Avg.

Ball Size
S. No. Ball Size (mm) Ball wt. (g) Avg. Ball wt. (g) S. No.
(mm)

1 40.72 88.10 1
2 39.80 84.17 2
3 39.83 86.88 3
4 40.75 87.96 4
5 40.50 86.06 5
6 40.36 87.04 6
7 39.95 84.82 39.94 85.08 7
8 39.21 83.51 8
9 39.03 81.62 9
10 40.50 86.33 10
11 39.31 81.36 11
12 39.36 83.46
13 39.86 84.71

Summ

S. No.

1
2
3
4
 Ball Size Measurement
Avg. Ball wt.
Ball Size (mm) Ball wt. (g) Avg. Ball Size (mm) S. No. Ball Size (mm)
(g)

20.80 15.88 1 19.53

21.30 17.01 2 18.16
20.83 16.24 3 19.62
21.03 16.41 4 18.45
21.04 16.08 5 18.42
20.68 15.98 6 17.70
21.04 16.48 20.93 16.30 7 19.00
20.74 15.80 8 19.00
20.69 16.34 9 18.56
21.33 17.08 10 18.33
20.75 16.00 11 18.95
12 18.11
13 18.50
14 18.70

Summary of balls properties

Bulk density
Ball Size (mm) Wt. (kg) Sp. Gravity
(kg/m3)

39.94 0.08501 1662 2.62

20.93 0.0163 2114 3.31
18.65 0.00875 1573 2.64
10.25 0.00164 1684 2.06
 Avg. Ball Size Avg. Ball wt.
Ball wt. (g) S. No. Ball Size (mm) Ball wt. (g)
(mm) (g)

9.30 1 10.35 1.65

8.56 2 10.14 1.61
9.85 3 10.13 1.61
8.62 4 10.25 1.63
9.17 5 10.34 1.65
7.96 6 10.14 1.64
9.03 7 10.20 1.64
9.03 18.65 8.75 8 10.15 1.61
8.78 9 10.36 1.66
8.19 10 10.24 1.68
8.69 11 10.25 1.66
8.20 12 10.32 1.66
8.52 13 10.36 1.63
8.63 14 10.25 1.66
15 10.26 1.63
16 10.23 1.66
17 10.26 1.67
18 10.25 1.68
19 10.31 1.63
20 10.13 1.66

21 10.17 1.6

22 10.33 1.64
23 10.26 1.64
Avg. Ball Size Avg. Ball wt.
(mm) (g)

10.25 1.64
 Ball Size, (39.94 mm)

Volume of total balls

No. of Balls Wt. of ball (g) Density (kg/m3)
(ml)
1 84.82
2 84.68
3 87.02 163.00 2.62
4 83.44
5 87.91

Ball Size, (18.65 mm)

Volume of total balls

No. of Balls Wt. of ball (g) Density (kg/m3)
(ml)
1 9.17
2 7.97
3 8.68 16.00 2.64
4 8.21
5 8.20

Measurement of Bulk Density

S. No. Ball size (mm) No. of balls

1 39.94 257
2 20.93 600
3 18.65 827
4 10.25 939
 Ball Size, (20.93 mm)

Volume of total balls

No. of Balls Wt. of ball (g) Density (kg/m3)
(ml)
1 17.08
2 16.99
3 16.32 25.00 3.31
4 15.99
5 16.41

Ball Size, (10.25 mm)

Volume of total balls

No. of Balls Wt. of ball (g) Density (kg/m3)
(ml)
1 1.64
2 1.64
3 1.62 4.00 2.06
4 1.67
5 1.65

urement of Bulk Density

Volume of
Balls weight (g) Bulk density (g/cc)
balls (ml)
21607.5 13000 1.66
9807.5 4640 2.11
7300 4640 1.57
1549 920 1.68
 Results on Particle Size Distribution of Pyrite Contaminated Talc
Sieve fractions
Nominal Aperture Size (m)
Wt. (g) Wt. (%)
0.00 0.00 2000.0
40.83 12.37 1700.0
67.08 20.33 1000.0
40.00 12.12 850.0
19.00 5.76 600.0
30.28 9.18 500.0
10.41 3.15 355.0
35.35 10.71 212.0
10.07 3.05 150.0
11.96 3.62 105.0
6.00 1.82 75.0
14.26 4.32 53.0
44.73 13.56 -53.0
329.97 100.00
n of Pyrite Contaminated Talc 100.0

Cumulative (%) 90.0

Undersize Oversize
80.0
100.00 0.00 Cumulative unde rsize (%)
87.63 12.37 70.0
67.30 32.70
60.0
55.17 44.83
49.42 50.58
50.0
40.24 59.76
37.09 62.91 40.0
26.37 73.63
23.32 76.68 30.0
19.70 80.30
17.88 82.12 20.0
13.56 86.44
0.00 100.00 10.0

0.0
0.0 500.0 1000.0

Particle S
)

500.0 1000.0 1500.0 2000.0 2500.0

Particle Size (m)

 ROSIN-RAMMLER DISTRIBUTION

THIS PROGRAM CONVERTS A GIVEN SIZE DISTRIBUTION

ROSIN RAMMBLER DISTRIBUTION & CALCULATES THE VALU

NUMBER OF DATA POINTS

Particle size (m) Cum. Undersize (%)

S. No.
Si Ui
1 2000.00 100.0
2 1700.00 87.6
3 1000.00 67.3
4 850.00 55.2
5 600.00 49.4
6 500.00 40.2
7 355.00 37.1
8 212.00 26.4
9 150.00 23.3
10 105.00 19.7
11 75.00 17.9
12 53.00 13.6
TOTAL

n= 1.02

ROSIN RAMMLER DISTRIBUTI

Particle size (m)

