JP6431564B2 - Sampling method and sampling apparatus - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a sampling method and a sampling apparatus, and more particularly to a sampling method and a sampling apparatus that perform sampling to measurement of sample properties in a short time in order to accurately grasp the characteristics of a population.

  The copper concentrate charged in the copper smelting flash furnace generally contains about 10% of moisture at the receiving stage. Therefore, in the trade of copper concentrates, after receiving copper concentrates, the moisture content is calculated from the wet and dry amounts, and the cost is paid based on the copper content relative to the accepted weight. In addition, a method of weighing the receiving stage by receiving it in a hopper or a method of weighing by installing a weighing machine under a belt conveyor are used.

  After receiving copper concentrate, it is sampled in the middle of transportation, weight (wet amount) measurement is performed, and further dried to measure its moisture content, but if the time from sampling to moisture measurement is long, The water in the concentrate naturally evaporates, resulting in a lower water content than when it was actually received. For this reason, the naturally evaporated water is counted as ore, which leads to transaction loss. In addition, if the copper concentrate that is being transported cannot be collected evenly, there is a possibility that a portion with low moisture will be sampled in a spot. Here, as a method of collecting a sample, a sampling method using a cutter type sampler or a pipe type sampler is generally used (JIS M 8083).

  For example, in the method for analyzing the water content in a granular material such as copper concentrate disclosed in Patent Document 1, the wet weight of the granular material is measured by measuring the loaded weight of the vehicle loaded with the granular material with a vehicle meter. A sample for water content analysis is collected from the granular material loaded on the vehicle within 20 seconds after measuring the loaded weight, and the granular material is determined from the moisture content and wet weight of the analyzed granular material. It is characterized by determining the water content of

  In addition, the method and apparatus for adjusting a collected sample disclosed in Patent Document 2 accommodates a collected sample when measuring the moisture content of the collected sample stored in the container after the sample is collected and stored in a storage container. The storage container is rotated, and moisture condensed on the inner surface of the container is returned to the sample to be uniformed.

Japanese Patent No. 2785574 Japanese Patent No. 2885457

  However, when copper concentrate is weighed on a belt conveyor, in order to accurately weigh it, the belt conveyor has to be weighed in a temporarily stopped state, during which the copper concentrate cannot be transported. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes much time for the transfer work.

  In addition, when sampling from copper concentrate in the middle of transportation, if we try to weigh the sample that has been sampled in multiple times from different parts and once received in the hopper, the concentrate will stay in the hopper, resulting in a measurement error. There was a problem that occurred.

  In addition, when sampling with a cutter sampler, the collected sample is temporarily stored in the receiving hopper and then the weight (wet amount) is measured. Counting as minutes could lead to loss. In order to measure the dry amount in a short time, the sample amount should be as small as possible.

  Further, when sampling is performed only with the pipe type sampler system, there is a possibility that an error may occur in the measurement result because the sample can be collected only in a spot manner.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and sampling capable of measuring the properties of a population, for example, weight (wet amount) measurement, without disturbing the transport work of the copper concentrate as the population. It is an object to provide a method and a sampling device.

In addition, the present invention can sample without any deviation from the copper concentrate or the like as the population while complying with the JIS regulations, and also accurately grasp the characteristics of the population by shortening the time to sample weight measurement. An object of the present invention is to provide a sampling method and a sampling apparatus capable of performing the above.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a sampling method for sampling a predetermined amount of a sample from a granular or powdery raw material transported by a transport device, wherein the transport device is temporarily stopped and the transport device is stopped. The weight of the raw material being transported is measured by a weighing device provided in the container, and after resuming transportation, a predetermined amount of sample is moved by the cutter sampler while moving in the full width direction of the transportation device's falling mouth at the transportation device's mouth. A temporary receiving hopper provided immediately below one end of the cutter moving range of the cutter sampler once a sample (hereinafter referred to as “primary sample”) collected by sampling (hereinafter referred to as “primary sampling”) and transferred as compacting in, from the temporary supporting the primary sample that has been compacted it is transferred to the hopper The weight of a sample (hereinafter referred to as “secondary sample”) immediately sampled by a pipe type sampler (hereinafter referred to as “secondary sampling”) is measured by a weighing device disposed in the vicinity of the pipe type sampler. It is characterized by weighing.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 2 is the sampling method according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the secondary sample acquired by the secondary sampling is the amount of the primary sample acquired by the primary sampling. 1/100 to 1/300.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 3 is a sampling device for sampling a predetermined amount of a sample from a granular or powdery raw material conveyed by a conveying device, and a conveying device for conveying the granular or powdery raw material. A transporting device provided with a weighing device for measuring the weight of the raw material placed on the transporting device, and a transporting device provided at the outlet of the transporting device and moving in the full width direction of the transporting device. wherein a cutter sampler is the primary sampling device for sampling the primary sample a predetermined amount from the raw material, is provided immediately below the one end of the cutter movement range of the cutter sampler, press primary samples sampled by the cutter sampler a temporary receiving hopper for transferring as solidified, the primary sample said compacted pressed is transferred to the temporary receiving hopper A pipe type sampler for immediately sampling the secondary sample, and a weigher disposed in the vicinity of the pipe type sampler for measuring the weight of the secondary sample sampled by the pipe type sampler; It is characterized by having.

