Method of dry separation of less dense metal particles from more dense metal particles and apparatus therefore

Abstract

Abstract The method of dry separating a mixture of dense scrap particles from less dense scrap particles such as aluminum or Titanium, which includes confining a finely divided media of metallic particles of a specific gravity greater than said less dense particles upon a perforate support, fluidizing said media by delivering continuously a flow of compressed gas upwardly through said media modifying said media producing an apparent specific gravity less than the dense particles and introducing said scrap particle mixture into the fluidized medium and floating off from the said media the less dense scrap particles; and the apparatus for carrying out said method.

Inventors

• 👤 Charles K Deak

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