A virtual experiment showing single particle motion on a linearly vibrating screen-deck

A virtual sieving experimental simulation system was built using physical simulation principles.The effects of vibration frequency and amplitude,the inclination angle of the screen-deck and the vibration direction angle of screen on single particle kinematics were predicted.Properties such as the average velocity and the average throw height were studied.The results show that the amplitude and the angle of vibration have a great effect on particle average velocity and average height.The vibration frequency and the screen-deck inclination angle appear to have little influence on these responses.For materials that are difficult to screen the vibration frequency and amplitude,the screen-deck inclination angle and the vibration angle should be set to 14 Hz,6.6 mm,6° and 40°,respectively,to obtain optimal particle kinematics.A screening process can be simulated reliably by means of a virtual experiment and these results provide references for both screening theory research and sieving practice.

Improvement for design of beam structures in large vibrating screen considering bending and random vibration

Demand for large vibrating screen is huge in the mineral processing industry. As bending and random vibration are not considered in a traditional design method for beam structures of a large vibrating screen, fatigue damage occurs frequently to affect the screening performance. This work aims to conduct a systematic mechanics analysis of the beam structures and improve the design method. Total motion of a beam structure in screening process can be decomposed into the traditional followed rigid translation(FRT), bending vibration(BV) and axial linear-distributed random rigid translation(ALRRT) excited by the side-plates. When treated as a generalized single-degree-of-freedom(SDOF) elastic system analytically, the BV can be solved by the Rayleigh's method. Stochastic analysis for random process is conducted for the detailed ALRRT calculation. Expressions for the mechanics property, namely, the shearing force and bending-moment with respect to BV and ALRRT, are derived, respectively. Experimental and numerical investigations demonstrate that the largest BV exists at the beam center and can be nearly ignored in comparison with the FRT during a simplified engineering design. With the BV and FRT considered, the mechanics property accords well with the practical situation with the maximum error of 6.33%, which is less than that obtained by traditional method.

Dynamic analysis and simulation of four-axis forced synchronizing banana vibrating screen of variable linear trajectory

A new concept of banana vibrating screen which has the same effect as traditional banana vibrating screen in a new way was put forward.The dynamic model of vibrating screen was established and its working principle was analyzed when the action line of the exciting force did not act through the centroid of screen box.Moreover,the dynamic differential equations of centroid and screen surface were obtained.The motions of centroid and screen surface were simulated with actual parameters of the design example in Matlab/Simulink.The results show that not only the amplitude has a significant decrease from 9.38 to 4.10 mm,but also the throwing index and vibrating direction angle have a significant decrease from 10.49 to 4.59,and from 58.10° to 33.29°,respectively,along the screen surface,which indicates that motion characteristics of vibrating screen are consistent with those of traditional banana vibrating screen only by means of a single angle of screen surface.What's more,such banana vibrating screen of variable linear trajectory with greater processing capacity could be obtained by adjusting the relative position of force center and the centroid of screen box properly.

Dynamic simulation on rubber spring supporting equipment of vibrating screen

By ANSYS, dynamic simulation analysis of rubber spring supporting equipment used in vibrating screen was made. The modal frequency, mode, and harmonic displacement under working frequency were obtained. Variation of rubber spring supporting equipment＇s dynamic performance was discussed first, which is under the condition of existing spring stiffness difference and exciting force bias. Also, the quantitative calculation formulas were given. The results indicate that the performance of vibrating screen is closely related with rubber spring supporting equipment＇s dynamic performance. Differences of springs＇ stiffness coefficients reduce the modal frequency reduced, decrease the dynamic stiffness, and increase vibration displacement. Exciting force bias induces a larger lateral displacement. When rubber springs＇ stiffness coefficients exist, differences and lateral force accounts for 5% in total exciting force; rubber spring supporting equipment＇s side swing is larger than 1 mm, exceeding the side swing limit.

