Thanks CarlPugh,
I have heard of those belt seperators, but I am guessing that, at least for sand, the result will not be very pure. Lots of sand tends to bind in with the magnetite and get carried along at least in my experiences with this. I will have to give it some more thought though...
Clarification:
The electromagnets dstart their alternating pulsing after the sand stops pouring.
ie, there will be these stages:
1.) Pour sand (electromagnets ON)
2.) Stop Sand (electromagnets ON)
3.) Alternate electromagnets (EM 1 on while EM 2 off, then EM 2 on while EM 1 off, etc...)...
Greetings,
I am trying to extract Magnetite from ordinary sand using a somewhat unique design involving electromagnets. I don't have much experience with magnetic engineering--so I thought you guys could help me out.
Here's the gist of the process: (I also put this online here for better...
