The invention provides a separation device for 
coal and waste rocks. The separation device comprises a vibrating 
coal feeder, a conveying belt, a queuing device, an 
image sensor, an image collector, a 
microprocessor, an upper computer, a separation controller, a high-pressure spray gun, a 
coal briquette channel and a waste rock channel. Information of the 
image sensor is processed in real time through the 
microprocessor and then sent to the upper computer, image information preprocessing, 
feature extraction, soft measurement model establishing and separation 
signal outputting are carried out, separation signals are sent to the separation controller, raw coal naturally falls into the 
coal briquette channel, and the waste rocks fall into the waste rock channel through the high-pressure spray gun. The invention further provides a 
separation method. The separation device and the 
separation method have the advantages that the defects of a low recognition rate, heavy environmental 
pollution and the like existing in an existing coal and waste rock 
separation method are effectively overcome, the recognition rate of the separation method is high, the environmental 
pollution can be effectively lightened, the separation device is small in size, easy to install and maintain and low in cost, separation precision and the 
automation degree of the raw coal are greatly improved, and manual waste rock picking is replaced.