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    Ball Mill Internals

    GRINDING I – Training Session


    Ball Mill Internals

    Content
    • Partitions
    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Full liftered double wall diaphragm
    • Adjustable double wall diaphragm
    • Outlet partitions
    • Slots design
    • Ventilation screens

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 2


    Ball Mill Internals

    Content
    • Partitions
    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Full liftered double wall diaphragm
    • Adjustable double wall diaphragm
    • Outlet partitions
    • Slots design
    • Ventilation screens

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 3


    Ball Mill Internals

    Different types of partitions

    • Partition between chambers


    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Double wall diaphragm full lifting
    • Double wall diaphragm with adjustable blade

    • Outlet partition

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 4


    Ball Mill Internals

    Purposes of a partition
    • Main partition roles
    • Keep grinding media in several compartments
    • Material flow control (double wall)
    • Help air flow (lowest pressure drop)

    • Specific roles
    • For intermediate partitions: control the compartment
    output material size

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 5


    Ball Mill Internals

    Content
    • Partitions
    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Full liftered double wall diaphragm
    • Adjustable double wall diaphragm
    • Outlet partitions
    • Slots design
    • Ventilation screens

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 6


    Ball Mill Internals

    Single wall partition


    • It is only a ball screen between the chambers

    Advantage Disadvantages

    • Do not take much • No flow regulation


    space • Small difference of ball
    filling rate between
    chambers

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 7


    Ball Mill Internals

    Content
    • Partitions
    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Full liftered double wall diaphragm
    • Adjustable double wall diaphragm
    • Outlet partitions
    • Slots design
    • Ventilation screens

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 8


    Ball Mill Internals

    Double wall partition


    • It is the most common partition
    Outer Grate Segment
    Inner Grate Segment
    Center Hub or Cone
    Center Screen (Mill Sweep)

    Typical Chamber Filling Level

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 9


    Ball Mill Internals

    Full liftered double wall partition


    3. Material is gravity dropped through
    the center hub and into the next
    compartment Side View of a Partition

    2. Material is lifted by
    mill rotation 3
    Gas Flow

    BM Load Level

    . 1

    1. Material fills the chamber ,


    in between the slotted plates
    and blind plates

    Lifters can be curved, straight or adjustable.


    Assembly is sometimes called a partition's spider.

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 10


    Ball Mill Internals

    Full liftered double wall partition


    • Advantage
    • Accelerate material flow in
    the mill

    • Disadvantage
    • Tendency to empty the first
    chamber

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 11


    Ball Mill Internals

    Content
    • Partitions
    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Full liftered double wall diaphragm
    • Adjustable double wall diaphragm
    • Outlet partitions
    • Slots design
    • Ventilation screens

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 12


    Ball Mill Internals

    Adjustable double wall partition

    • Purpose
    • Control the empty zone before the partition by
    regulating the material level in the partition
    • Control different filling rates in both chambers

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 13


    Ball Mill Internals

    Slegten Adjustable Partition Wall


    • Fitted with scoops inside the partition.
    • Position of the scoops to adjust to control the flow (trial and
    error)
    Scoop in full closed Scoop in full open
    position position

    Material level

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 14


    Ball Mill Internals

    Pfeiffer Adjustable Partition


    3rd generation diaphragms 4th generation diaphragms

    Flow control
    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 15
    Ball Mill Internals

    Content
    • Partitions
    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Full liftered double wall diaphragm
    • Adjustable double wall diaphragm
    • Outlet partitions
    • Slots design
    • Ventilation screens

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 16


    Ball Mill Internals

    Compound mill outlet partition

    • Purpose
    • Evacuate the material flow
    out of the mill
    • Allow the nibs to go out of
    the mill
    • Two existing types
    • Full lifting
    • With flow control

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 17


    Ball Mill Internals

    Air flow + fines particles


    Bi-rotator mill outlet partition
    • Characteristics
    • Good
    permeability for
    pore pressure
    drop 1st chamber 2nd chamber
    side side
    • Poor flow control
    • To manage the
    material filling
    rate, the only
    way is to
    plug the
    slots

    Material discharge

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 18


    Ball Mill Internals

    Content
    • Partitions
    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Full liftered double wall diaphragm
    • Adjustable double wall diaphragm
    • Outlet partitions
    • Slots design
    • Ventilation screens

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 19


    Ball Mill Internals

    Slots design


    s

    The ground material is transferred


    through the slots.
    40-70
    The design of the slots, slot width and
    stability of the slot shape have an
    important process function.
    s+3

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 20


    Ball Mill Internals

    Slots design
    moulded

    • Angles of the slots

    • Inlet angle 70° to 90° Bazzi

    • Outlet angle 12° to 14°

    Pfeiffer

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 21


    Ball Mill Internals

    Slots design
    General Rule

    • Size of the slots Discharge


    Diaphragm =
    Intermediate
    Diaphragm + 2 mm

    • Raw Mills
    • Transfer diaphragm:16 to 20mm
    • Intermediate diaphragm:10 mm
    • Discharge diaphragm:12 mm

    • Cement Mills
    • Intermediate diaphragm:6 to 8 mm
    • Discharge diaphragm:8 to 10 mm

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 22


    Ball Mill Internals

    Slots design With the slot flared


    out, material can pass
    Some metal will peen freely without jamming
    over the slot, but it will
    break off here in time

    Beyond here, the slot begins to widen


    Best design
    (concentrically)

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 23


    Ball Mill Internals

    Slots design

    • Peening of slots
    • Consequence: slots
    have to be opened by
    manual grinding

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 24


    Ball Mill Internals

    Outer Grate Casting

    • Cast grooves to protect slots

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 25


    Ball Mill Internals

    Optimum Material Level 1st Chamber

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 26


    Ball Mill Internals

    Optimum Material level 2nd chamber

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 27


    Ball Mill Internals

    Lifter bar on partition


    • Role: avoid wear of the partition by ball rotation on
    the surface

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 28


    Ball Mill Internals

    Content
    • Partitions
    • Single wall diaphragm
    • Full liftered double wall diaphragm
    • Adjustable double wall diaphragm
    • Outlet partitions
    • Slots design
    • Ventilation screens

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 29


    Ball Mill Internals

    Good permeability
    Ventilation Screens
    • Purpose
    • Insure gas flow
    • Preventing balls from passing between
    compartments
    • Specifications
    • Maximum permeability (cleanliness)
    • Mechanical behaviour with the 90
    mm balls
    • Screen# < 40 mm in C1
    • Screen# < 15 mm in C2 to
    prevent 20 mm balls from escaping
    • Corrective measures
    • Cleaning or replacement

    Total lack of permeability

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 30


    Ball Mill Internals

    Partition control - Reminders

    • Wear control
    • Slot size and dimensions Discharge Intermediate
    Diaphragm = Diaphragm + 2 mm
    • Lifter of the step partition

    • Cleaning actions
    • Nibs in the slots
    • Foreign materials on central screen (raw mill essentially)

    • Maintenance action
    • Remove slot peens with a disc grinder

    KUJ – July 2012 – Grinding I - 31

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