Flotation Practice

Abstract

Though a book cannot replace the need for practical experience it can give its reader some understanding of the principles which are utilised in good technical control. The presentation of these in Chapter 17 was inevitably somewhat repetitive and tentative. In plant operation, however, a clear-cut procedure must be agreed upon and adhered to, despite gaps in our fundamental knowledge and our conflicting hypotheses. The alert operator will keep in touch with research in his field and be prepared to adapt the milling technique whenever new discoveries, confirmed by local tests, justify change. He is concerned not only with technical efficiency but also with the pressures of management which take into account the overall economics of operation. Working conditions in an industrial plant must therefore be flexible enough to be adaptable to change in the business world. In what follows only the technical aspect of operation can be considered.