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A guide to maximising ball mill circuit classification …

Using the data in Table 1, an example CSE calculation for a typical reverse fed ball mill circuit where 75 μs is the circuit (cyclone overflow) target P80 follows: From the ball mill …

ROM ball mill design

A side by side study: RoM ball and AG mill with F80 around 50 mm and a mill product P80 of around 250um, indicated the OWI is also considerably higher, and although it is known to be biased against finer products, the difference is sufficiently large to indicate that the RoM ball mill is less efficient than AG milling.

Bond Work Index Procedure and Method

Cleaning and Storing of Ball Mill Charge after the Bond Work Index Procedure is done: Add about 500 g of silica sand into the mill containing the ball charge. Seal the mill. Rotate for 20 revolutions to …

Design SAG mill production when you need it most: In …

mesh (1.7 mm) ensuring that the ball mill will work efficiently. Coarser screens than 10 mm will cause serious losses in ball mill efficiency. Ball mill feed must never exceed 80% passing 3 mm if reasonable ball mill efficiency is expected. The practice of using ½ inch screens (trommels) is an encroachment on this limit and is perhaps the most

How to theoretically calculate energy consumption of …

The specific energy consumption at the motor input can be predicted using Bond's equation: E = 10 × CWi × (P80 – ½ - F80 –½). where CWi is your work index, F80 is the 80% passing size of the feed measured in µm, and P80 is the 80% passing size of the product measured in µm. E is the specific energy in kWh/tonne. Very important -- there are five types of …

Secrets of the Bond Ball mill grindability test

The Bond ball mill grindability test is one of the most common metrics used in the mining industry for ore hardness measurements. The test is an important part of the Bond work …

Energy Efficient Ball Mill Circuit – Equipment Sizing

1. A power-based method is first utilised to determine the required ball mill power consumption to achieve the required product P80. This would give the required ball mill power in closed circuit with cyclones operating at 250% circulating load. 2. Adjustment of the ball mill power to account for effect of higher classification efficiency of ...

Estimation methodology for Bond ball mill work index …

A standard Bond mill (Fig. 1) was designed to perform the work index tests and determine the energy consumption of various s minerals.The mill has a round internal housing at the corners, has no lifters, and is for dry grinding. The inner diameter and the length are 0.305 m, and the ball load is 19.4% of mill volume (equaling a total weight of …

Calculation of energy required for grinding in a ball mill

The grinding-product size, P, in a Bond ball mill, ... These functions for G and P enable us to calculate the value of W i for any other size of grinding product if we know the work index W i and aperture size of the screen P k. Previous article in issue; Next article in issue; International Journal of Mineral Processing, 25 (1989) 41-46 41 ...

Formula to calculate grinding media wear rate for cement mill

The media wear rate for a ball mill is an important parameter in achieving efficient mill operation. ... -The feed rate and composition of the slurry - The type of grinding media. To calculate the specific energy (W/kg) required to break and grind a material from F80=100μm to P80=10μm, Bond Work Index test is conducted on experimental mill by ...

Ball mill work index adjustment

At minimum, test two different closing mesh sizes (the closing size you did the original tests at, and the closing size that matches your new desired P80). Three or four different mesh sizes are better. Calculate the Bond specific energy of each ball mill test, E ball = 10 × Wi (P80-0.5 - F80-0.5).

Let the ball mill P80=150 um (constant), how can we reduce …

Does making the ball mill close circuit, reduce its P80. (e.g letting the hydrocyclone produce an overflow of 130 um). this would mean, most of the pulp will go to the underflow. ... You have the ball mill work index, use that to calculate how much energy you need to perform the grind at each particle size.

Bond´s work index estimation using non-standard ball mills

It is a well-known fact that the value of the Bond work index (wi) for a given ore varies along with the grinding size. In this study, a variability bysis is carried out with the Bond standard ...

Grinding & Classification Circuits

The T80 (is the P80 of the primary ball mill and the F80 to the secondary ball mill circuit) is measured at the pipe departing the primary ball mill. The P80 is the product of the …

Closed circuit ball mill – Basics revisited | Request PDF

For a closed circuit ball mill flowsheet as represented in Figure 2, a simplified relationship (Equation 1) for relative capacity at different circulating load and classification efficiencies was ...

