Screening 101 Mineral Processing Metallurgy
Another important factor in commercial screening that will be revealed by a sieve analysis is the percentage of "nearmesh" material present in the screen feed. If, for instance, it is observed that 40 percent of the sample had passed through the 8mesh testing screen and was retained on 10 mesh and another 40 percent had passed through 10mesh and was retained on 14mesh, an efficient ...