A discussion on the measurement of grinding media wear ...

The first attempts to develop tests for the assessment of wear of grinding balls in grinding mills date from the 1940s . In 1942, the idea of assessing the wear by marking some of the balls from the mill load was raised, carrying out the test in a batch ceramic mill.

How To Calculate Cement Grinding Mill Balls Charge - Desle ...

Dec 08, 2009 Re: how to estimate the wear rate for Ball mill. Ball wear can be measured by weighing an entire charge before and after grinding a known tonnage of materials. With new balls sample of given size can be weighed before and after grinding a given tonnage and, assuming uniform wear per unit of ball surface, the total charge wear can ...

how to estimate the wear rate for Ball mill - Page 1 of 10

Re: how to estimate the wear rate for Ball mill. Hey; Ball wear can be measured by weighing an entire charge before and after grinding a known tonnage of materials. With new balls sample of given size can be weighed before and after grinding a given tonnage and, assuming uniform wear per unit of ball surface, the total charge wear can be estimated.

Marked Ball Wear Testing - onemine

"Marked Ball Wear Testing (MBWT) employs identified grinding balls which are placed in an operating mill for a period of time, retrieved from the mill, and then measured to determine the amount of wear experienced. This is an excellent method to evaluate the relative differences in the wear rates of various grinding ball materials and/ or ...

List Factors Affecting Grinding Ball / Media Wear Rate

In order to determine the relative wear rates of several sizes of grinding balls, groups of 4, 3½, 3, and 2 in. balls were marked individually and were charged, all at the same time, into each of two production mills grinding copper ore. The remainder, and vast majority, of the ball charge consisted of 2 in. diam, and smaller, white, cast iron ...

Wear of grinding media in the mineral processing industry ...

The environments are characterized by varying degrees and combinations of abrasive, corrosive, and impact wear. An extensive test program has been conducted to determine the extent wear rates vary between these different applications. Test results are related to production results, ball size, and mill operating conditions.

Ball mill media optimization - Metcom Tech

determine what media size(s) addition will maximize any given ... depending on size of balls and ore being tested. • Ball surface wear rate is approximately constant, but with variations due to ... wear rate in a continuously operating mill. Slurry volume occupies the 40 percent voids volume in the 34 percent

Ball wear and ball size distributions in tumbling ball mills

The theory of the calculation of the size distribution of the equilibrium mixture of balls in a ball mill is developed. The differential equation is solved for wear laws of the form wear rate per ball ∝ r 2 + Δ where r is ball radius. Δ = 0 gives the Bond wear law and Δ = 1 gives the Davis wear law. Methods of determining Δ are illustrated.

Calculate and Select Ball Mill Ball Size for Optimum Grinding

In Grinding, selecting (calculate) the correct or optimum ball size that allows for the best and optimum/ideal or target grind size to be achieved by your ball mill is an important thing for a Mineral Processing Engineer AKA Metallurgist to do. Often, the ball used in ball mills is oversize "just in case". Well, this safety factor can cost you much in recovery and/or mill liner wear and tear.

AMIT 135: Lesson 7 Ball Mills & Circuits – Mining Mill ...

For overflow ball mills, the charge should not exceed 45% of the mill volume . For grate discharge mills, the charge should occupy about 50% of the mill volume . Bond developed a relationship that can be used to determine the percent charge by volume as a function of the vertical height above the charge, He, and the radius of the mill, R, i.e.,

Optimization of mill performance by using

mill absorbed power and ball filling degree. As indicated on the graph, a small variation in power could be the result of a significant variation of balls filling degree. As the ball wear rate depends directly on the surface of the media charge, a small variation in power will lead to an important increase of wear rate. The risk of underloading or

(PDF) A comparison of wear rates of ball mill grinding media

abrasive and impact wear due to their large. (75 – 100 mm) dia meters. Ball mill balls. experience a greater number of impacts, but at. lower magnitude than SAG mill balls, due t o. the smaller ...

A Ball-on-Block Impact-Spalling Wear Test and Results on ...

Wear rates of test blocks . ... milling conditions to determine the rnech- anisms of wear. Impr.o.ved rnethods for e.valuating mill ... likely to strike the next ball. The balls used were nominally 3-in-diam commercial grinding balls made of high- carbon, low-alloy steel, and heat treated ...

Grinding Media Wear Rate Calculation in Ball Mill

Then in ball-wear formula (25), T = 6.9/K Log10 Da/Db; but from (29), K = Rt/Wt. Then T = 6.9Wt/Rt Log10 Da/Db T is 1 day, Wt is the original weight of the ball charge, and Rt is the ball wear for one day. Then Log10 Da/Db = Rt/6.9Wt are all known, and it is only necessary to solve for Db, the diameter of the balls to be added.

Ball charges calculators - thecementgrindingoffice

- Ball charge make-up: This calculator gives the percentage for each diameter of balls when there is a make-up schedule: - Marked Ball Test Calculator: Two tables to collect the data of a marked ball test with calculation of the wear rates: