MINISTRY OF HIGHER ECDUCATION AND SCINTIFIC RESERCH

MIDDLE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BAGHDAD
Experiment No(3)

(Milling)Ball Mill

Aim of Experiment :

. Definition the ball mill and Identify its parts.

. Identify the working principle of ball mill.

. Determine the operating conditions of the ball mill.

.knowledge the factors affecting the grinding efficiency.

Introduction:

Milling refers to the process of breaking down, separating, sizing, or classifying aggregate material. For
instance rock crushing or grinding to produce uniform aggregate size for construction purposes, or
separation of rock, soil or aggregate.

Grinding may serve the following purposes in engineering:

 increase of the surface area of a solid.

 manufacturing of a solid with a desired grain size.

Theory:
In materials processing a grinder is a machine for producing fine particle size reduction
through attrition and compressive forces at the grain size level.
Ball mill
A type of grinder, is a cylindrical device used in grinding (or mixing) materials like ores, chemicals,
ceramic raw materials and paints. Ball mills rotate around a horizontal axis, partially filled with the material
to be ground plus the grinding medium. Different materials are used as media including
ceramic balls, flint pebbles and stainless steel balls.

Ball mill working principle

The ball mill is a horizontal rotating device transmitted by the outer gear. When the barrel rotates, steel
balls or other grinding media in the barrel are lifted to a certain height and fall down freely, so materials in
the barrel are impacted. Grinding media mixing with materials impact and grind materials continuously. The
grinding media and materials impact and grind each other when the ball mill rotates continuously. The final
product will be discharged from outlet when it meets the request, so the grinding process is finished
application range, simple structure and convenient maintenance. Ball mills normally operate with an
approximate ball charge of 30%. Ball. The feed is at one end of the cylinder and the discharge is at the other.
The grinding works on the principle of critical speed. The critical speed can be understood as that speed
after which the steel balls (which are responsible for the grinding of particles) start rotating along the
direction of the cylindrical device; thus causing no further grinding.
 MINISTRY OF HIGHER ECDUCATION AND SCINTIFIC RESERCH
MIDDLE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BAGHDAD
There are many types of grinding media suitable for use in a ball mill, each material having its own
specific properties and advantages. Key properties of grinding media are size, density, hardness, and
composition.

Critical Speed:
If the peripheral speed of the mill is very high, it begins to act like a centrifuge and the balls do not fall back,
but stay on the perimeter of the mill and that point is called the "Critical Speed” (nc).This phenomenon is
called centrifuging. Ball mills usually operate aof the critical speed. The critical speed is calculated as under

..eq 1

Radius of mill in meter

Average Radius of balls ( grinding media) in meter
Procedures :
. Calculate the dimensions of ball mill D &L.
. Determine the Volume of Grinding Charge Vp .
. Calculate the weight of material which must be crushed.
.Calculate the number of grinding media(Balls).
. Weighing the material which be milled.
.Calculate the critical speed.
.Calculate the operation speed(mill speed).
.Put the material which must be mined and the balls in the jar and close it.
.Determine the operation speed from the speed bottom.
.Determine the time of operation( if it batch process).
.Turn on the ball mill.
.Turn off the electrical switch, and discharge the material after finish the limited time for grinding.
.Sieving the material product.

Calculations and results

Write all the calculations and results of the equations, mention to units
Discussion
.Give the conditions which lead to use wet milling.
. There are many types of grinding media suitable for use in a ball mill,List them according the followings
a-The Shape b- The material of made
.Give the applications and uses of ball mill
.Are the balls in mill have the same size? explain briefly
.What are the Factors Affecting Size of Product from Ball Mill?( List at least three with brief explain)
References
. Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing, D. Sauer‫و‬D. Theilliol , 2004.
. Principles of Mineral Processing: Maurice C. Fuerstenau،KennethN,2003.
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