PDF Grinding in Ball Mills Modeling and Process Control
the mill outside diameter The mill outside diameter is a function of the grinding process selected Autogenous mills are the largest in diameter since the feed grinds itself A semiautogenous mill uses some metallic or ceramic balls to assist the grinding process and can be slightly smaller Ball mills The SAG mill pinion energy W SDT kWht and SAG discharge Bond ball mill work index S dBWI kWht are then used to calculate the total energy to grind the ore from 80 passing 152 mm to 80 passing the client specified final product size P 80This information along with the ore specific gravity is used to calculate necessary mill sizes and motor power in industrial applications When mill power is between 18 and 20 MW which is the current manufacturing limit of ring geared mills 2 either a gearless mill drive GMD or a ring geared mill with dual pinion motors can be chosen Selecting between gearless or ring geared design is mostly dependent on size of the mill and power and speed requirements 3
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