Water Supply Launder Distribution Member for Shaking Table
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Solution Overview
Problem
In gold ore concentration using table gravity concentrators, imbalances in the flow of ore slurry and additive water lead to inefficiencies and the potential disruption of the gold line formation, reducing the effectiveness of the concentration process.
Innovation Solution
A water supply launder with a distribution member that contacts and disperses water uniformly across the shaking table, reducing flow imbalances and ensuring consistent water distribution, even when the water supply varies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If water is supplied to the shaking table without a distribution member, then the water supply structure is simple, but the water flow is imbalanced across different positions of the shaking table surface
Solution Approach 1:
A distribution member is introduced as an intermediary component between the water supply launder and the shaking table. This distribution member receives water from the launder and redistributes it across the shaking table surface, acting as a mediator that transforms the imbalanced water flow into uniform distribution without requiring complex supply infrastructure
Solution Approach 2:
The distribution member is designed with varying characteristics across its surface to address local flow imbalances. Different regions of the distribution member have different water release properties, allowing targeted adjustment of water flow to specific areas of the shaking table to achieve overall uniformity
2Productivity
If the water supply amount is increased to improve concentration efficiency, then the concentration efficiency is improved, but the flow imbalance on the shaking table becomes more severe
Solution Approach 1:
The distribution member serves as a buffer and调节 mechanism that decouples the water supply amount from the actual water distribution on the shaking table. It allows increased water supply to maintain higher concentration efficiency while the distribution member itself ensures the water is evenly dispersed, preventing flow imbalance from worsening with increased supply
3Device complexity
If water is supplied directly to the shaking table without distribution, then the device structure is simple, but the gold line formation is disrupted due to flow imbalance
Solution Approach 1:
The distribution member is introduced as a simple intermediary component that ensures reliable gold line formation by uniformly distributing water across the shaking table. This minimal addition maintains device simplicity while significantly improving the reliability of concentration process and gold line stability
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution maintains uniform flow across the entire surface of the shaking table, enhancing the efficiency of gold ore concentration by preventing flow imbalances and maintaining gold line formation, thereby improving the overall concentration operation.
Implementation Method 1
a distribution member which is attached to a lower surface of the launder body, and contacts water dropping from the upper surface of the launder body and flowing to the table of the table gravity concentrator to distribute the water
Implementation Method 2
This concentration is a method using a shaking table 102 provided with a plurality of riffles 103, and supplies ore slurry from an ore supply launder 104 to the shaking table 102 in the width direction of the shaking table 102 while oscillating the shaking table 102 in the extension direction of the riffles 103
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AI summary
A water supply launder reducing imbalance of the flow amounts of the ore slurry and the additive water on the upper surface of the shaking table, and producing flow throughout the upper surface of the shaking table.The water supply launder included in a table gravity concentrator 1 to supply water to a table 2 of the table gravity concentrator 1 includes a launder body 20 which receives water supplied from a water supply unit 23 to an upper surface 21a of the launder body 20, and supplies the water to the table 2 of the table gravity concentrator 1, and a distribution member 30 which is attached to a lower surface 21b of the launder body 20, and contacts water dropping from the upper surface 21a of the launder body 20 and flowing to the table 2 of the table gravity concentrator 1 to distribute the water.