Mechanical Processing of Granular and Fibrous Materials (Second Edition)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 511
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Interests: mechanical engineering; agglomeration; technological devices; surface engineering; circular economy; solid fuels; CNC machining; 3D printing
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Dear Colleagues,
Not all of us are aware that in order to manufacture a face powder, a mineral such as talc or chalk must be crushed and milled to a specified grain size, so that it can be properly applied to the face, and then agglomerated for further product packaging, safe transportation and ease of dosing for end users.
Additionally, extracted copper ore, which contains only a few percent of pure copper, requires firstly grinding, then mechanical enrichment and lastly briquetting before the process of smelting copper matte. Such examples, although small and narrow, illustrate well that the mechanical processing of granular and fibrous materials, although usually invisible, played a key role in the technological advancement of human civilization. The multitude of materials of this type means that they cannot be easily unified. The granular and fibrous materials can be of various origins, e.g. agricultural, from forest and mining industries, chemical processing, waste management or even the food industry.
Depending on the material application, for example, as a ballast for railway tracks, bread flour, medicine pills etc., for both powder and granules, it is important to achieve proper shape and size.
It is certain that each of these materials in terms of preparation and further use require the selection of an appropriate mechanical processing technology and development of favorable process conditions.
This Special Issue is intended to share our experience with the mechanical processing of granular and fibrous materials from the side of both processes and machines.
I encourage you to publish scientific papers in the field of mechanical processing technologies, machines and devices, as well as new inventions and challenges, in particular regarding crushing, agglomeration, enrichment and waste management.
Prof. Dr. Michał Bembenek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- agglomeration
- grinding
- milling
- screening
- flotation
- materials mechanical processing
- materials transport
- materials storage
