BEST SHAPE?

4” MBWT at CYPRUS, Sierrita (1987)

SHAPE EFFECT ON MEDIA WEAR

Spherical Upset “Saturn” “Barrel”

Ball Forged Ball Forged Ball Forged Ball

 MBWT conducted in a 16.5’x19’ overflow ball mill fed with porphyry copper ore.
 Balls tended to retain their original shapes - sharp edges were replaced by
rounded edges.
 4” MBWT at CYPRUS, Sierrita (1987)
1.00
RF Ba ll
0.98
UF Ba ll
0.96 S a tu rn
Ba ll S iz e , m m .

Ba rre l
0.94

0.92

0.90
- kd = 0.0129 mm/hr
0.88

0.86

0.84
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Tim e , h rs
 EFFECT OF SHAPE ON WF
EFFECT OF SHAPE ON WEAR FACTOR
1987 Cyprus Sierrita MBWT
RF Sphere UF Sphere UF Saturn UF Barrel

120

115
WEAR FACTOR (%)

110

105

100

95
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
TEST HOURS
SPHERE IS BEST