According to the sampling method and the sampling apparatus according to the present invention, the combination of the cutter type sampler and the pipe type sampler makes it possible to perform sampling without any deviation, and to greatly shorten the time until weighing, and by natural evaporation. There is an effect that a decrease in moisture can be prevented.

Further, it provided in parallel a plurality of conveying apparatus having a weighing device, the transport of the raw material by such repetition of at least one 1 in another transport apparatus next sample acquisition process from the metering step is carried out By continuously performing without stopping, it is possible to measure the moisture amount in a short time, eliminate the loss of transportation, and continuously transport the concentrate as the population. There is an effect. Moreover, it becomes possible to cope with a failure of one of the conveyors.

It is explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the charging equipment for implementing the sampling method and sampling apparatus which concern on this invention. (A) is a top view which shows the sampling system using the sampling device based on this invention, (b) is the side view. It is explanatory drawing of a cutter sampler. 3 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a sampling method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a sampling method and a sampling apparatus according to the present invention will be described based on a preferred embodiment. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of charging equipment for carrying out the sampling method and the sampling apparatus according to the present invention.

  First, a charging facility 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a facility for receiving a copper concentrate to be inserted into a copper smelting flash smelting furnace and transferring it to a not-shown storage building. The charging facility 1 includes a belt conveyor 5 that is a transport device that transports copper concentrate received in a receiving pit (not shown), and a belt conveyor 5 end (transport direction end) side in the transport direction of the belt conveyor 5. A belt conveyor 6 disposed in a direction perpendicular to the belt conveyor, belt conveyors 7a and 7b disposed on both ends of the belt conveyor 6 and disposed in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the belt conveyor 6, and belt conveyors 7a and 7b, respectively. Of the belt conveyor 8 disposed at a right angle to the conveying direction of the belt conveyors 7a and 7b, and the falling conveyor (end of the conveying direction) side of the belt conveyor 8 The belt conveyor 9 is arranged at right angles to the conveying direction. That is, the outlet of the belt conveyor 5 is arranged so as to be located at the substantially central portion of the belt conveyor 6, and the copper concentrate transported by the belt conveyor 5 is transferred to the belt conveyor 7 a or the belt conveyor 7 b by the belt conveyor 6. It arrange | positions so that it can transfer to either. Needless to say, the belt conveyor 6 is configured to be transportable in either the left or right direction (direction of the belt conveyors 7a and 7b) by a switching mechanism (not shown).

  Moreover, the belt conveyor 8 arrange | positioned at each fall outlet side of the belt conveyors 7a and 7b transfers the copper concentrate conveyed by the belt conveyors 7a and 7b to the belt conveyor 9. The copper concentrate transported by the belt conveyor 9 is transported to and stored in a storage building (not shown) ahead. A first sample of a predetermined amount is sampled at the outlet of the belt conveyors 7a and 7b while being moved in the full width direction of the belt conveyors 7a and 7b from the copper concentrate conveyed by the belt conveyors 7a and 7b. Cutter samplers 20a and 20b, which are the reduction machines, are respectively arranged. In the vicinity of the belt conveyor 8, two pipe type samplers 40a and 40b, which are second reducers for sampling a secondary sample from the primary sample, are arranged. Each of the belt conveyors 7a and 7b is provided with a weighing device (not shown) using a load cell so that the weight of the copper concentrate placed on the belt conveyors 7a and 7b can be measured. In addition, a conveying apparatus is not restricted to a belt conveyor.

