vinny1892 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Hi im thinking of makeing a mini version of a screening plant used in quarries for sifting corned bp. What are your thought on this plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldor Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Depends how complicated you want it to be. If you don't want automatic bining, a simple pile of screens, mounted over rollers or springs, a motor, and a crank to convert the rotary movement of the motor in linear movement. I only see it useful if you need to sift huge quantities of BP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 How much BP will you want to sieve? Can you find a set of stacking laboratory sieves, use the ones you want to get the size cuts that you want. For ease, get a set of sieves and a shaker base. The big issue with screening machines is the dust that they create, and in this case the dust is explosive. Can you find prospectors classification screens cheaply that stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeighborJ Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 I completely agree with Arthur on this one. Every mechanical or electrical devise added to the process will exponentially increase the dangers of the entire task. Keep it simple and safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boophoenix Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 I use one of these for other items of classification when its not out on loan. Works awesomely on most materials, but is a little finicky on sponge Ti. Cost verses reward if youre not doing large amounts sieve shakers are kind of cost prohibitive. The sieves however are quiet handy if ya dont mind the cost. Even though the machines are designed for sieving they have a healthy supply of warning from the dusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny1892 Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Ok ill go with the stacked sieves and shaker base set up. Do you have a link that you can post to send me to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 For BP you don't need a full set of lab sieves but some of the useful sizes would be a good set. Try ebay for laboratory sieves then look around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boophoenix Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Gilson has some of the better pricing I’ve seen in the US for new https://www.globalgilson.com/sieve-shakers eBay isn’t a bad resource for used equipment in this category. You can save some pretty good money and still land some quality items. I picked up two sets of sieves from eBay. Although I was looking at classifying individule supplies. I got one set for non metallic and another for metallic items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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