Static-deformation based fault diagnosis for damping spring of large vibrating screen

Based on the statics theory, a novel and feasible twice-suspended-mass method(TSMM) was proposed to deal with the seldom-studied issue of fault diagnosis for damping springs of large vibrating screen(LVS). With the static balance characteristic of the screen body/surface as well as the deformation compatibility relation of springs considered, static model of the screen surface under a certain load was established to calculate compression deformation of each spring. Accuracy of the model was validated by both an experiment based on the suspended mass method and the properties of the 3D deformation space in a numerical simulation. Furthermore, by adopting the Taylor formula and the control variate method, quantitative relationship between the change of damping spring deformation and the change of spring stiffness, defined as the deformation sensitive coefficient(DSC), was derived mathematically, from which principle of the TSMM for spring fault diagnosis is clarified. In the end, an experiment was carried out and results show that the TSMM is applicable for diagnosing the fault of single spring in a LVS.

Application of experimental modal analysis technique to structural design of linear vibrating screen

A large model of the screen was mounted in the laboratory for studying its modal performance. The model is suspended with steel ropes. Modal test was carried out with artificially exciting by 500 g impacting hammer and 100 kg exciting force shaker respectively. Synthesis and correction of the modal parameters are obtained from both testing methods. Design faults of vibrating screen were determined based on the analy-sis and dynamic correction of structure approaches about the screen was put forward finally.

Research on CAD of Activatorof Vibrating Screen

Based on Autodesk Mechanical Desktop (MDT), three main. approaches of parametric part design including program-drive, table-drive and interactive-drive were studied. By using Visual Basic and ActivesX automation component programming, access database, parametric drawing and mechanism analysis were integrated. h probes into how to design mechanical products quickly and effectively by means of CAD.

Complicated motion of particles on vibration screen surface

The particles’ motion on screen surface was studied by the way of nonlinear dynamics. It was found that the particles’ motion may be changed from one form to another with its vibration strength. When the vibration strength K is bigger than 1 and smaller than 1. 33, the particles’ motion is the bifurcating type;when K is bigger than 1. 33 and smaller than 1. 67, its motion becomes the double bifurcation type; when K is bigger than 1. 67, its motion changes into chaos motion type. On basis of studying all effects of large vibration strength on particles penetrating, it was pointed out that a larger vibration strength K of screen surface will increase the strength of particles’ motion, and then increase their probability of penetrating screen surface. A primary theory of particles’ motion under large vibration strength for moisture fine coal was established.

Influence of vibration mode on the screening process

The screening of particles with different vibration modes was simulated by means of a 3D discrete element method (3D-DEM). The motion and penetration of the particles on the screen deck were analyzed for linear, circular and elliptical vibration of the screen. The results show that the travel velocity of the particles is the fastest, but the screening efficiency is the lowest, for the linear vibration mode. The circular motion resulted in the highest screening efficiency, but the lowest particle travel velocity. In the steady state the screening efficiency for each mode is seen to increase gradually along the longitudinal direction of the deck. The screening efficiency increment of the circular mode is the largest while the linear mode shows the smallest increment. The volume fraction of near-mesh size particles at the underside is larger than that of small size particles all along the screen deck. Linear screening mode has more near-mesh and small size particles on the first three deck sections, and fewer on the last two sections, compared to the circular or elliptical modes.

Trispectrum and correlation dimension analysis of magnetorheological damper in vibration screen

In order to improve the screening efficiency of vibrating screen and make vibration process smooth,a new type of magnetorheological (MR) damper was proposed. The signals of displacement in the vibration process during the test were collected. The trispectrum model of autoregressive (AR) time series was built and the correlation dimension was used to quantify the fractal characteristics during the vibration process. The result shows that,in different working conditions,trispectrum slices are applied to obtaining the information of non-Gaussian,nonlinear amplitude?frequency characteristics of the signal. Besides,there is correlation between the correlation dimension of vibration signal and trispectrum slices,which is very important to select the optimum working parameters of the MR damper and vibrating screen. And in the experimental conditions,it is found that when the working current of MR damper is 2 A and the rotation speed of vibration motor is 800 r/min,the vibration screen reaches its maximum screening efficiency.