  Temporary receiving hoppers 30a and 30b for temporarily placing the primary samples sampled by the cutter samplers 20a and 20b are provided on the upper portion of the belt conveyor 8, and transferred to the temporary receiving hoppers 30a and 30b. Further, the secondary sample is sampled from the primary sample by the pipe type samplers 40a and 40b. And weigher 50a, 50b which measures the weight (humidity) of the secondary sample sampled by pipe type sampler 40a, 40b is provided.

  Since the cutter samplers 20a and 20b, the pipe samplers 40a and 40b, and the temporary receiving hoppers 30a and 30b all have substantially the same configuration, the cutter sampler 20a, the pipe sampler 40a and the temporary receiving hopper will be described below. 30a will be described, and the description of the cutter sampler 20b, the pipe-type sampler 40b, and the temporary receiving hopper 30b will be replaced with the description by replacing the symbol “a” with the symbol “b”.

  First, as shown in FIG. 3, a cutter sampler 20a that is a first sampling device includes a cutter bucket 21a that can move in the entire width direction of the belt conveyor 7a (the left-right direction in FIG. 3). A predetermined amount of the copper concentrate 5 is sampled while moving the copper concentrate 5 conveyed by the belt conveyor 7a at the outlet in the full width direction of the belt conveyor 7a. The cutter bucket 21a is provided with a slit-shaped opening (not shown) toward the outlet of the belt conveyor 7a, and is moved from the opening by a predetermined amount while moving in the full width direction of the belt conveyor 7a by the air cylinder 22a. The copper concentrate 5 is sampled. Since the sampling is performed while the belt conveyor 7a and the belt conveyor 8 are operating, the copper concentrate 5 that has not been sampled by the cutter sampler 20a falls on the belt conveyor 8 and is transferred as needed. In FIG. 3, the pipe sampler 40a is not shown in order to explain the cutter sampler 20a. Since the cutter bucket 21a is arranged at the outlet of the belt conveyor 7a, the primary sampling can be performed immediately after the weight measurement, so that the sample can be prevented from being deteriorated due to moisture absorption or the like.

  A temporary receiving hopper 30a is disposed on the upper side of the belt conveyor 8, and the copper concentrate 5 primarily sampled by the cutter sampler 20a is temporarily transferred to the temporary receiving hopper 30a. Once the primary sample is transferred to the temporary receiving hoppers 30a and 30b, the sample is pressed and compacted, so that the secondary sampling by the pipe-type samplers 40a and 40b is facilitated. The cutter sampler 20a in which the cutter bucket 21a is emptied is returned to the original position by the air cylinder 22a to prepare for the next sampling.

  The pipe type sampler 40a is a device for sampling a secondary sample from the copper concentrate 5 transferred to the temporary receiving hopper 30a, and as shown in FIG. A pair of cylindrical pipes 41a and 42a having a space capable of accommodating a fixed amount of copper concentrate 5 are provided, and the pair of cylindrical pipes 41a and 42a are moved up and down by a drive mechanism (not shown). It is formed such that it can move horizontally toward the temporary receiving hopper 30a on the belt conveyor 8. As a driving mechanism for moving up and down, for example, cylindrical pipes 41a and 42a are supported by a chain belt spanned in the up and down direction, and as a moving mechanism in the horizontal direction, for example, cylindrical pipes 41a and 41a, 42a can be formed so as to be movable along a frame 45a horizontally provided on the belt conveyor 8 side. The driving mechanism for the cylindrical pipes 41a and 42a is not limited to this, and an appropriate mechanism can be adopted. In addition, it is preferable that the quantity of a secondary sample is 1/100-1/300 with respect to the capacity | capacitance of a primary sample. This is because if the amount of the secondary sample is large, there is no meaning of the secondary sampling, and if it is too small, there is a possibility that a part having different properties may be collected locally. In the present embodiment, about 0.04 liters are collected for one pipe 41a of the secondary sample for about 10 liters of the primary sample.

