Estimation of the size distribution of particles moving on a conveyor belt

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-83

  Al Thyabat, S ^a   Miles, N J ^a   Koh, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

On line analysis; Particle size

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIEVES;

FERET'S DIAMETER; ON-LINE ANALYSIS; STATIC PARTICLE HEAPS;

BELT CONVEYORS;

EID: 33751415130     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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