5000
2380
1190
600
350
250
180
150
100
300
500
45
10
5
5
0.5
0.1
1
 ROSIN-RAMMLER DISTRIBUTION

RAM CONVERTS A GIVEN SIZE DISTRIBUTION INTO

ER DISTRIBUTION & CALCULATES THE VALUE OF b & n

NUMBER OF DATA POINTS 12

Cum. Oversize (%)

Oi Yi Xi XiYi Xi2
0.00 3.47 7.60 26.40 57.77
12.37 0.74 7.44 5.48 55.33
32.70 0.11 6.91 0.77 47.72
44.83 -0.22 6.75 -1.48 45.50
50.58 -0.38 6.40 -2.45 40.92
59.76 -0.66 6.21 -4.13 38.62
62.91 -0.77 5.87 -4.52 34.48
73.63 -1.18 5.36 -6.34 28.69
76.68 -1.33 5.01 -6.64 25.11
80.30 -1.52 4.65 -7.06 21.66
82.12 -1.62 4.32 -7.01 18.64
86.44 -1.93 3.97 -7.65 15.76
-5.29 70.48 -14.64 430.21

b= 0.00 xd =

ROSIN RAMMLER DISTRIBUTION

Particle size Cum. Undersize

Cum. Undersize (%)
(m) (%)

100.0 1000.00 84.1

98.8 950.00 82.5
88.9 900.00 80.8
66.5 850.00 79.0
46.9 800.00 76.9
36.2 750.00 74.7
27.5 700.00 72.2
23.5 650.00 69.5
16.2 600.00 66.5
41.8 550.00 63.3
59.7 500.00 59.7
7.6 450.00 55.8
1.7 400.00 51.6
0.8 350.00 46.9
0.8 300.00 41.8
0.1 250.00 36.2
0.0 200.00 30.1
0.2 150.00 23.5
100.00 16.2
75.00 12.4
70.00 11.6
65.00 10.8
60.00 10.0
55.00 9.2
50.00 8.4
45.00 7.6
40.00 6.8
35.00 5.9
30.00 5.1
25.00 4.2
20.00 3.4
15.00 2.5
10.00 1.7
9.00 1.5
8.00 1.4
7.00 1.2
6.00 1.0
5.00 0.8
4.00 0.7
3.00 0.5
2.00 0.3
1.00 0.2
 EX PX-03 Feed- RR curve
100
90
80
70
60
50 RR plot
Cum. Unde r size (%)
40
30
20
10
0
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
Particle size (m)

548.74

Cum. Undersize (%) Particle size (m) xd

100 4883.40 n
98 2102.11 d98
97 1887.46 d90
90 1247.57 d50
80 876.91 d10
70 658.97 d90/d10
60 503.65
50 382.66
40 283.36
30 198.96
20 125.39
10 59.90
5 29.49
1 5.93
00 6000

548.74

1.02
2102.11
1247.57
382.66
59.90
20.83
 Ball size Calculation

Feed size (f80), m 876.9052956

K 335
Work index (Wi), kwh/t 8
Specific gravity of mill feed, S 2.7
Percentage critical speed, Cs 70
Effective mill diameter(m) 0.25

Maximum ball diameter (B), mm 27.784

Weight of ball, Number of balls & Feed Powder

volume

Daimter of ball mill (m) 0.25

Length of ball mill (m) 0.53
Ball loading 0.45
Material loading (J) 2
Max.Ball size (mm) 27.784
Bulk Density of balls (kg/cu.m) 1790
Density of ball(kg/cu.m) 3310
Bed Porosity 0.46

Wieght of balls (kg) 20.95

Weight of single ball(kg) 0.0163

Number of balls 1285

Volume of ball bed (Ltr) 11.70

Volume of voids in ball bed(Ltr) 5.37
Bulk density of feed(kg/cu.m) 1340
Volume of Feed Powder(Ltr) 10.75
Quantity of feed material(kg) 14.40

Critical Rotational Speed(RPM), Nc 89.52

Operating Speed (RPM) 62.66
 Summary

Ball loading (U) 0.45

Wieght of ball, kg 20.95
Material loading, J 2.00
Quantity of feed material, kg 14.40
Maximum ball diameter (B), mm 27.78
Operating speed, (RPM) 62.66

Maximum Ball diameter, B f 80 Wi S

mm 20.17 3
K Cs D
Weight of balls (W ball) = 0.785*BB*D *L*U
2

Number of balls Nballs =

(0.785*BB*D2*L*U)/(WsB)

Volume of powder = Material loading

(J)*Volume of Voids in ball bed
42.2
Nc
D d max
Critical Rotational speed (RPM),

Operating Speed (RPM) = Nc*Percentage

critical speed
Where,
Bmm - Maximum ball diameter ,(m)

f80 - 80% of new mill feed size passing in

micron.

Wi - Bonds work index of mill feed size f80.

(kwh/t)

S- Specific gravity of mill feed,

Cs - Percent critical speed.
D -Effective mill diameter (m)
L - Length of the ball mill (m)
K - 335 for dry grinding.
(kwh/t)

S- Specific gravity of mill feed,

Cs - Percent critical speed.
D -Effective mill diameter (m)
L - Length of the ball mill (m)
K - 335 for dry grinding.
BB- Bulk density of balls(kg/cu.m)
U- Ball loading (%)
Wballs - weight of balls (kg)
WsB weight of single ball (kg)
Nc-Critical Rotational speed (RPM)
dmax- maximum ball size used for grinding
(m)