  A predetermined amount of the copper concentrate 5 secondarily sampled by the pair of cylindrical pipes 41a and 42a of the pipe type sampler 40a from the copper concentrate 5 transferred to the temporary receiving hopper 30a is located in the vicinity of the belt conveyor 8. The wet weight is measured by the arranged weighing device 50a. The weighing machine 50a is a so-called electronic weighing machine, and the weight of the copper concentrate 5 sampled by the cylindrical pipes 41a and 42a is measured on the individual trays 61a and 61a, respectively. It has become. The weighing instrument 50a is preferably arranged with a vibration isolation table for reducing vibration. The trays 61a and 61a are sent out in two rows in sequence toward the weighing instrument 50a by the tray supply device 60a. The weight measurement by the weighing instrument 50a is performed by first setting the zero concentrate with the trays 61a and 61a placed thereon, and then placing the copper concentrate 5 sampled by the pipe-type sampler 40a on the trays 61a and 61a. The humidity is measured. Further, the next samples are also placed on the same trays 61a and 61a, respectively, and the amount of moisture is measured. The measurement value (weight) in the weighing instrument 50a is accumulated one after another, but the weight of the sample can be known by subtracting the weight before placing the sample from the measured weight. Then, the copper concentrate 5 for which the moisture amount has been measured is placed on the trays 61a and 61a and dried by a dryer (not shown), and the dry amount is measured. The trays 61a and 61a whose weights have been measured are collected by the operator and cleaned, and then returned to the tray supply device 60a for the next measurement.

The embodiment described above is a sampling system in which sampling devices are arranged in two rows . The copper concentrate 5 is stopped over the entire length of the belt conveyor 7a, and the weight is measured by a measuring device (not shown) provided on the belt conveyor 7a. Sampling is performed in a short time by continuously carrying the copper concentrate 5 without stopping so that the sampling device 10b performs sampling while the ore 5 is being transferred. In this embodiment, the belt conveyors 7a and 7b are arranged in two rows. However, the number of the belt conveyors 7a and 7b is not limited to this, and the number of the cutter samplers 20a and 20b, the pipe type samplers 40a and 40b, Of course, provisional receiving hoppers 30a and 30b can be arranged. Note that, as described above, the secondary sample whose weight (wet amount) has been measured by the weighing instrument 50a is sent to a dryer (not shown) and dried, and the weight after moisture is removed is measured. Then, the water content is calculated as the difference between the weight before drying and the weight after drying as a loss on drying.

Next, the sampling method according to the present invention will be described together with the operation of the above-described sampling device embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the sampling method according to the present invention.

  Sampling work is performed with a predetermined amount (for example, 250 tons) as one lot for the copper concentrate 5 received in a receiving pit (not shown). That is, the copper concentrate 5 transferred by the belt conveyor 6 is first transferred to the belt conveyor 7a, and when the copper concentrate 5 is placed on the belt conveyor 7a over almost the entire length, the belt conveyor 7a is stopped and the copper concentrate 5 The weight of the ore 5 (about 5 tons) is accurately measured by a weighing device (not shown) (step S1). When the measurement of the weight is finished, the belt conveyor 7a is restarted and the copper concentrate 5 is transferred toward the belt conveyor 8 while primary sampling is performed by the cutter sampler 20a at the outlet of the belt conveyor 7a (Step S2). Get the next sample. Primary sampling is performed once every 5 tons. On the other hand, when the belt conveyor 7a is stopped for measuring the weight of the copper concentrate 5, the transfer direction of the copper concentrate 5 by the belt conveyor 6 is reversed and this time the transfer is performed toward the belt conveyor 7b. Then, weight measurement in the belt conveyor 7b and primary sampling at the outlet of the belt conveyor 7b by the cutter sampler 20b are performed. Thereafter, this operation is repeated 25 times, and primary sampling is performed for 125 tons per belt conveyor 7a, 7b (25 times × 2 = 50 times).

