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25th International Mining Congress of Turkey: New Trends in Mining, IMCET 2017, Antalya, Turkey, 11 - 14 April 2017, pp.416-422, (Full Text)
Many stages of mining operations which consists sequential processes from blasting to mineral processing, sensitive determination of the particle size distribution is important in terms of efficiency as well as affordability. Digital image processing methods used in mineral processing discipline found different application areas due to providing accurate data in relatively short time. In this study, the particle size distribution analysis of the samples taken from privately owned aggregate processing plants using sieve analysis and digital image processing methods were conducted and accordingly a comparison of these methods in terms of the applicability on industrial scale were realized. In this context, a pilot setup was assembled for the laboratory-scale image processing analysis purposes. Particle size distribution measurements of the samples were conducted by digital image processing method using this pilot setup and conventional sieve analysis methods. The obtained results were compared to each other to achieve reliable and reproducible particle size distribution values of the representative samples.