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Ore Equipment Ore crushing

Iron ore beneficiation plant asset in Brazil (iron ore crushing, processing).Ore crushing is a key process to handle the run-of-mine ore minerals like iron ore, gold, bauxite, copper, manganese, nickel, coal etc. at ore dressing plant. Generally, three phase crushing process will be adopted to deal with ores: coarse crushing, medium crushing and fine crushing. The popular ore crushers are jaw crusher, hammer crusher, impact crusher, cone crusher and VSI crusher. The ore crushing process goes as follows: raw ore minerals ->jaw crusher -> impact crusher -> cone crusher (VSI crusher) -> final products in different grade. Through the coarse crushing by jaw crusher, the size of ore is less than 1m in diameter, and after medium crushing, the crusher breaks down boulders into lumps about the size of a footballand fine crushing, the size will be reduced to less than 12mmwhich is ingrapefruit-sized lumps. From there, it is sent to stockpiles. Waste rock from the mine, which is low in ore mineral content, is retained for use in rehabilitation. This forms a closed cycle. Ore grinding

 Ball grinding mill used in bauxite ore dressing plant for fineness grinding.Ore grinding process plays an important role in ore beneficiation plant. The ore milling machine grind the crushed ore minerals into fine even ultrafine powder so that the leaching and smelting process can go smoothly. Ore grinding mills can be divided into wet grinding and dry grinding. According to the different application, there will be open-circuit grinding and closed-circuit grinding process. The most popular ore milling machine are SAG mill, ball mill, Raymond mill, vertical mill, trapezium mill. Our engineer will design different grinding lines for the customers according to customers requirements and the nature of the minerals. Ore dressing plant Ore dressing plant is a major part of ore beneficiation plant.Usually, we will equip the ore dressing plant with jaw crusher, impactor, cone crusher, ball mill, trapezium mill, classifier, magnetic separator, flotation machines, thickener, dryers and other ancillary equipment like conveyors, vibrating feeders, screens, washers etc. The whole unit feature with high efficiency, low energy consumption, high capacity, economical and so on. The flow chart is: Big raw ore minerals are fed into the heavy duty jaw crusher evenly and gradually for primary crushing, After the coarse crushing, the crushed ores will be conveyed to impact crusher for medium crushing, finally, the crushed ore will be transferred to cone crusher (VSI crusher either) for fineness crushing. When the crushing process is finished, the ores will be separated by sieving equipment like multi-deck vibrating screen. Then, the crushed ores will be transported to grinding plant for ore grinding. The ore grinding plant will grind the ore into powder less than 0.4mm, then classification process goes on. The spiral classifier can washed and classified the mixture ore. After classifying, ore particles are sent to flotation machines, depending on the mineral characteristics with different chemicals, making the needed ores and other materials to be separated. At the beneficiation plant, the ores will be leaching and smelting in the smelting furnace. I ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN SPANISH (5 pts. ea) 1. How is ore crushing considered?

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2. What are the machines used in the the process?

TRITURADORA DE MANDBULAS, TRITURADORA DE IMPACTO, TRITURADORA DE CONOS, PARA ENTREGAR PRODUCTOS FINALES DE DIFERENTE GRADO. 3. Describe the flow chart. PROCESO DE TRITURACIN, PASANDO POR EL DE MANDBULAS, LUEGO EL DE IMPACTO Y FINALMENTE DE CONOS, PARA ENTREGAR UN MINERAL EN MEDIDAD QUE NO ES MAS QUE 0.4mm, PARA CONTINUAR SU PROCESO DE APILAMIENTO, AGREGANDOLE OTROS QUIMICOS Y EXTRAER EL METAL ROJO POR LIXIVIACION. O (PROCESO DE REGADIO POR GOTEO) ETC. II Indicate the meaning of the words zap (5 pts.)

1. What does zap means? LAS..

Zap mines involve digging large open holes in the ground as opposed to a small shaft in hard rock mining. This method of mining is most often used with minerals like copper and molybdenum. Zap mines are very large and devistate the surrounding landscape as can be seen in this picture of the Bingham Canyon Mine near Tooele, Utah. Mining operations of this scale were not done too often in the 19th century.

III What do the following words refer to: (2 pts. ea)

Hard rock mining is a kind of underground mining. With this kind, an opening is made that is called an adit. Tunnels into the ground are dug, blasted with dynamite, or drilled out. These tunnels are called shafts. They are dug straight down [vertically] into the ground. Each shaft has a purpose. One shaft might be for miners to use to go in and out of the mine. One shaft might be just for mine machinery. Another shaft is used for air or ventilation. When miners get to the bottom of the shafts, there is another tunnel that leads to the rocks or minerals. In pictures, this tunnel always looks horizontal but it doesn't have to be. They can be slanted or sloped. When we thought of the inside of a mine, we thought about all of the diagrams that we had seen. They make it look like a few shafts and a horizontal tunnel at the bottom.

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2. Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu . It is a ductile metal, with

very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is rather soft and malleable, and a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange color. It is used as a thermal conductor, an electrical conductor, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys. ItES . ItSE..