"dry blower" meaning in All languages combined

See dry blower on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dry blowers [plural]
Etymology: From being a machine that does not need water to produce concentrate, and uses air flow instead. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry blower (plural dry blowers)
  1. (mining) A machine that uses an air blower to blow away light fines to concentrate heavy fines and larger bits, from pay dirt. This concentrate can then go through further refinement. Categories (topical): Mining Coordinate_terms: air knife, ball mill, blower, centrifugal concentrator, shaker, sluice box, trommel, wash plant
    Sense id: en-dry_blower-en-noun-ZGrOZHPS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Topics: business, mining

Inflected forms

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