Numerical Simulation of Vibration Sieve Based on DEM

Abstract

Vibrating sieve is a special kind of equipment which used to grading materials according to particle granularity. By the vibration acted on the sieve, the materials are loosed, are divided into layers, are transported and are permeated the sieve to screen the materials. Discrete Element Method (DEM) has been an effective numerical method to research the granule system motion. Using Particle Flow Code (PFC) based DEM, the screening process, the particle group motions on the screen, are simulated. How the amplitude, the frequency of vibration, the vibration direction angle, the decline degree of sieve effect screening efficiency are presented.