Digital Solutions to Evaluate Ball Mill Circuit …

According to McIvor it is calculated by estimating the average percentage of coarse material in the ball mill, with the cut-off size between coarse and fine material being generally …

Ball Mill Circulating Load

Calculating a grinding circuit's circulating loads based on Screen Analysis of its slurries.. Compared to %Solids or Density based Circulating load equations, a more precise method of determining grinding circuit tonnages uses the screen size distributions of the pulps instead of the dilution ratios.Pulp samples collected around the ball mill or rod …

Measurement of electrical energy consumption in a Bond ball mill

The specific comminution energy for milling in the Bond test mill appears to be based on 60 J/rev, which defines the net energy required in the Bond ball mill to realise the same grinding ...

Small Ball Mill Capacity & Sizing Table

Do you need a quick estimation of a ball mill's capacity or a simple method to estimate how much can a ball mill of a given size …

Ball Mill Design/Power Calculation

Use this online calculators for Motor Sizing and Mill sizing as well as mill capacity determinators. In extracting from …

Correction of Bond Ball Mill Work Index Test for Closing …

Table 1: Bond Ball Mill Grindability Test Summary Closing size, µm Copper Mountain F80 (µm) P80 (µm) Gram per Revolution Work Index (metric) Specific Energy, kWh/t 300 GeoMet Composite 2669.8 215.1 1.04 26.2 12.8 SAG Belt End 2812.4 210.4 1.03 25.8 12.9 SAG Belt Start 2626.5 216.0 1.03 26.6 12.9 SAG Belt Mid 2627.2 212.1 …

Scats production in overflow ball mill

Thank you dear DAVID. The last stages of vibrating screening is 12 mm D80=de to 10 mm measured by exploitation team The ball mill size added: 2/3 is of 100mm and 75 mm 1/3 Actually the initial work index changed and we tried to calculate the operational work index according to a follow-up of the parameters below but I don't have any conclusions …

Calculate and Select Ball Mill Ball Size for …

In Grinding, selecting (calculate) the correct or optimum ball size that allows for the best and optimum/ideal or target grind size to be achieved by your ball mill is an important thing for a Mineral Processing …

AMIT 135: Lesson 7 Ball Mills & Circuits – Mining …

Explain the role of ball mill in mineral industry and why it is extensively used. Describe different types of ball mill design. Describe the components of ball mill. Explain their understanding of ball mill operation. Explain …

P80 of Bond ball mill Work Index tests

The laboratory procedure for running a Bond ball mill work index test requires that the operator choose a closing screen sieve size. The instruction is to choose a sieve size that results in the ...

De-Bottlenecking the Ball mill Circuit with Hydro …

De-Bottlenecking the Ball mill Circuit with Hydro-cyclone Control *Kevin Erwin1, Connor Meinke2, and Rajiv Chandramohan3 1. Operations Optimization, Ausenco, Canada, Lead Process Consultant, kevin.erwin@ausenco ... distribution (circuit P80) • Potentially high ball mill circulating loads • The onset of hydrocyclone roping (inefficient ...

Crushing in Mineral Processing

Since there are not that many small SAG mill operations of under 2000 TPD, and most sub-2000 TPD mills are built with rod mills and/or ball mills only; the upstream crusher plant needs to have sufficient crushing power to provide a P80 to grinding of typically <1.5″ (40 mm) and often as finely crushed as <3/8″ (9 mm).

Secrets of the Bond Ball mill grindability test

The ball mill grindability test sometimes referred to as the Bond test was developed in the 1930s by the Allis ... Reduction Ratio (F80^0.2/P80^0.6) i. The test feed size is replaced with 2440 µm, a typical feed size observed for samples prepared by stage-crushing.

Digital Solutions to Evaluate Ball Mill Circuit …

residence time ball mill model to constrain simulations and prevent Zoverfilling [ and a loss of grinding ... Procedure to Calculate Volume-Based Slurry Residence Time in a Ball Mill to Identify Mill Overfilling Onset From Shi (2016) ... loosely represented by P80 approaches. Ballantyne et al. (2015) described the linear relationship ...

High recirculating loads in Ball Mill Circuits

Why do ball mills have such high circulating loads?The ball mill grinds. The cyclones separate. But the pump neither grinds nor separates. ... When you are processing 200 ktpd and grinding to a P80 of 200-300 microns …