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TROMMEL SCREEN [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

trommel screen: an item in the "Mining and Mineral Harvesting Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

trommel cribleur : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement d'exploitation minière et d'extraction minérale» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Coal Preparation
  • Processing of Mineral Products
DEF

A revolving cylindrical screen used in grading coarsely crushed ore. The material to be screened is delivered inside the trommel at one end. The fine material drops through the holes; the coarse is delivered at the other end.

OBS

Trommels are chiefly used as sizers in gravel plants and stone-breaking work, and on tin and gold dredges where they remove boulders and clay from the gravels brought up by the buckets. ... Apart from the uses mentioned above, the vibrating screen has replaced the trommel for most ore-dressing purposes.

OBS

trommel screen; revolving screen: terms standardized by ISO.

PHR

Rotary screen granulator.

Key term(s)
  • rotating screen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Préparation des charbons
  • Préparation des produits miniers
DEF

Crible cylindrique ou conique légèrement incliné sur l'horizontale, tournant autour de son axe, garni sur la périphérie de tôles ou de toiles métalliques perforées, dont la dimension des perforations conditionne celle des matériaux criblés.

OBS

Ces appareils très simples et avantageux sont employés dans le traitement des graviers, des produits de carrières, des gisements alluvionnaires d'or et d'étain.

OBS

trommel cribleur : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

PHR

Granulateur à trommel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
  • Preparación del carbón
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
DEF

Criba clasificadora de cilindros giratorios y eje inclinado, por cuyas perforaciones, de diámetro creciente, caen las materias separadas en diferentes grosores.

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