Numerical investigation on dynamic response of the screen mesh in vibrating screening through DEM-FEM co-simulation

Dynamic response of the screen mesh is of great significance in the optimum vibrating screen design.In this paper,based on the DEM-FEM co-simulation method,the effect of screening parameters on the dynamic response of the screen mesh is explored and the mechanism is revealed on the particle level.Firstly,a virtual experiment on a linear vibrating screen was carried out to analyze the screening pa-rameters'effect with both impact load and sustained stress inflicted on the screen mesh.Then,the time-domain evolution regularity of the screen mesh LVA(Local Vibration Amplitude)under different particle plugging conditions was investigated based on the co-simulation.Finally,the influence of screening parameters on LVA and its distribution was discussed.The results show that the screening parameters can greatly affect the screen mesh LVA and its distribution by changing the movement of the granular material and the particle penetration probability,which provides an important basis for the optimal design of the screen mesh and its supporting structure.

Optimized design of a linear vibrating screen based on efficiency maximisation and mesh wear minimisation employing discrete element method

This article investigates the combined effect and the order of influence of feed rate,inclination angle,vibration amplitude,frequency,and angle on the efficiency and mesh wear rate of a linear vibrating screen,as well as the average velocity,and mass of the accumulated particles.The discrete element modeling simulations were conducted using LIGGGHTS open-source code to analyze particles behaviour.The Taguchi method was employed to evaluate the combined effect of the parameters.Finally,the simulation results were analyzed using analysis of variance.The optimal values of the parameters for maximising efficiency and minimising mesh wear were determined using grey relational analysis.The results indicated that the most effective parameters on screening efficiency and average velocity of particles were the inclination angle,vibration angle,frequency,amplitude,and feed rate,respectively.The most influential parameters on screen mesh wear rate were feed rate,inclination angle,vibration angle,frequency,and amplitude,respectively.

Simulation of Screening Process Based on MATLAB/Simulink

Screening is an important process in mineral industry. In this paper, a study has been made to simulate the screening process based on a high-performance MATLAB/Simulink software, with an example of simulating the sieving process of a vibrating screen. A simulation model of the sieving process with a vibrating screen （SMSPVS） was proposed, using correlative mathematical models and Simulink blocks. The results show that the simulation data was very close to the actual data, The minimum errors of size distribution of oversize and undersize are 0.65% and 0.20%, resoectivelv. The sieving orocess can be accurately simulated by the SMSPVS.

Dynamic analysis of elastic screen surface with multiple attached substructures and experimental validation

A feasible method to improve the reliability and processing efficiency of large vibrating screen via the application of an elastic screen surface with multiple attached substructures （ESSMAS） was proposed. In the ESSMAS, every screen rod, with ends embedded into elastomer, is coupled to the main screen structure in a relatively flexible manner. The theoretical analysis was conducted, which consists of establishing dynamic model promoted from the fuzzy structure theory as well as calculating for the equivalent stiffness of each attached structure. According to the numerical simulation using the NEWMARK-fl integration method, this assembling pattern significantly leads to the screen surface/rod having larger vibration intensity than that of the corresponding position on screen structure, which specifically, with an averaged acceleration amplitude increasing ratio of 11.37% in theoretical analysis and 20.27% in experimental test. The experimental results, within a tolerant error, also confirm the established model and demonstrate the feasibility of ESSMAS.

THE PARAMETER DESIGN AND THE MECHANICAL MODEL OF PIANOWIRE PROBABILITY SCREEN

Based on the analysis of the piano wire’s vibration characteristics, the authors estab lished the mechanical model of piano wire proba bility screen , obtained the analytic so lution of thestable forced vibration of screen wires , and developed the para meter designfor m ula of the piano wire screen . The para meter design form ula has been used in coalpreparation industry .

