FINISH MILL OPERATION

PART 3

1) Diaphragm:
Shell liners (lifters) Shell liners (Classifying/ ripple)

Water spray from

Feed either side Discharge

Intermediate Discharge
Venting screen Diaphragm/ Diaphragm
partition

A) Purpose of Diaphragm:
 To separate both the chambers
 Not to allow media to mix.
 Assist to trap the nibs/ worn out medias from the 1st chamber to 2nd chamber.
 For ventilation and transport of materials.

B) Slot Size of the Intermediate Diaphragm:

 Normally the size will be larger (around 8 to 12 mm)
 Main purpose is for ventilation and cement transfer from 1st chamber to 2nd
chamber.

C) Discharge diaphragm:
 The size can be same with intermediate diaphragm or smaller (8 – 10mm)
 The size must be larger than the smallest media in 2nd chamber.

D) Slegten Diaphragm:
 Control valves/ scopes to transfer cement from 1st chamber to 2nd chamber.

2) Liners:
A) Lifter:
 Life span around 5 years
 Lift the medias up and let the medias free fall for crushing. As a result, the clinker
is broken into fine fragment and the wear rate is high.
B) Classifying/ ripple:
 Life span 10 – 12 yaers
 To classify the grinding media from the intermediate diaphragm to the discharge
diaphragm from big to small.

3) Clinker:
 Clinker under burnt
 Clinker Over Burnt
 Clinker Reducing

A) Litre/ weight:
Litre/ weight is the calculation of the weight of the clinker below 5mm in size in 1
litre container.
To get the litre/ weight value:
 Sieve the clinker and collect the clinker size below 5mm.
 Fill the collected clinker in a 1 litre container until the level.
 Weigh the content of the container and we will get the litre/ weight value.

The litre/ weight value is to determine how is the clinker burnt or formed ideally. The
value 1120 – 1200 litre wight is considering good burnt clinker because the clinker is
soft and easy to grind.

B) Clinker Under Burnt:

Causes:
 Less fuel F-CaO high
 High LSF
 Burning zone is weak, not hot

C) Clinker Over Burnt:

Causes:
 Solid in the middle of the clinker nodule – hard to grind
 Low F-CaO
 Low LSF
 Plenty of fuel – wastage

D) Clinker Reducing:
Causes:
 Less Oxigen in the burning zone
 Brownish in the nodule core (Fe reduce to Ferric: the present of ferric can be
traced by using Fehling A+B Solution Change from pinkish to redish)