drive motors for grinding mills

drive motors for grinding mills

Energy Efficiency Analysis of Copper Ore Ball Mill Drive …

Milling is among the most energy-consuming technological stages of copper ore processing. It is performed in mills, which are machines of high rotational masses. The start of a mill filled to capacity requires appropriate solutions that mitigate the overloading. One method for increasing the energy efficiency of ball mills is to optimize their drive …

Technical evaluation and practical experience of high-power grinding …

Considering the experience obtained during the mill drives operation, the following criteria should be considered in the technical evaluation of different alternatives: 1) load-related aspects: • smooth acceleration with 120% rated torque; • capability of position control to allow for inching and creeping operation of the mill; • during ...

Mill drives

The drive gear consists of the thrust bearing for the grinding table of the mill with the appertaining sup­ port, the planetary gear, and the separate bevel gear­ ing. ... Cost comparison: If, according to F. L. , the price of a single pinion or a double pinion mill drive, including mill and motor is assumed to be 100 %, the price of ...

LSSM = Low Speed Synchronous Motor Drive …

low speed synchronous motor drive in operation. In the world of mining and milling the "electrical term" LSSM stands for "Low Speed Synchronous Motor" and usually means a mill where the motor …

'SER' – Slip Energy Recovery Grinding Mill Speed Control

The actual speed of the grinding mill depends on the ratio of the drive gearboxes. For processing reasons, (60 – 80% critical mill speed) is the desired range. We utilize 2 x 6500KW drive motors ...

Large AC Adjustable Speed Motors for Metals Rolling …

TMEIC2 installed its first AC adjustable-speed motor drive system for a rolling mill main stand in 1980; by January 2004 TMEIC had installed AC adjustable-speed motor drive systems on more than 700 main mill stands, coilers and reels, constituting more than 2,400 MW of installed main drive power. 2. TMEIC: includes equipment supplied by Toshiba

The future of vertical roller mill drive systems

The trend to larger grinding mills with the attendant increase in motor drive horsepower has affected the options for drive equipment. Also the development of large adjustable speed drives has ...

Evaluation of synchronous motors on grinding mills

Mills and the motors and drives used to p ower them. ... The subject of this paper is a synchronous drive of grinding ball mills 4 MW, 150 rpm, 6 kV, 50 Hz on the base of PWM CSI. The system is ...

Gearless mill drives

The gearless mill drive eliminates ring-gear, pinion, gearbox, coupling, motor shaft and motor bearings, used within a conventional mill drive system. By mounting the rotor …

THE ENGINEERING AND PROCESS EFFECTS OF …

GRINDING MILL PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS The geometry of the grinding mill and the charge it contains determines the actual amount of power used to drive the mill. This geometry describes the normal operating and design parameters that engineers use to describe grinding mills: the mill diameter, effective grinding length, charge filling, and …

Paper # 25

Mill type Wet grinding, overflow discharge Mill drive motor size 17,000 HP Mill drive motor type Synchronous 200 RPM Inside diameter 7,315 mm Length 11,430 mm Effective grinding length (EGL) 11,886 mm Bearing type Partial Journal, 120 degree bronze insert Bearing size 3,200 mm diameter by 710 mm wide Bearing material Bronze

Choosing the Right Motors for your Mills

Select motor(s) to fit the mills. Step 1: Mill overload power. Determine a set of operating conditions that reflects the maximum "overloaded" condition that the mill should be able …

High voltage motors for mills More for mining

installed on a pole flange on the mill shell, and the body of the mill itself becomes the rotor. Ring-geared mill drive For mills with standard diameters or requiring less than 20 MW (approx.) of power, ring-geared mill drives (RMDs) offer the best solution. Three of the most common drive types for RMDs are low speed motors without a gearbox ...

TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF GEARLESS …

Motor The GMD is a drive system without any gear where the transmission of the torque between the motor and the mill is done through the magnetic field in the air gap between the motor stator and the motor rotor. The concept to drive the mill this way is relatively simple using the mill body as motor rotor and mounting the poles there.

TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF …

Motor The GMD is a drive system without any gear where the transmission of the torque between the motor and the mill is done through the magnetic field in the air gap between the motor stator and the motor rotor. The concept to drive the mill this way is relatively simple using the mill body as motor rotor and mounting the poles there.

Ring-geared mill drives RMDplus

High performance and flexible grinding Ring-geared mill drives in mineral processing. Acceleration Evaluation and decision Action Degrees of mill rotation To r que (%) 180 140 100 ... of the mill drive system, the motors should not restart if the mill is still rocking or moving after a stop command. This function detects when the

Electric Drives for Large Ore Grinding Mills

Ore grinding mills are really just slowly rotating barrels, but barrels that are growing in size so fast that the application of electric drives for them is rapidly approaching a technology like that for wind tunnels or pumped storage drives. ... Design of the dual synchronous motor drives requires special attention to achieve satisfactory load ...

Mill drive selection for semiautogenous grinding mills

SAGMILL NNDN RING 13uu PIN~ GEAR AIR CLUT SAGMILL I RINGMOTOR I I {I 1 1 Fig. 1 — Twin-pinion drive gear driven motor. Fig.2— Gearless mill with a ringmotor. of the grinding systems. NPCS were capital costs in Table 1 are based on variable speed ac drive complete determined on grinding systems that operations with three different …

Current Issues on High-Power Cycloconverter

Gearless Motor Drives for Grinding Mills Fig. 1, General scheme of a Gearless Mill Motor drive [24]. of the airgap is in the range of 15-17 mm. A tolerance of

Choosing the Right Motors for your Mills

•Three commonly used mill motor types: –Gearless drives •largest size, up to 28 MW •highest efficiency –Synchronous with pinion ... •Size grinding mills for nominal operating conditions (throughput targets) •Size motors for "overload" conditions that may reasonably be encountered

Mining

Constant speed. Low speed synchronous motors. Synchronous motors are widely used in mill driving systems at a constant speed using an air clutch between the motor shaft and mill p

TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF GEARLESS …

Gearless mill drives are a well established solution for grinding applications in the minerals and mining industries. The paper describes the functionality and technical features of …

CNC Milling Motors

Compare milling motors by power, speed, and shaft diameter to find the best fit for your machine and skill level.

TWIN SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR GRINDING MILL DRIVES

1.0 Introduction In large grinding mills such as the mineral and cement industries where twin motor drives are used, the two major challenges which limit the use of two synchronous motors connected direct on line and mechanically coupled to the same mill are motor overheating – due to the fact that the two motors do not share the mill load …

Drive systems for all grinding applications

The ABB gearless mill drive is the most powerful mill drive system on the market. It provides highest availability, long-term reliability, flexibility and efficiency at competitive …

Drive Solutions for the Global Mining Industry

Application 1. Grinding Mill Systems Grinding mills are crucial to mineral processing operations. As lower quality ore bodies are tapped, the tonnage processed per ounce of salable material will increase. This degradation in ore quality requires more power in the mill circuit, meaning larger motors and drives.

Ring-geared mill drives

Mount Milligan mill drives - Sophisticated grinding technology and services at work ( en - pdf - Article ) Ring-geared mill drives - flexible and smooth operation ( en - pdf - Brochure ) ... Advanced digital services for LV drives and motors . Energy optimization, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance facilitate the right decisions at ...

Load Sharing of Dual Motor Grinding Mill Drives

Relatively small slowly varying shaft position and velocity variations superimposed on the normal running speed of dual drive grinding mill motors can cause individual motor torque variations which disturb load sharing. The magnitude of load or torque unbalance is a function of the magnitude of the mechanical variation, the type of motors used, i.e., …

Industrial Hammer Mills and Pulverizing …

The Model C is a relatively high-capacity compact mill. The rotor diameter is 18" and the grinding chamber is 14" wide. Recommended for use with main drive motors ranging from 30 to 75 HP, depending on the material …

(PDF) TWIN SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR GRINDING MILL DRIVES: PERFORMANCE

1.0 Introduction In large grinding mills such as the mineral and cement industries where twin motor drives are used, the two major challenges which limit the use of two synchronous motors connected direct on line and mechanically coupled to the same mill are motor overheating – due to the fact that the two motors do not share the mill load ...