Patent ID: 8561805

Claim:
A vibratory separator, comprising: a basket assembly comprising a screen apparatus, wherein said basket assembly is adapted to be vibrated so as to facilitate separation of a material to be separated that is introduced to said screen apparatus; a vibratory apparatus operatively coupled to said basket assembly, wherein said vibratory apparatus is adapted to vibrate said basket assembly; at least one sensor apparatus that is adapted to sense a state of said material that has been introduced to said screen apparatus; and a control apparatus, wherein said control apparatus is adapted to adjust said vibratory separator to vibrate said basket assembly at a first vibratory separator setting when said sensed state of said material is at a first sensed state by adjusting an acceleration of said basket assembly to a first preselected acceleration level based on said first sensed state, wherein said control apparatus is further adapted to adjust said vibratory separator to vibrate said basket assembly at a second vibratory separator setting when said sensed state of said material is at a second sensed state that is different than said first sensed state by adjusting said acceleration of said basket assembly to a second preselected acceleration level based on said second sensed state, and wherein said second vibratory separator setting is different than said first vibratory separator setting and said second preselected acceleration level is different than said first preselected acceleration.