Ball mills type UMS, TMS and TUMS

■ Up-to-date technology based on

proven design

■ Multi-purpose concept featuring

standard modules

■ Customised sizing and layout to

specific requirements

■ 120 mill sizes with capacities

ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 kW
 Main features

• Shell supported ball Versatile system based Cement grinding

MILL SYSTEMS

mill of well-proven on standard modules In two-compartment finish-grinding UMS

design. The Unidan mill, type UMS, is designed
for grinding of clinker, gypsum and dry or
• Either side or central moist additives to any type of cement and
drive. for separate dry grinding of similar materials
with moderate moisture content.
• Considerably shorter The mill types TMS and TUMS are fully
overall length than and semi air-swept mills respectively,
mills with trunnion designed for dry grinding of raw materials
bearings. for cement manufacture.
All mill types may operate in either open
• Grinds all types of or closed circuit and with or without
cement and similar pre-grinder, to achieve maximum overall
products in open or grinding efficiency and high flexibility in
closed circuit to any terms of product quality.
fineness required. All mill types have large through-flow
areas, which allows the mill to operate with
• Designed for drying large volumes of venting air and a low
of moist mill feed pressure drop across the mill. Hence the
materials. energy consumption of the mill ventilation
fan is low.
• Large through-flow The mills consist of standard modules and
area ensures low are easily adapted to specific requirements
pressure drop. in terms of plant layout, mill drive, lining
types and end product specifications.
mills, the first, coarse grinding compartment
is provided with a step lining that is suitable
for large grinding media and ensures
optimum lifting of the mill charge. The shell
lining in the second compartment or in a
one-compartment finish-grinding mill is a
corrugated lining designed to obtain
maximum power absorption and grinding
efficiency. For special applications a classify-
ing shell lining may be adopted for fine
grinding in the UMS mill.
The ball charge in the UMS mill consists
of grinding media in various sizes to ensure
optimum grinding efficiency and easy
maintenance. The size distribution of the
grinding media in the coarse grinding
compartment is designed to just crush the
coarsest particles in the mill feed material
and to ensure adequate fineness of the
material passing the diaphragm. For fine
grinding, the charge consists of small balls,
which ensures the best possible grinding
efficiency without obstructing the material
flow through the ball charge.
In two-compartment UMS mills, the
STANEX diaphragm between the grinding
compartments effectively screens the
material passing from the coarse to the fine
grinding compartment. The diaphragm is
fitted with adjustable lifters to ensure an
adequate level of material in the preceding
compartment. The STANEX diaphragm is
suitable for all applications, even for mills
operating with high material flow rates and
moist mill feed.
An internal water cooling system may be
installed in one or both grinding compart-
ments to optimise mill performance and to
ensure an appropriate material temperature
inside the mill and at the mill discharge
end. The material temperature in the
diaphragm, monitored by the Indutherm
equipment, and the temperature of the mill Section of mill body designed for central drive
discharge material control the injection of
water into the first and second compart-
ments, respectively.
If the materials to be ground contain STANEX diaphragm with adjustable lifters
more water than can be dried off in the
first compartment, the UMS mill will be
fitted with a bolted-on drying compartment
with lifters. A seal between the stationary
inlet and the drying compartment minimises
ingress of false air.
Mill performance is monitored by contin-
uous measurements of the material and air
temperatures as well as the pressure at the
mill exit. The venting of the mill is adjusted
by a damper in the inlet to the mill fan. The
level of material in the mill is monitored by
an electronic device (a Folaphone) that
measures the noise emission from the mill.
For UMS mills operating in closed circuit,
the circulation load is monitored by weigh-
ing the flow of reject material from the
separator.
Ball mill – UMS
2

3
 4 5

1 Stationary inlet

2 Mill shell with welded-in slide rings and

flange for girth gear.

