A study ofpolygradient media structure regularities
We have proved that the choice of the structure of poligradient media is one of the most important stages in new designs of mag- netic separators. Ferromagnetic solids are considered as generating elements of the internal structure of poligradient media, which are elementary monostructuresof various geometric forms that, in terms of genetic concepts, are the parental chromosomes. We have specified that the genetic synthesis algorithms are based on genetic synthesis operators-in particular, on the genetic operators of crossover, rep- lication, mutation,and spatial inversion. We have proved that the problem of selecting a poligradient medium in the working bodies of the separator must be solved through structural synthesis and, in the future, taking into account the properties of the medium, also parametric synthesis. Using genetic operators, we have synthesized an inner structure of a poligradient medium, in which an elementary monostructure generating unit is an isosceles triangle-shaped plate. The reliability of the research findings has been confirmed.