The dense medium cyclone (DMC), also known as the heavy medium cyclone, is the work horse of modern coal preparation to upgrade run-of-mine coal in the 0.5–50 mm size range. Its working principle has been well documented ( King and Juckes, 1984, Svarovsky, 1984, Wills, 1992, Chu et al., 2009a ). A small improvement on the …