Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for separating mineral impurities from calcium carbonate-containing rocks by X-ray sorting
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Application No.: US12998856Application Date: 2009-12-16
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Publication No.: US08742277B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Bahman Tavakkoli , Thomas Mangelberger , Matthias Reisinger
- Applicant: Bahman Tavakkoli , Thomas Mangelberger , Matthias Reisinger
- Applicant Address: CH Oftringen
- Assignee: Omya International AG
- Current Assignee: Omya International AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Oftringen
- Agency: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
- Priority: EP08172445 20081219
- International Application: PCT/EP2009/067319 WO 20091216
- International Announcement: WO2010/070007 WO 20100624
- Main IPC: B07C5/346
- IPC: B07C5/346

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for separating mineral impurities from calcium carbonate-containing rocks by comminuting the calcium carbonate-containing rocks to a particle size in the range of from 1 mm to 250 mm, separating the calcium carbonate particles by means of a dual energy X-ray transmission sorting device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110288679A1 METHOD FOR SEPARATING MINERAL IMPURITIES FROM CALCIUM CARBONATE-CONTAINING ROCKS BY X-RAY SORTING Public/Granted day:2011-11-24
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