Next, the primary sample acquired by the cutter sampler 20a is sequentially transferred to the temporary receiving hopper 30a and temporarily placed (step S3), and the secondary sample is obtained from the temporarily placed primary sample by the pipe-type sampler 40a. Are sampled (step S4). Two pipe type samplers 40a sample a secondary sample by a pair of pipes 41a and 42a. On the other hand, the primary sample sampled by the cutter sampler 20b is temporarily placed in the temporary receiving hopper 30b, and the secondary sample is sampled by the pipe type sampler 40b. This is then repeated sequentially. The sample of the primary sample is sampled 25 times × 2 = 50 times by the cutter samplers 20a and 20b for the 125 tons of copper concentrate 5 and further pipe-type samplers 40a and 40b having two pipes 41a and 42a. Since two are installed, 200 samples are sampled per five tons of copper concentrate.
25 times x 2 x 2 x 2 = 200 times

  The secondary samples sampled by the pipe type samplers 40a and 40b are placed on the trays 61a and 61b supplied from the tray supply devices 60a and 60b every 125 t, respectively, and weights (wet amounts) are respectively measured by the weighing units 50a and 50b. ) Is measured. In addition, according to the sampling method of this embodiment, sampling about 6000 tons of copper concentrate 5 can be performed in about 4 hours. The secondary sample on which the weight (wet amount) has been measured is sent to a dryer (not shown) and dried, and the weight after moisture is removed is measured. Then, the water content is calculated as the difference between the weight before drying and the weight after drying as a loss on drying.

In addition, when copper concentrate 5 is received, copper concentrate 5 being weighed on belt conveyor 7 is sampled and immediately measured for wet weight, dried with a drier (not shown), and measured for dry weight to measure the moisture content. The test for measuring the moisture content in the above embodiment of the sampling method and the sampling apparatus according to the present invention was repeated 6 times for the copper concentrate 5 on the belt conveyor 7 and the average value of each measured moisture content was compared. As a result, the difference in water content between the two was 0.01% or less. From this, it was confirmed that there was almost no difference between the moisture content of the copper concentrate 5 on the belt conveyor 7 for measuring the weight of the mother material and the moisture content measured using the present invention.

  As described above, the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims, Needless to say, various modifications and changes are possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Charging equipment 5 Copper concentrate 6 Belt conveyor 7a, 7b Belt conveyor 8 Belt conveyor 9 Belt conveyor 20a, 20b Cutter sampler 30a, 30b Temporary receiving hopper 40a, 40b Pipe type sampler 50a, 50b Weighing machine

Claims (3)

In a sampling method for sampling a predetermined amount of sample from a granular or powdery raw material conveyed by a conveying device,
The transport device is temporarily stopped, the weight of the raw material being transported is measured by the weighing device provided in the transport device, and after the transport is resumed, the transport device at the exit of the transport device in the full width direction of the exit of the transport device A sample (hereinafter referred to as “primary sample”) obtained by sampling a predetermined amount of sample with a cutter sampler while moving (hereinafter referred to as “primary sampling”) is temporarily moved within the cutter movement range of the cutter sampler. The sample is transferred to the temporary receiving hopper provided immediately below one end thereof , and is immediately sampled from the primary sample transferred to the temporary receiving hopper and pressed by the pipe type sampler (hereinafter, The weight of the sample (hereinafter referred to as “secondary sample”) that has been referred to as “secondary sampling”) Sampling wherein the metering by weighing instrument placed in the vicinity of the collector. The sampling method according to claim 1,
2. The sampling method according to claim 1, wherein an amount of the secondary sample acquired by the secondary sampling is 1/100 to 1/300 of an amount of the primary sample acquired by the primary sampling. In the sampling device for sampling a predetermined amount of sample from the granular or powdery raw material conveyed by the conveying device,
A conveying device for conveying a granular or powdery raw material, comprising a weighing device for measuring the weight of the raw material placed on the conveying device; and
A cutter sampler that is a primary sampling device that is provided at the outlet of the transfer device and samples a predetermined amount of the primary sample from the raw material being transferred while moving in the full width direction of the transfer device;
A temporary receiving hopper that is provided immediately below one end of the cutter moving range of the cutter sampler and transfers the primary sample sampled by the cutter sampler so as to be compacted ;
A pipe-type sampler for immediately sampling a secondary sample from the primary sample transferred and pressed onto the temporary receiving hopper;
A weigher disposed in the vicinity of the pipe-type sampler to measure the weight of the secondary sample sampled by the pipe-type sampler;
A sampling apparatus comprising:

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