Since early 2001, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) has successfully operated an ultra fine grinding (UFG) circuit to supplement its roaster capacity for the treatment of the refractory gold flotation concentrate.

Reduction of large particles. In the cement industry, a ball mill for this application is called a Preliminator mill. Con grinding medium is an improved type of ball grinding media which offers more surface area per unit of weight, and has found extensive use in the grinding of cement clinker.

The Vertimill® is capable of handling feed sizes up to 6 mm and grinding to a product size of less than 20 microns, and has standard mill sizes ranging from 15HP (11kW) to 4500HP (3352 kW).

 — The stirred grinding mill exhibited significantly better liberation performance and flake size protection effect than the ball mill and rod mill. SEM analysis shows that the surface of ground graphite flake from the stirred mill is …

 — Stirred media mills are increasingly replacing ball mills for fine and ultrafine grinding, typically having around 30–40% less power consumption than ball mills when grinding to the same product size [8].

Three features of stirred mills that transform the economics of fine grinding are : the high intensity attrition grinding environment. the ability to use fine grained media (eg 1 mm) to suit to the fine grained feed. the ability to use cheap natural products (local sand, slag, ore) as grinding media.

If your application needs reduction, whether 6-inch to sub-micron size, choose from Prater's superior fine grinders, air classifying mills, hammer mills, and lump breakers to meet all of your industrial processing needs.

 — The review provides an overview of the different techniques for size reduction and the impact of energy requirements on the choice of stirred mills. It also discusses the factors, including the design, operating parameters, and feed material properties, influencing the grinding performance.

The F10 fine grind mill is an advanced fine powder grinding machine, producing the highest percentage within the target PSD of any existing fine milling technology. For D50 milling in the 5–45 micron (< 325 U.S. standard mesh) range, the Quadro ® Fine Grind F10 delivers unsurpassed particle size consistency and maximum on-spec yield.

For typical fine grinding minerals processing applications (feed size about 30 to 50 microns and product size 7 to15 microns), it is estimated that only 10 to 15 % of the mill volume has stress energies higher than the 0.01 Nm required for active grinding.