Barrier/Isodynamic/Low Field Control/Canister

Separation of dry materials

The Frantz
according to magnetic
Magnetic Barrier
Laboratory Separator susceptibility, exploiting either
(Model LB-1)
paramagnetic or diamagnetic
properties. More than 3.5 times the
magnetic separating force of the
Isodynamic separator, as well as
improved particle feed and transport
systems. The actual separation can
be observed since the separating
region is not hidden by the
equipment.
Since 1935 a unique and
outstanding research tool
for the mineral
investigator. Separates dry
granular materials
according to their
magnetic susceptibilities.
Used at geological and
mineralogical laboratories
worldwide, having set the
standard for such
separations.

FRANTZ

Magnetic Separator
(Model L-1)

Frantz Low Field Control

(Model LFC-2)

An accessory used with either model LB-1 or L-1, providing

the conditions required for separating ferromagnetic
materials according to differences in their magnetic
properties.
It is connected in the coil circuit of the separator and
comprises means for reversing the direction of the coil
current; sensing a zero field condition in the separator's
working space; adjusting and monitoring the current from
zero to about 100 milliamperes; and for pulsing the current
at selected frequencies between approximately 3 and 35 Hertz and amplitude from zero to
about 90 milliamperes.

Frantz Canister Separator

(Model L-1CN)

Provides a bench top high gradient, high intensity magnetic separator

for processing liquid suspensions of fine particles.
With the regulated power supply the magnetic field strength in the
empty separating chamber is variable from 0 to approximately 15,500 16,000 Gauss.
The operation of the equipment is economical due to the small gap in
the magnetic circuit in which the canister is placed. Air-cooled coils
provide the necessary ampere turns.
The equipment cost is particularly low for owners of either model L-1
or LB-1 separators, since the model L1-CN shares the same base,
magnet assembly and power supply.

Conversion of Isodynamics to Barrier Separators.

The Barrier inventions carry forward a branch of magnetic
separation technology which began with inventions by Samuel G.
Frantz, the founder of the Company. The Frantz Isodynamic
Separator, embodying these inventions, became the leading
device for separation according to magnetic susceptibility. The
inventions are widely acknowledged to have provided the key to
selective separation.3
The Frantz Isodynamic Separator has a virtually unlimited
useful life. The elements of the Magnetic Barrier Laboratory
Separator were consequently designed so that all parts can be
installed in the base and the magnetic circuit of any Isodynamic
Separator to convert it to a Barrier. (The first prototype of the
Isodynamic Separator, manufactured in 1935 by Frantz, was in
service at Bryn Mawr College in 1989, when it was converted to
a Barrier.) The Bundesanstalt fr Geowissenschaft und Rohstoffe
of Hannover, Germany, converted one Isodynamic Separator to a
Barrier in 1988, three more in 1989, and three more again in

1990.
3. U.S. Patent No. 2,056,426, issued October 6, 1936, to Samuel G. Frantz, assigned to S. G.
Frantz Co. A recent paper by Gerhold, J., POTENTIAL OF A DRY ROTATING-DISK
MAGNETIC SEPARATOR, Magnetic and Electrical Separation, Vol. 3, No. 4, June, 1992; pp.
241-258 (at p. 241 and footnote 1, p. 257) cites the patent as the reference for the statement
The key to truly selective separation has been known for several decades.

Figure 4.: Photograph of Standard Parts

Above photo features all standard parts for guiding
particles into the Barrier field:

(a) Diamagnetic feed trough

(b) Steep side slope feed trough

(c) Feed blade

(d) Feed trough assembly

Figure 5: The hopper has an orifice one

quarter inch in diameter above an
adjustableplatform. Material piling up on
the platform stops flow out of the hopper
until vibration is supplied.

Specifications
for fig. 6
Electrical power
required:
110-120V .a.c.,
3.0 A., 50-60 Hertz.

The
Frantz

Mag
netic Size:
16 x 32 x 34" high
Barrie (41 x 81 x 86 cm)
r
Labor
atory
Separ
ator,
Model
LB-1 (
Compl
ete
System
).

Figure 6: The Barrier feed and travel systems have

overcome difficulties often experienced with the
Isodynamic Separator, such as clogging of the feed
mechanism and erratic movement of particles.

Approx. Net
weight: 329 lbs
(150 kg)
Approx.
Shipping
weight: 555 lbs
(252 kg)
Shipped in 3
wood cases + 1
carton

The power supply, installed between

the alternating current source and the
separators coils, provides linked
regulation of direct current and
voltage. As resistance increases with
heating of the coils, voltage increases
automatically to maintain the
selected current.

The feed system is mounted on the column of the base. The

feed hopper is suspended over the receiving compartment of
In normal intermittent operation
the chute.
stable currents up to about 1.8
Amperes can be maintained in
The feed and travel systems have separate electrical circuits
ambient temperature up to
and controls. The chute is supported on a sturdy, movable
approximately 32 C (90 F).
carriage to which the chute vibrator is attached at an attitude
which transmits vibration at an angle upward from the
With the former electrical system,
surface of the chute.
without current regulation, maximum
current at start-up of 1.8 A fell off to
1.5 A within one half-hour.