3 Slide shoe bearing

4 STANEX diaphragm with adjustable lifters

5 Outlet grate with adjustable lifters

6 Lining of coarse grinding compartment

7 Lining of fine grinding compartment

8 Girth gear with casing

Proven mill design
Raw material grinding
In raw material grinding mills (types TMS
and TUMS) the first section of the mill body
is a built-in drying compartment fitted with
lifters. Hot drying air enters through an
insulated inlet with feed chute. The dried
material is conveyed from the drying
compartment to the grinding compartment
by built-in lifters and by the flow of air. The
grinding compartment has a classifying lin-
ing and a ball charge designed for grinding
in one compartment only.
Slide shoe bearing The TMS mill type is fully airswept, in
other words the drying air sweeps all the
ground material out of the mill and lifts it to
the separator, whereas the TUMS mill type is
semi air-swept, which means that the
ground material is carried to the separator
by an elevator except the finest portion
which is conveyed by the mill exit air.
Proven mill design with
innovative features
The mill types UMS, TMS and TUMS are
shell-supported ball mills resting on slide-
shoe bearings with two slide-shoes at each
end of the mill. The UMS and the TUMS
mills may be supplied with either side drive
or central drive, whereas the TMS type is
always with a side drive.
Mill body. The mill body consists of an all-
welded mill shell and a T-sectional welded-
up slide ring at either end, the cylindrical
part of which is welded onto the ends of
the shell. Side-driven mills have a reinforced
shell section with a flange for bolting-on the
girth gear. Centrally driven mills have an
outlet cone with large openings for material
and venting air. The large diameter of this
cone is welded onto the cylindrical part of
Inlet to UMS mills the outlet slide ring, while the small diame-
ter of the cone has a flange for bolting-on
the coupling of the central drive. The mill
shell has four manholes, two for each grind-
ing compartment.
Slide-shoe bearings. Each slide ring runs in
a bearing with two self-aligning slide shoes.
One of the slide shoes at the drive end of
the mill is fixed in axial direction; the others
are supported by rollers on heavy bedplates
to allow longitudinal thermal expansion and
contraction of the mill body.
The slide shoes are water-cooled, and
each bearing is provided with a panel
enclosed lubrication unit including oil tank,
motorised low and high pressure oil pumps
as well as an oil conditioning circuit with
motorised pump for heating/cooling and
filtration of the oil.
Each bearing is enclosed in a dustproof
and oiltight casing with inspection doors.
The bearings and the lubrication units
include the necessary safety equipment for
monitoring the bearing temperature, the oil
flow and the oil pressure, connected to a
local control panel with safety interlocking
for both bearings.
Inlet. Mills of the UMS type have a station-
ary steel plate inlet funnel that leads the
venting air into the mill through a protrud-
ing central cone bolted to the web of the
slide ring. The funnel is equipped with a
throttle valve and a pressure monitor to
adjust the pressure at the inlet end, thus
preventing dust emission from the inlet.
The feed chute, which is lined with bolted-
on wear plates, slopes down through the air
funnel to the mill inlet opening.
Mill types TUMS and TMS have a station-
ary inlet, which leads the material and the
drying air into the drying chamber through
a large opening in the web of the slide ring.
Between the funnel and the mill is an air
seal and the air intake is lined with refracto-
ry castable.
Outlet. Mill types UMS and TUMS have a
stationary steel plate outlet casing that is
insulated with mineral wool and provided
with seals between the casing and the rotat-
ing outlet cone.
The outlet end of the fully air-swept TMS
mill has a bolted-on cylinder including lining,
lifters and flights that reaches into the sta-
tionary outlet funnel. Here, material precipi-
tated from the air is led back into the mill.
The outlet funnel is lined with wear plates
and provided with a flange connection to
the riser duct. An air seal is fitted between
the stationary funnel and the rotating parts.
Mill linings and internal fittings. In the
UMS mill, the inlet cone and the inner side
of the inlet slide ring web exposed to wear
are protected by bolted-on, wear-resistant
lining plates.
The first compartment shell lining in UMS
mill is a highly wear-resistant step type
lining. A rubber backing prevents damage
to the mill shell and lowers the noise emis-
sion from the mill during operation.
The shell lining in the second compart-
ment or in one-compartment UMS mills is of
the semi-boltless corrugated or classifying
types. With both lining types, boltless lining
bars are fitted between bolted-on lining
rings, and a dovetail assembly between the
parts keeps the boltless bars in place.
The STANEX diaphragm used for two-
compartment UMS mills is of a rigid design
and is supported on a ring of cast steel
segments that are bolted to the mill shell.
The structural parts consist of a rigid mild
steel supporting plate with spacers, onto
which is bolted a mild steel front plate
with large openings. The diaphragm is fitted
with radial, adjustable lifters between the
supporting plate and the front plate and
with a central screen plate with support.
Facing the first compartment the STANEX
diaphragm is provided with segmented wear
resistant grates bolted onto the front plate
with throughgoing bolts. The openings in
the front plate allow screened material to
pass the diaphragm. The downstream side
of the diaphragm is provided with highly
wear resistant segmented lining plates.
At the discharge end of the UMS (and the
TUMS) mills, the wear resistant outlet grate
is fitted on a supporting structure which is
bolted onto the web of the slide ring. Also
the discharge end is with radial, adjustable
lifters behind the outlet grate.
The TMS and TUMS mills have a highly
wear resistant bolted-on lining, comprising a
step lining for the first 1.5 metres of the
grinding compartment, followed by a classi-
fying lining.
Water cooling. A separate unit comprising
water tank, pump(s) and valves for internal STANEX diaphragm
water cooling of the material in one or in
both compartments of the UMS mill is
usually provided. The flow of cooling water
into the outlet end of the mill is controlled
by the temperature of the mill discharge
material. The water cooling into the inlet
end is controlled from a thermocouple
in the diaphragm, connected to a wireless
transmission system (Indutherm). Special Stuffing box for mill
nozzles ensure optimum water spray without with central drive
pressurised air.
The nozzle and internal
piping for water injection
into the second compart-
ment of the UMS mill
with central drive
rotate with the mill.
The connection
between this
internal piping
and the stationary
external water
supply system is
established via a
specially designed
stuffing box.
 Machinery range A wide range of equipment
19.0
The UMS cement mill system comprises
18.0 120 combinations of mill diameters and
17.0 mill lengths with capacities ranging
16.0 between approximately 1,000 and 10,000
15.0
kW as illustrated in the chart.
Mill length [m]

All mill sizes may be supplied either with

14.0
side drive or with central drive, and with
13.0
different types of gear units. Special drive
12.0 Mill diameter [m]
D=5.8 types such as double side drive or flange
D=5.4
11.0 D=5.0 mounted planetary gear unit for central
D=4.6
10.0 D=4.2 drive are also available.
D=3.8
D=3.4
9.0

8.0
500

10,000
1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

5,000

5,500

6,000

6,500

7,000

7,500

8,000

8,500

9,000

9,500
Mill power [kW]

UMS mill with central drive

Mill diameter

6
1
3 5
2 4
Mill length

UMS mill with side drive 1 Inlet

2 Outlet
Mill diameter

3 Slide shoe bearing

1 4 Main gear
2 5 Mill motor
3
6 Barring device
6

4
5

Data in this brochure is intended for preliminary project planning only. Manufacturer reserves the right to modify equipment details and/or specifications without notice.
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