Tumbling Mills

Tumbling Ball Mills, and other forms of tumbling mills such as tube mills and rod mills, form a significant class of equipment used for the size reduction of a wide variety of materials such as minerals, ores, coal, carbon products and general chemicals. These operate by introducing the material to be milled into a rotating vessel which contains a grinding medium (eg steel balls or rods) and the material is ground (wet or dry) by attrition through the tumbling action of the mill. Slow rotational speeds combined with simple and robust construction make them ideal for grinding hard and abrasive materials where continuity of service, low maintenance and minimum downtime are a necessity. There are many different mill designs, each configured for a specific purpose, and a selection are described in more detail below. Various lining materials can be used to cope with the abrasive nature of the raw material. Ball mills can be designed to operate continuously (fed at one end of the system and discharged at the other), or on a batch basis for smaller, or intermittent, volume requirements.

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