AMIT 145: Lesson 4 Gravity Separation – Mining Mill ...
To allow density' based separations, a centrifugal field is applied by either a mechanical action or by accelerating the particles around a rotational axis. Particle acceleration is given by: ac = rw2. r = radial distance from center of rotation. ω = angular velocity, (rad/s) The centrifugal force, Fc, is given by: