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ALLIS-CHALMERS, SCREEN SELECTION Formulas and Tables SCREEN SELECTION FORMULAS ANU IADLED SCREEN AREA FORMULA r Screen area: A= ayy Wher A area of screen surface required T=short tons per hour of feed to the screening eck Ch= short tons per hour one square foot of screen surface can be fed while effectively removing the undersize particles Gn=CxMxKxO BED DEPTH FORMULA __TxK Bed depth: D = gTEEG or a Txk Net width: W= op Where: D = bed depth inches at discharge end Note: in good screening practice, when solving for W, limit D to 4 times screen opening at discharge end for material weighing 100 lbsJ/ft.3, or 3 times for material weighing 50 Ibs/tt2 cons per hour material at discharge end K = cubic feet por ton of material prt (determined by dividing Toble A — Sereen Efficiency As Affected By Lood 2000 ls, by bulk density Example: K for 100#/ft3= 9g" {$= material travel rate in feet per minute, which is dependent on screen and material character- istics. Refer to Tables D and E, page 4, travel rate of screens. We=net width of screen in feet = nominal width minus 6 inches Example: 6 wide screen nominal width has net effective width of 5.5" Toble B - Limitotions Guid: le (Good Practice) Screen Tyee Tesi Heazonl mH 7 Mosel riptrle | RpLto | Riprtla | Levitle | Lovtteod Maxinun tong size Gochesl Sevan) uu % 0 » 0 rooms 1 3 3 i : vena u é é ‘ é Ticimum epening Gnckes) x | % % B % Tair cpa (nchow) } } : Sone decks 10 x | 4 2 2% Batbieend ple deck mt 3 a [Roxinam weveiel Sop Gnehead ® 3 3 2 8 % Meninum ncteiol omperatora CFT] 150 [150] 450 —«| «tse 130 Maximum ond minimum openings are bosed on standord de ‘Any epplication requiting ¢ deviation from stenderd value 3 1s must be raferred to the Factory. 100 Toble C = Circuleting Loads (R) ~ eas Screen Eflicleney (© Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent a) rredueh 109 35 20 75 3 5 53 re aI 30 % n3 83 wa & 3 29 2s 280 8 D 0 io 38.3 15 25 334 420 50.0 i x0 23 ser 667 as 8 533 m0 a7 3 2 ar a0 143 35 s B18 M25 1300 3 8 1090 130 7039 as 55 122 lass 20 “ 0 130.0 240.0 400.0 35 6s eso | 32.0 e320 x % mo | Siso | 700 | 14i0 2s Bs coe | om ses 5 is | ies nas > 0 20 400: 7 3 a | sro . 2 Toble D ~ Travel Rete of Inclined Screens Travel | Sereen Sereen | Rote | Screen | Opening | Mechanical | Speed | Throw ) Mode! | (fom)_| Surface | (Inches) | Rotation | (cpm) | (Inches) — st | 100 | wire | £1 flow 800 | 3/8 st | 125 re | > 7 flow 800 | 3/8 sH | 100 | wire | $1 flow 890 | 5/16 sH | 125 | wire | > flow a9 | 516 x | 125 | plate | > 1 flow 755 | 7/6 Bosed on dry, free-flowing materiel with 3% or less surface moisture end 20° slope. NOTE: For counter-rotation, reduce travel rate by 10%. ' zontal Screens (fpm) Toble E = Travel Rote of Hi Travel Screen Screen | Rete | Screen | Opening | Speed | Throw Masel | (om) | Surfoce | (Inches) | pm) | (Inches) Teiflp | 45 | wire | 21 Bis | Wie 5 LeviFle | 40 | wie | > 1 ais | 1/210 58 Lenticad | 45 | wie | $1 900 | 7/610 172 LowHeed | 40 | wire | > 1 900 | 7/16 10172 Bosed on dry, free-flowing material with 3% or less surface moisture ‘ond units installed hori zentally (no slope). Table F - Factor “C'" in Screen Capacity Formula he a is he 1 cs 7 Gt FOR LARGE OPENINGS Sr a rr 7 “ONS PER SQUARE FOOT PER HOUR » ete ee ee ee Sif Spso ot Opsns Gr FOR sk Geen’ +14 a a Ba