design SAG/ball mill grinding circuits. This new method was developed to allow design engineers to create meaningful grinding circuit designs early in the project development cycle at or before the feasibility study stage so that any problems or uncertainties could be addressed as part of the feasibility study. Previous
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The AG mill (autogenous grinding mill) is a medium-free grinding machine. In order to improve the processing capacity, 2% -3% steel balls can be added (also known as semi autogenous grinding mill or SAG mill). Raw ore or coarse crushed ore from the mine can be directly fed into the AG mill (SAG mill) for grinding.
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The relationship between comminution testwork results and the milling circuit that is subsequently selected is not a direct one and frequently involves recourse to databases of past test results. This in itself reflects the lack of a systematic engineering approach in the design process. This paper reviews comminution tests for SAG mill design in an attempt to identify where the essential ...
• SAG Mill Design Test (Starkey, 2006). There are reasonable correlations between all the tests' data that generally allow any or all of the data to be used to design a SAG mill based grinding circuit for 'typical' ores of a moderate competence range. Issues have arisen where the expected SAG mill specific energy is greater than 10 kWh/t.
Table 4 – SAG Mill Simulation Results Design Throughput (t/hr) P80(mm) P50(mm) Power(kW) kWh/t 1 1250 3.21 0.69 12750 10.2 2 1420 3.13 0.65 12755 9.0 3 1480 3.11 0.63 12749 8.6 As can be seen a significant increase in throughput is obtained with Design 2 with further, though proportionately much less, improvement with Design 3.
mills in the older plants that had many mills in parallel. In fact this is generally still the case in the multi-stream plants, where mill liner design and selection is only tackled on a cost consumables basis. However, the gains to be had through good liner design and selection are just as great as on the large SAG mills.
The discharge grates of the SAG mill were identified as a key component in the SABC circuit, and their design is a crucial factor in the mill's performance [17,18,19,20,21]. The initial design of the grate section caused a serious accumulation of pebbles within the SAG mill which contributed to a decreased grinding efficiency.
The Bond rod mill grindability test is performed similarly to the ball mill test. The feed sample is stage-crushed to ½" (12.5mm) and the test is run under a circulating load. The test can also be closed with various sieve sizes, but for AG/SAG mill analyses the standard 14-mesh (1.18mm) sieve is typically used. The rod mill work index ...
Rod mills are limited in size to 2000 kW because the longest commercial grinding rod available is 6 m long. For this reason rod mills are rarely selected in the present day environment of large AG/SAG mills and large ball mills. However, it is necessary to discuss their operation because a Rod mill product has a similar slope to AG/SAG mills.
new liner design was proposed. Installing the second liner design in AG mill No. 1 and converting it to SAG mill increased the mill throughput by 18% (from 413 to 489 t/h), while the liner life showed a 7% increase. Measurement of the wear profiles of the second liner set indicate that the maximum wear occurs in the centre of the mill.
rate [t/hr], smdc is the SAG mill discharge size distribution [%retained w/w], MV DC_H2O is the SAG mill discharge water addition rate measured variable 3[m3/hr] and SG l is the process water specific gravity [t/m ]. Step 2: SAG Mill Rock Charge The SAG mill rock charge properties (SMRC) and size distribution (smrc) are estimated by the reverse-
Figures 8 and 9 on the right show results from a gold plant's SAG mill achieved with MillStar's Segregated Ore Feed Controller combined with the Power Optimiser: • The standard deviation of the mill feed control is greatly reduced. • The cyclone feed …
SAG mill liner development draws primarily on practical experience from SAG milling operations supported by computer-based modeling of charge motion in SAG mills and on established good design practice. Liner design needs to respond to the process aspects of mill liner action that are critical to good SAG mill performance, i.e., the impact of shell liners on the …
Control of -SemiAutogenous Grinding(SAG) mill weight is an example of an important process that exhibits many of these aspects. Maintaining the SAG mill weight at the optimum value is critical for achieving maximum grind rate efficiency and mill production (Powell, M.S., van der Westhuizen, A.P., & Mainza, A.N. 2009).
These models were MAXIMIZING SAG MILL THROUGHPUT AT PORGERA GOLD MINE linked and simulations performed to study the effect of blast BY OPTIMIZING BLAST FRAGMENTATION fragmentation on SAG mill throughput. A modified blast design at a higher powder factor was selected to produce a finer feed to the primary crusher and SAG mill.
reduced torque, T. Thus, a purchaser who specifies a higher rated speed of the mill will get a lower torque design, usually resulting in a lower motor cost. The paper specifically describes SAG mills, but the equations and principles apply equally to any conventional tumbling mill, such as AG, ball or rod mills.
• Sag Mill • Rod & Ball Mill • Primary and Secondary Cyclone • Thickener Feed • Flotation Feed • Tailings The SRL-XT has extra-thick rubber components that are up to three times thicker than standard rubber-lined pumps. Its heavy-duty design makes it ideal for the toughest applications, especially where coarser slurries are involved.
mills in the older plants that had many mills in parallel. In fact this is generally still the case in the multi-stream plants, where mill liner design and selection is only tackled on a cost consumables basis. However, the gains to be had through good liner design and selection are just as great as on the large SAG mills.
Optimization of mill performance by using online ball and pulp measurements J o u r n a l P a p e r The Journal of The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy VOLUME 110 NON-REFEREED PAPER MARCH 2010 135 Table I Influence of speed and liner design on load dynamics Mill speed Soft design Aggressive design
behavior of large Ring Motors for grinding mills 4 2 Design of Ring Motors Siemens performs electrical and mechanical design of Ring motors in their Dynamowerk factory in Berlin. Ring Motor drive a grinding mill without contact between rotating and fixed parts. This concept avoids girth gear and pinions, which are used for conventional mill ...
The crushed pebbles fall directly onto the SAG mill feed belt and return to the SAG mill. SAG mill product feeds two parallel ball mills of 6.6 m×11.1 m (internal diameter×length), each with a 9.7 MW twin pinion drive. The ball mills are operated at a ball charge volume of 30–32% and 78.5% critical speed.
2.1 SAG mill model The particles fed to the mill are ground in the milling chamber and subsequently downloaded into the discharge zone, where, according to a classification probability, they are either returned to the milling chamber for further grinding or …
ploration program, mine, mill, and supplemental function design includes 1. Description of deposit access. 2. Anticipated exploration and deposit definition requirements. 3. An estimate of deposit geometry and volume. 4. Distribution and location of valuable minerals within the deposit. ...
SAG mill drives (as GMDs) by some operators and principal motor designers/manufacturers until the reasons for known problems in design or manufacturing were better understood and resolved. Accordingly, the latest 40 ft dia. SAG mill is rated at 29 MW and 78% C.S., with a 42 ft dia. mill built but not yet operational. The more recent option
design of a plant for Adanac Moly Corp. to include SAG and Ball milling. The hardness of each sample was measured in terms of SAG power index, SPI (for SAG grinding) and Bond Ball mill work index, BWi (for ball mill grinding). A further measure, the Minnovex crusher index, Ci was also measured for use in the CEET program to determine SAG
PDF | On Jan 1, 1996, S. Morrell and others published AG and SAG mill circuit selection and design by simulation | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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