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B: Roller press
Comminution manual B: Roller press
Layout. B.1 Pre-grinding................................................ B.2 Semi-finish grinding........................................ B.3 Finish grinding............................................ B.4 Roller press calculations Symbols........................................................ B.5 Formulas ...................................................... B.6 Typical values................................................. B.7

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B.2
Layout Pre-grinding

Pre-grinding layout Flow splitter controls ratio between material recycled to roller press and pressed material to ball mill Roller press specific power consumption: -2 to ~5 kWh/t material to ball mill Roller press circulation factor Roller press throughput/new feed: 1 - ~ 2.1

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Semi-finish grinding layout Separator controls ratio between material recycled to roller press and pressed material to ball mill. Deagglomeration and separation may be combined in one machine Roller press specific power consumption: ~ 6 to ~ 14 kWh/t material to ball mill

Roller press circulation factor = Roller press throughput/new feed: ~ 2,5 - 6 Page B.3 Roller press

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B.4
layout Finish grinding

Finish grinding layout

Separator controls ratio between material recycled to roller press and pressed material to ball mill. Deagglomeration and separation may be combined in one machine Separator may be divided into a grit separator and separator working in series Roller press specific power consumption (cement grinding): ~14 to ~ 30 kWh/t finished product Roller press circulation factor = Roller press throughput/new feed : ~ 6 to 14 Page B.4 Roller press

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B.5
Roller press Calculations Symbols

D: W: n: v: s: F: B: A: c: : : k T: M: N: E: C: P:
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Roller diameter Roller width Roller speed Roller peripheral velocity Grinding bed thickness Roller force Hydraulic pressure Piston area Number of hydraulic cylinders Density of pressed material Torque factor Specific roller pressure Roller press capacity Power consumption Specific power consumption Roller press circulation factor New feed to roller press

[m] [m] [rpm] [m/s] [m] [kN] [bar] [m2] [-] [kg/m3] [-] [kN/m2] [t/h] [kW] [kWh/t] [-] [Vh]
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B.6
Roller press Calculations Formulas

Total roller force T is calculated from the hydraulic pressure and the number and area of the hydraulic cylinders: T=c A B 102 Specific roller pressure kT is the total force divided by the projected roller area: KT = T/(D W) Peripheral velocity v of the rollers is calculated from the roller speed and the roller diameter: v = P D (n/60) Power consumption N of the roller press is calculated from the applied total force, the peripheral velocity and the rolling torque factor between material and roller surface : N=Tv or when using the specific roller pressure: N = u kT D W v Throughput capacity M of the roller press is calculated from the thickness of the grinding bed, the density of the pressed material, the width of the rollers and the peripheral velocity : M = 3,6 s W v Specific power consumption E1 applied to the material at each pass through the roller press is the power consumption divided by the throughput capacity: E1 = N/M Roller press circulation factor C is the throughput capacity divided by the new feed rate: C = M/P Specific power consumption E applied to the product from the roller press system (finished product ->r product to ball mill) is the [-] [kWh/t] [t/h] [kW] [kW] [m/s] [kN/m2] [kN]

specific power consumption applied to the material at each pass through the roller press multiplied by the circulation factor: E = C E1 Page B.6 Roller press [kWh/t]

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B.7
Roller press Calculations Typical values

Typical roller press parameters Roller press velocity Specific roller pressure [m/s] [kN/m2] 1.3 1.6 6000 (Cement and slag) 4500 (Raw materials) Torque factor Grinding bed [-] [% of D] 0.07 -0.1 1.8- 2.3 2.2- 2.7

Density of pressed materia [t/m3]

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