om uw of 6 6 ay) a2 LN 1) ae aT aay GOS ats MNOS zB Snel Sg Rad Cine “ou wm NOTE: Dry servoning ot openings smaller thon 35 mesh is nat considered Pease Resting scieens: “Ain separarece, while note Se Imay be nove sconomiect Confer with factory ‘Tons PER SQUARE FOOT PER HOUR a ees aencenen racron n= Table G ~ Correction Factor “M"" uo a5 0 5 «@ 6 9 5 a Gm mm ts PERCENT OYERIZE MW SCREER FED Toble H ~ Correction Foctor "K"” cy % HEH 7 PERCENT FEEO PASSING HOLES HALF THE SIZE OPENINGS IN DECK Table | - "Q'" Variances And Corrections a a | @, a, a a, Correction | vik Seraon Surface Panicle 1% Surface % Surface Foctor” | Densiny Opening ‘Shope Ares Moterure (tbs /F) (ype) (Dry Sereening) 1.40 140 Ye to% v.30 130 : 12s 125 Rect. do I Slot 120 120 Reet 301 Slor 1its 13 | Reet 2101 Slot 1.10 no : . M101 Koos | 100 sai ey Cubical Dry Screening Up 0 3 or @ wet screening 30 %0 Slabby Elongsted 35 85 “ on as 30 80 Round - as Is . ce * 6109 ‘30 50 ey 25 © “C" factor wos established for bose values of SOR open area in screening surface for 51-100 Ibz./t¥’material and 60% open crea for 50 and less Ibe. /it? moteriol. Compensate for variances by vetiovof percent area available to these base values: = % Surface ores eveilable + & surface oree bos © Do not interpolate between values given. Toble J ~ Net Effective Screening Area (Sq. Ft.) Top | 2nd | ard Top | and | 3d Top | 2nd | Sed Top | tnd | Sed Deck | Deck| Deck Deck| Deck Deck Deck| Deck| Deck Deck | Deck | Deck W305) 19) 1s 35.0] 315] 28.4 45.0 365] 6x16 | 60.0) 792) 713 tax aa | 3.0| 27 40.9| 36.0 | 32.4 54.0 437 [ere 2e | 110:0| 99.0| 39.1 18 #0] 36] 3.3 21.0] 18.9] 17-0 63.0 sro| 7x12 | 730] 702) 63.2 1s" s3| 48] 45 78.0| 25.2 | 22.7 n0 saa f7xiey| 910] B19) 73.7 2 60] 54] 49 35.0| 315 284 50.0 72:9 | 7 = 16'| 1040] 93.6) B42 2 90] a1] 73 42.0) 37.8| 34.0 33.0 26.7 | 7 x 20" | 130.0/ 117.0| 105.3, * 10.0] 9:0] 1 49.0| 44.1 | 39:7 40) 35s ar x25) G00) gigs 728 Bx @ | 15.0) 135 |120 56.0) $0.4) 454 55.0 446 | 8 ta | 145.0] 103554 93.2 x 20.0 | 18.0 | 18.2 27.0) 24:3 | 21.9 56.0 52:5 | a" = 16 | 120.0] 108.0) 97.2 x 2.0 | 22:5 | 20.0 36.0) 32.4 29.2 70 62.4 | a x 20" | 150.0 | 135.0) 121.5 x 30.0 | 27.0 | 24:3 I l te a ALLIS-CHALMERS, SCREEN SELECTION Formulas and Tables SCREEN SELECTION FORMULAS AND IAbLES SCREEN AREA FORMULA i Screen area: A= gy Where: A A area of screen surface required short tons per hour of feed to the screening deck Gn = short tons per hour one square foot of screen surface can be fed while effectively removing the undersize particles Cn=CxMxKxO BED DEPTH FORMULA Tomeenene | oy Txk [anos Bed depth: D = 1 flow 800 | 38 SH 100 | wire | $1 flow a0 | 5/16 SH 125 | wire | 34 flow a0 | 5/6 xH | 125 | plate | > 1 flow 735 | 7/16 Besed on dry, free-flowing metericl with 3% or less surfoce moisture cond 20° slope. NOTE: For counter-rotation, reduce travel rate by 10%. Table E ~ Travel Rote of Horizontal Screens (fpr) Trovel Screen Screen | Rete | Screen | Opening | Speed | Throw | Model (fpm) Surface | (Inches) (rpm) (Inches) | Levi-Flo 45 wire 21 845 V2 to 5/8 Levi-Flo 40 wire aE 845 1/2 to 5/8 | Lowtlecd | 45 | wire | $1 900 | 7/6012 | Lowtteed! 40 1 wie | 54 90 | 7/6101/2 Bosed on dry, free-flowing material with 3% or less surface moisture | and units installed horizontally (no slope).

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