Classification of Mechanical Process Engineering

Beginning in 1957 by H. Rumpf, Professor at and Director of the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering at the Technical University (TH) of Karlsruhe, West Germany, and later by others, mechanical process technology was opened to scientific treatment by introducing definitions and classifications. 

Raw materials of process technology (ores, coal, stones) 

This basic classification is complemented by transportation methods because materials must be fed to or discharged from process steps and storage may be necessary before, between, and/or after processing. Particle size analysis quantitatively determines the distribution of particle sizes in the disperse system, a task of utmost importance since particle size, distribution, particle shape, and particle concentration decisively influence the behavior of a particulate system. 

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