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VERTICAL RAW MILL

AND
SEPARATOR

By
Phyo Thura Htay

Contents

Ball mill vs. vertical mill


Operations
Structure of a vertical mill
Working Process
Components

Dam Ring
Armour Ring
Louver Ring
Grinding Table
Rollers
Separators

Maintenance
Performance Improvement

Ball Mill Vs Vertical Mill

Parameters

Ball Mill

Vertical Mill

Crushing

Smaller Impact by Steel


Balls/Rubbing

By Compression/ Impact
Force

Drying

Limited area and capacity

Larger Drying Capacity

Material Circulation

Only the coarse materials


are fed back

Rejected material + Fines


are fed back

Energy Consumption

High

Low

Operation Cost

100%

80%

Operations
Grinding
Raw materials
Cement

Drying
Removal of water

Separation
Coarse solids
Fine particles

Structure of Vertical Mill

Working Process

Working Process

Material
Material & Gas
Gas

Components
Inlet chute
Mill Table

Dam ring
Armour ring
Louver ring
Grinding table

Rollers

Roller wheels
Rocker Arm
Hydraulic cylinder

Separator

Cage rotor
Reject cone

Scrapers
Outlet duct
Motor
External Circulation

Dam Ring

Vital part
Material (bed) thickness
Retention Time
Air/gas flow pattern around mill table
Mill capacity, fineness, vibration, power, etc.

Armour Ring
Armour Ring

Mill Body

Protection of Mill Body


Separator Performance

Dam Ring
Table

Related with the Dam Ring


Air Flow

Configuration (Inclination)

Low Angle
( < 50 )
High Angle

( > 70 )

Air Flow into


the table

Unnecessary
Circulation

Uniform flow
of fine particles

Efficient
Separation

Louver Ring
Longer time for
drying material
Swirling air in
mill body

Reduce
separator rotor
driving power

May or May not be installed

Grinding Table
Transmits the entire force and mill power
Depends on

Feed material size


Feed material moisture
Dam ring height
Grinding fineness
Air Speed in nozzle ring
Table

Grinding bed too


low => Vibration

Little Vibration, Efficient


Grinding

Grinding bed too high =>


Insufficient grinding

Rollers
Large, tapering rotating
cylinders
Large linking elements
required between hydraulic
cylinder and roller arm
Hydraulics critical

Grinding Concept
Vertical roller mill
Grinding force = Roller weight + (pressure) Force

Roller rolls freely


with table
Material bed

Feed material

Table moves with drive

Max Particle size in feed: 5-8 % of roller diameter

Feed size:
f (Roller )

Separator
Reject cone

Cage rotor

Guide vane system

Separator

FR

Air

External Circulations
fresh feed

bucket elevator

louvre ring

scraper

collecting conveyor

Maintenance

Vibration

To avoid excess fine on mill table


To apply grinding aids
To apply water to mill of material
To avoid the mill outlet gas
temperature more than 100C

Typical Wear cycle


New
rollers

Rollers partly
worn peak
efficiency

Vibration worsens

T/H

Rollers need to be replaced. TIME


Grinding efficiency worsens as you lose roller shape.

Mombasa / June
2009

Performance Improvement
Continuous control of the air
flow measurement (annubar vs
exhaust fan efficiency)

Water injection
peripheral: clogging
on-line detection.
Water injection on
table inconclusive

Dam ring: height


regularly controlled. To adapt
to table profile

Periodic control of
nitrogen pressure

False air
reduction

Reduction of the gap


Between the table and the
Nozzle ring

Maintain in good state the


belt height sensors, have a
proper calibration

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