (10). A part of the ground material is conveyed through an outlet (11) to a second separator (13), where it is separated from the air and returned for further grinding via an outlet (14) and an inlet (9) for fresh material to the mill. This provides a flatter grain size distribution curve in the finish ground material.

Abstract: A pulverizer for pulverizing solid material such as coal in which the chmaber of the pulverizer has jets of fluid projected thereinto at high speed to cause the particles to impact against one another to effect the pulverizing and in which a sleeve is mounted within the pulverizer chamber so that the coarser particles which pass upwardly through the sleeve flow downwardly in the annular space between the sleeve and the chamber side wall, to be re-entrained by the nozzles and projected again into the sleeve for further impacting.

Abstract: A mineral breaker with a horizontally mounted driven accelerating rotor having a mineral inlet on the under surface thereof and with material to be processed being drawn into the rotor in a flow of air. The processed material is discharged also in a flow of air through a tube or tubes from the top of the rotor housing. Mineral pieces not sufficiently reduced in size may be recirculated through the rotor and additional material added for further processing. The size of processed particles is controlled by the airflow passing through the rotor.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved vertical type pulverizing and classifying apparatus comprising a lower, pulverizing chamber and an upper, classifying chamber, wherein a material under treatment is carried by gas streams. The disclosed apparatus includes a conduit between the pulverizing chamber and the classifying chamber for sending particles of the material emerging from a primary classification to the classifying chamber for a secondary classification. A floating chamber is provided circumferentially of the conduit to receive particles descending from the classifying chamber for a further classification, whereby resulting fine particles are blown back to the classifying chamber and coarse particles are returned to the pulverizing chamber by way of a material feeder.

Abstract: A pressure-chamber grinder comprises a grinder chamber of substantially circular section, which chamber is provided with a feed opening for the material to be ground, fed as a gas-tight plug, and the opposite end of which chamber is provided with an outlet opening for the ground material. Tangentially directed grinding-gas nozzles are fitted and are uniformly spaced around the entire circumference of the mantle face of the grinder chamber, or at least of part of same. The object of the present invention is to force the entire material flow to rush into every grinding zone.

Abstract: An impact crusher, especially for crushing stone, includes a housing (1) which comprises a delivery chute (5) for supplying the material to be crushed to a rotor (3) which has beater blades (4), rotates about a horizontal axis and with which rebound walls (7) are associated, which rebound walls (7) approach the rotor (3) in the region of the upper quadrant of the descending side of the rotor (3) and form, with the latter, a delivery opening (8) for the crushed material. One or more slipways (11, 12) project in the region of the delivery opening (8) from the rebound wall (7) towards the rotor (3) and form, with their upper edge, a guideway which extends from the delivery-opening (8) at a slight angle towards the horizontal and is guided upwards in a direction over the rotor (3).

Abstract: High concentrated coal-water slurry is produced by coarsely crushing coal, thereafter pulverizing the coarsely crushed coal, together with water and a slurry dispersant, according to necessity, in a wet-type ball mill, and feeding back one portion of the finely pulverized coal slurry thus obtained into the inlet of the wet-type ball mill.

Abstract: A pulverizing machine in which alongside the pulverizer rotor 16 are a classifier zone 29 and a conveyor zone 41. The rotor 16 has pulverizer members 25 which project into an annular reducing zone 27. Guide means 17 is provided in the conveyor zone to provide spiral paths to convey a rotating flow of air and reduced material spirally inwards from one end part 45 of the reducing zone to the classifier zone 29, and the latter is positioned to allow oversize material particles to pass outwards from the classifier zone directly to said end part of the reducing zone while the undersize particles are carried inwards, optionally via a rotary classifier 18, to an outlet 15.

Abstract: A drum mill intended for autogenous or semi-autogenous wet-grinding processes has a screening wall, which is arranged adjacent an end wall provided with a hollow material-discharge trunnion and which separates said end wall from the grinding space, whereat said screening wall has at least one first group of relatively small grate openings through which fine material ground in the mill constantly leaves the grinding space and departs through the discharge trunnion, and at least one second group of relatively large openings through which mixed material, comprising both fine and coarse material, can leave the grinding space. This second group of openings communicates with an individual material outlet via a switching means by which the material mixture passing through said second group of openings can be prevented from leaving the mill.

Abstract: A dry method of removing pyrite from mineral coal in which the coal is mill-dried in a milling gas stream and the milled product is subjected to classification to recover a predominantly coal combustible fine fraction and a gravel or coarse fraction containing mining detritus, pyrite and coal. The gravel or coarse fraction, according to the invention, is subjected to density separation in whole or in part before being recycled to the milling stage and the density separation separates a light coal fraction from a heavy fraction containing the pyrite and detritus. This coal fraction can be returned to the miling stage while the heavy fraction can be subjected to further separation to recover the pyrite for other use or treatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of and apparatus for dry grinding a granular material in a grinding tube mill (1) having a final grinding compartment (2) and one or more preceding grinding compartments (3) containing grinding bodies. The material, after having passed through the preceding compartment or compartments (3), is discharged through openings (6) in the mill (1) and is divided into a fine and a coarse fraction in a separator (9). The coarse fraction is returned to the preceding compartment or compartments (3), and the fine fraction is fed to the final compartment (2). The ground material is discharged by flowing over a dam ring (12) from the final compartment (2). Any grinding bodies carried with the overflow are separated by a sieving diaphragm (13) from the material and returned to the final compartment (2). The invention also relates to the granular material ground according to the method of the invention.

Abstract: A process is provided for the removal from paper pulp of impurities, the pulp being contained in a pulping machine. Some of the pulp is periodically transferred into an enclosed chamber annexed to the pulping machine, the chamber having a volume which is small compared to the volume of the pulping machine. The pulp in the chamber is stirred and separated by a rotor, and fibre suspension is returned to the pulping machine, dilution water being introduced into this chamber. The chamber is emptied and impurities thereafter discharged.

Abstract: A solid fuel laser disintegrator for the disintegration of solid fuel particles by laser beams in an environment consisting of a gaseous substance with insufficient oxygen to support combustion, typically principally nitrogen. The disintegration of fuel particles results in the production of minute flammable particles which disperse in nitrogen forming a flammable gaseous mixture. The device provides means for controlling the ratio of nitrogen and minute flammable particles dispersed in nitrogen. Optional means are provided for controlled mixing of oxygen with the mixture of nitrogen and minute flammable particles. The device is typically used in conjunction with a molecular air separator for separating air into its component parts, oxygen and nitrogen.

Abstract: An improved wood chipping installation of reduced overall height has conveyor means for feeding wood pieces to a chipping machine. The conveyor means includes a conveyor type screening device for separating proper size chips from oversize chips. Means are provided for transferring material chipped by the chipping machine back to the infeed end of the screening device so that oversize chips are fed by the conveyor, along with other wood pieces, back into the chipping machine while proper size chips and fines are separated out.

Abstract: The lid support member for the lid of a high speed food processing apparatus supports a mixing baffle blade through the center of the lid. The mixing baffle blade and its rotatable support are counterbalanced to help prevent the mixing baffle blade from freely rotating when its axis of rotation is not vertical.

Abstract: A novel ball mill providing a maximum efficiency for the balls dropping onto the material to be crushed, this being obtained by associating a vertical tube into which said material is poured together with the ball with means for raising the balls and crushed material passing out of the lower end of the tube, so as to reintroduce same into the upper end of the latter, the sufficiently crushed material being sucked out of the tube at a selected point of its height.

Abstract: A machine for the continuous comminution and mixing of materials, especially animal and vegetable media, has a mixing chamber in which two conveying passages are arranged. Each passage has a conveyor and mixer element working oppositely to one another, with each conveying passage there is associated a comminuting device which at the same time acts as a conveying means to deliver materials in the same direction as the associated conveying and mixing elements into the relevant conveying passage or respectively draw therefrom. Reversing spaces or passages serve together with these passages for the circulation of the mixed material.

Abstract: A liquid manure pump which, without the use of valves, can alternately be used for agitating and mixing liquid manure in a pit and for discharging liquid manure from the pit into a tank or vehicle for transport. The impeller of the pump is ordinarily driven by an electric motor attached to the frame of the pump apparatus, and knives which are fastened to the hub of the impeller and rotate with the impeller blades stick through the inlet port of the impeller housing to cut up solids and, by virtue of their shape, to force-feed the pump.