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    Size reduction is an important process in many industries where large particles need to be broken down into smaller pieces. There are several reasons for size reduction, including making particles usable, improving separations, increasing reactivity, and easier handling. Common size reduction methods include compression, impact, attrition, and cutting. The selection of equipment depends on factors like the input and desired output sizes, hardness, brittleness, and flammability of the particles. Size reduction is an energy intensive process, with 99% of energy going to equipment operation and heat/noise, while only 1% reduces particle size. Finer sizes require significantly more energy than coarser products.

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    Size reduction is an important process in many industries where large particles need to be broken down into smaller pieces. There are several reasons for size reduction, including making particles usable, improving separations, increasing reactivity, and easier handling. Common size reduction methods include compression, impact, attrition, and cutting. The selection of equipment depends on factors like the input and desired output sizes, hardness, brittleness, and flammability of the particles. Size reduction is an energy intensive process, with 99% of energy going to equipment operation and heat/noise, while only 1% reduces particle size. Finer sizes require significantly more energy than coarser products.

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    Reasons and methods of size reduction

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    Size reduction is an important process in many industries where large particles need to be broken down into smaller pieces. There are several reasons for size reduction, including making particles usable, improving separations, increasing reactivity, and easier handling. Common size reduction methods include compression, impact, attrition, and cutting. The selection of equipment depends on factors like the input and desired output sizes, hardness, brittleness, and flammability of the particles. Size reduction is an energy intensive process, with 99% of energy going to equipment operation and heat/noise, while only 1% reduces particle size. Finer sizes require significantly more energy than coarser products.

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    Size reduction is an important process in many industries where large particles need to be broken down into smaller pieces. There are several reasons for size reduction, including making particles usable, improving separations, increasing reactivity, and easier handling. Common size reduction methods include compression, impact, attrition, and cutting. The selection of equipment depends on factors like the input and desired output sizes, hardness, brittleness, and flammability of the particles. Size reduction is an energy intensive process, with 99% of energy going to equipment operation and heat/noise, while only 1% reduces particle size. Finer sizes require significantly more energy than coarser products.

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    SIZE REDUCTION

    Large particles of solids are cut or broken into small pieces in


    many chemical and other industries such as in food-processing,
    metallurgical , pharmaceutical, cement and cosmetic. The reason
    for reduction of size is
    1) the particles occurs in sizes that are too large to be used
    2) for separation of entrapped components can be carried out
    3) to increase the surface area per unit volume, hence,
    increasing reactivity
    4) to reduces bulk of materials for easier handling and for
    waste disposal
    The methods for size reduction are by :
    1) Compression or crushing disintegation by two rigid forces
    for coarse reduction of hard solids to coarse sizes

    2) Impact/hammer single rigid force to give coarse, medium


    or fine sizes

    3) Attrition or rubbing scraping against one another/a rigid


    surface yields very fine products

    4) Cutting/shearing compressed between the edges of two


    hard surfaces moving tangentially for definite sizes and/or
    definite shape

    The operation is highly energy intensive. 99% of the energy are


    consumed goes into operating the equipment and producing
    undesirable heat and noise, while 1 % goes in reducing particles
    (creating new interfacial area). Reduction to very fine sizes is
    much more costly in terms of energy as compared to relatively
    coarse products.
    The selection of equipments depends on
    1) input size
    2) product size
    3) hardness
    4) brittleness
    5) plasticity
    6) flammability of the particles.
    The major types of reducing equipments are crushers, ultrafine
    grinders, grinders and cutting machines. An ideal crusher would
    have a large capacity, require a small power input per unit of
    product and yield a product of the single size distribution desired.
    As cost of power is a major expense in size reduction equipment,
    so the factors that control this cost are important

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