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T T he APIC underbed air-pulsed jig effectively produces clean saleable products

from raw materials by separating particles of different densities. It can now be

equipped with JigScan to further enhance performance and ease of operation.

 JigScan is a fully integrated and PLC-based automatic jig control system which:

s reduces or eliminates much of the operator attention needed for efficient operation of a jig;

s provides improved control over product quality;

s provides higher yields of ‘on-specification’ product;

s automatically raises an alarm if separation efficiency drops; and

s automatically sequences start-ups and shut-downs to optimise production.

 JigScan has been used industrially with great success in the coal, ferrous ores and wastes

industries. It is supplied exclusively with new APIC Jigs .

 Jig sensors on an APIC Jig equipped with a PLC-

based JigScan, controlling two jigs simultaneously.

The APIC Jig Now fitted with JigScan The APIC Jig Now fitted with JigScan 

An APIC modular jig plant in production beneficiating coarse 

manganese ore.

The air 

distribution

system and 

hydraulic gate 

controls on

a 550 t/h

fine coal jig.

A JigScan

interface for jigs in

the control 

room of a

1 200 t/h

coal 

washing 

plant.

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How JigScan works 

P P articles of different densities in a homogeneous

bed of solid material are stratified by water

pulsed through the jig’s bed plate.  JigScan ensures

that optimal stratification, steady product quality and

highest possible yields are obtained by:

s Maintaining a steady water-pulse shape even

when the feed or throughput of material changes

s Adjusting the pulsing energy function of the bed

mass

s Closely controlling the discharge of heavy

material from the stratified bed.

Every time JigScan’s powerful high scan

frequency PLC system reads the jig’s sensors,

it issues algorithm-based control commands. The

system can control the jigging air pressure, theopening and closing times of the valves, the

average water levels in the air chambers and the

density cut-point at the jig discharge gate. A

measurement and graphical display can be

provided of the water and air pressures in the jig,

the variation of air pressure and the water velocity

pulse waveform in each compartment and the

variation of bed density during each pulse at a

chosen position above the bed plate.

APIC Jig / JigScan development 

T T he APIC Jig is the key equipment around which

the BATEMAN process for coal cleaning,

upgrading of ores and recovery of metal from slag is

based. The jig was initially designed and produced

by FCB in France, and is now part of the BATEMAN

range of products. Over decades it has been

developed and proven in industry and represents the

current state-of-the-art in jigging technology.

The JigScan jig control systems are the

result of 15 years of development by JKMRC, and

are now sold exclusively by BATEMAN.

BATEMAN and its partners 

B B ATEMAN entered into a partnership with other leading organisations

and experts in jigging so as to bring the best possible solution to the

client. This partnership collaborates fully in the development of jigging

technology and offers jigs with various levels of control, depending upon

client requirements and the type of materials to be treated.

s BATEMAN is a process engineering and project management

company with a significant track record in the design and

construction of specialised equipment and production plants for coal

washing, the upgrading of ores and the recovery of metal from slag

using gravity-separation techniques. It acquires new technologies

while improving its own technology and promotes complementary

relationships in order to maintain a competitive advantage.

s Mintek, South Africa’s national minerals-research organisation, works

with industry and other research organisations worldwide to research,

develop and implement new and improved technologies in the

minerals and metallurgical sectors. Many advances in extraction,refining and manufacturing technology that originated in South Africa

have been successfully exported and Mintek has become an

international player in this field.

s  JKMRC (the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre) is an

internationally renowned self-funded research institute and consulting

organisation in The University of Queensland. It works closely with the

mining industry in Australia and overseas to develop and apply new

knowledge in mining and in mineral and coal processing. It has for

many years been a world leader in the application of modelling and

computer simulation to mineral process design and optimisation.

Mobile APIC Jig equipped with JigScan - specially 

designed for coal and ores.

Operator interface 

to the JigScan for 

the control of seven

compartments.

Bateman BV Haaksbergweg 59, 1101 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands

Offices in Africa, the Americas, Australasia, Eurasia and the Middle East 

Contact us directly at ...Tel: +27-11-899-2107 Fax: +27-11-899-2896 Email: jigging@batemanbv.com Web: www.batemanbv.com 

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