Simulation applied to working frequency selection in large-scale vi- brating screen＇s design

The working frequency selection of the ZK30525 vibrating screen was studied using ANSYS. Integrating the dynamic performance simulation analysis of the vibrating screen structure, the variation laws of beams＇ vibration displacements changing with different exciting frequencies were researched. These beams include six beams, with one discharging beam and one in-material beam. Results indicate that vibration displacements in the middle of these beams increase with the augmenta- tion of exciting frequency. When exciting frequency exceeds a certain value, there exists a flat change region for vibration displacement. According to vibrator characteristics, the vibrating screen＇s working frequency should be selected in the flat change region, and be far away from modal frequencies. The study provides theoretical guidance for the reasonable working frequency selection of the large-scale vibrating screen.

Dynamic analysis of new type elastic screen surface with multi degree of freedom and experimental validation

A feasible method was proposed to improve the vibration intensity of screen surface via application of a new type elastic screen surface with multi degree of freedom(NTESSMDF). In the NTESSMDF, the primary robs were coupled to the main screen structure with ends embedded into the elastomers, and the secondary robs were attached to adjacent two primary robs with elastic bands. The dynamic model of vibrating screen with NTESSMDF was established based on Lagrange's equation and the equivalent stiffnesses of the elastomer and elastic band were calculated. According to numerical simulation using the 4th order Runge-Kutta method, the vibration intensity of screen surface can be enhanced substantially with an averaged acceleration amplitude increasing ratio of 72.36%. The primary robs and secondary robs vibrate inversely in steady state, which would result in the friability of materials and avoid stoppage. The experimental results validate the dynamic characteristics with acceleration amplitude rising by62.93% on average, which demonstrates the feasibility of NTESSMDF.

A Time History Method for Analysing Operational Piping Vibrations

Vibration failure of piping is a serious problem and a matter of concern for safety and reliability of plant operations. Fatigue is the main cause of such failures. Due to the complexity of the phenomenon no closed form design solutions are available. In our study an analytical technique based on the theory of vibrations in the time domain has been presented. Using the inverse theory, the problem has been reduced to a system of Volterra Integral equations to be solved simultaneously at every time step. The solution of the inverse problem may be used in the conventional method to calculate stresses and end reactions which are important from the perspective of engineering design and condition monitoring. The method is robust, simple and can be easily adopted by practicing engineers.

基于TOF相机的振动筛上物料状态动态监测方法

振动筛筛上物料载荷异常不仅影响生产效率还可能导致安全隐患,实时准确地监测筛上物料状态具有重要意义。针对传统人工监测方法劳动强度大、速度慢、有极高安全隐患并且不容易发现设备微小故障等问题。基于TOF相机物料动态监测技术,提出了一种联合KD树与帧差法的点云数据补全方法和基于曲面重构的筛上物料动态监测方法。该点云数据补全方法有效修补了因筛上物料表面水分和物料缝隙导致的TOF相机拍摄过程中的点云数据缺失问题,通过对补全后的筛上物料进行点云曲面重构分析,判断欠载、过载、左偏载和右偏载四种筛上物料状态,实时监测筛上物料状态。研究通过TOF相机直接获取筛上物料状态信息,对筛上物料实时检测,减少了人工干预的需求且具备实时性。为筛上物料状态实时监测问题提供了一个可靠的解决方案。

基于ScreenGuard的驰张筛振动监测

详细阐述了ScreenGuard振动监测装置的组成、工作原理及技术特点,并利用ScreenGuard振动监测装置对BFS30100SD驰张筛进行了测试和数据采集,通过数据分析,了解了该筛机的振动特性,得出了ScreenGuard振动监测装置用于驰张筛工作过程监控的可行性。