Quantifying the energy efficiency of fine grinding circuits

The apparent inefficiency of SAG mills when using Bond analysis is widely understood to be due to the difference in the slopes of the size distributions. In contrast, when the SSE75 was calculated, it showed the SAG mill consumed 20% less energy to produce final product material than the ball mill. Since the aim of a …

Choosing a SAG Mill to Achieve Design Performance

A further explanation is required to explain the importance of designing the SAG mill chamber to draw required power at optimum operating conditions of 75% critical speed and less than 30% by volume load. Recent studies in the three-foot diameter SAG mill are instructive. The following graph shows the relevant facts as Figure 2.

PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION OF LARGE SAG MILL LINER …

Due to its strong lifting capacity and excellent grinding performance, the trapezoidal liner is widely used in the SAG mill. The structure of the trapezoidal liner is shown in Fig. 1, the main dimensions are: dip angle (tau), length of the top edge (L) and height (h).Dip angle (tau) determines the trajectory of the mediums in the SAG mill, …

Difference Between Sag Mill vs Ball Mill

1. SAG mill is the primary tool for grinding. SAG mill is used before the other mills. Ball mill is a secondary, and it is used after the SAG mill. 2. SAG mill breaks the raw material into pieces for the further grinding. Ball mill is …

Grinding Mill Computer Model

presentation, a graph showing the mill design relative to the minimum required and a data base of the mill regularly offered by the suppliers. Some of the larger size mills ... For SAG mills the equation becomes Power=(5.6115+%balls*0.1438)*D24. 6* L Mill Critical speed Crit Crit D =

SAG Conference Paper as Submitted

Figure 3 – Discharge end of the 38' SAG mill at Canadian Malartic with feed chute in place Intelligent Bolts The prediction and monitoring of liner wear inside a SAG or Ball mill has traditionally been accomplished and confirmed by a number of different methods, many of which require people to enter the mill. ...

MILL OPERATORS CONFERENCE 2012 TALK 011-012-07

mill operators conference hobart 2012 • single stage ball mills treating hard ore are inefficient • for example the 22ft dia x 40.5 ft lg xstrata zinc mill at mt isa • the bond laboratory rmwi and bmwi values are recorded at 16kwh/t • the operating work index is currently in the region of 21kwh/t to 25kwh/t • in other words • over 30% higher than the …

Semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill liner design and …

Semi-autogenous grinding mills (SAG mills) are tumbling mills that most commonly have a shell diameter-to-length ratio of around two. With this high aspect ratio, SAG mills generate both thrown and cascading ball-milling actions with shell linings shaped to lift and to throw alloy steel grinding balls of up to 150 mm (6 in.) in diameter. These

20150806 Survey Sample Grinding Circuits-GMG-ICE-v01 …

Grinding (AG), Semi-Autogenous Grinding (SAG), rod, and ball mill circuits operating within the normal range of appli-cation. This guideline does not directly address analysis of crushing plants and fine grinding circuits, but it is a useful reference for such endeavors. Applying power-based analysis techniques requires suf-

Dynamic modeling and simulation of a SAG mill-pebble …

The dynamic model of an AG/SAG mill includes several interlinked sub-process modules, and these modules can be updated individually. As shown in Fig. 1, the mill is divided into n sections, where m is the section number and q is the transported material. All sections have the same length, and each section contains a dataset of …

Optimizing your SAG mill operation

The amount of pebbles passing through the grate increases with the angle of the grate. It is imperative to ensure the efficient removal of both slurry and coarse pebbles (critical size) in order to ensure the efficient operation of AG/SAG mills. Elimination of the above mentioned material transport problems will allow the mill to respond truly ...

SAG Mill | Autogenous and Semi-Autogenous Mills

Single stage SAG Mills are very beneficial in reducing CAPEX for plants with a staged throughput approach. When future tonnage is to be increased, the SAG Mill can feed downstream ball milling to boost capacity. Fuller-Traylor SAG/AG Mills range in size from 4.3m through 12.2m in diameter with powers as high as 28,000 kW.

SAG Mill Grinding Circuit Design

SAG Mill Design and Specification . The Kidston plant was designed to process 7500 tpd fresh ore of average hardness; but to optimise profit during the first two years of operation when softer oxide ore will be …

SAG mill

Application in CIL Plant. SAG mill can be applied as the first stage grinding equipment. It can effectively avoid the occurrence of sliming phenomenon, and avoid further grinding of fine particles.

Method to Determine the Ball Filling, in Miduk Copper …

one SAG mill (9.75 dia.(m)*3.88 length(m)) following two parallel ball mills (5dia.(m)*7lenght(m)). The aim of this research work was to investigate on the ball filling estimation of Miduk semi-autogenous (SAG) Mill via an utilized method. Miduk SAG Mill circuit is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Diagram of Miduk Copper Complex

Comparison of Ore Hardness Measurements for …

size F80 of 152 mm to 80% passing 1.7 mm, and a simple adjustment procedure in case the SAG product size needed to be adjusted. Bond rod and ball mill work indices are readily converted to pinion energy for rod and ball mills but not for SAG mills. Reproducibility, while not studied in this paper is clearly a part of the meaningfulness of …