An apparatus for classifying particulate material comprising at least one tank (2, 4) for receiving a feed containing said particulate material, at least a portion of said particulate material progressing downwardly to a lower region of the at least one tank to be discharged through at least one discharge outlet (32) into a suction line (40), said suction line extending between a reservoir (42) containing a supply of water upstream of said at least one discharge outlet and a pump downstream (44) of said at least one discharge outlet, wherein said pump is adapted to draw water from the reservoir into which is entrained material from said at least one discharge outlet through the suction line.
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