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Stirred Mill pics

Tower Mill Pics

Banana Screen Pics

Comminution 06: Stirred Mills Presentation (and slurry PPT) (75MB Zip file)

Stirred Mills Report Stage 1 - Issue 1 (10MB Zip file)

Stirred Mills Paper 2 - draft 1 (7MB Zip file)

 

 

 

Tower Mill (1.5 kW Kubota pilot mill)

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Height of chamber = 1.2m

Diameter of chamber = 0.24m

Height of double helix blades = 0.85m

Shaft diameter = 0.04m

Double Helix Revolutions = 4.7

Blade Pitch = 0.18m

Blade Width = 0.05m (measured from edge of shaft)

Blade Thickness = 0.013m

Clearance b/w helix and chamber floor = 0.04m

Speed of helical stirrer = 100 rpm

Number of particles = 29,872

Particle Density = 2700 kg/m^3

Bed weight = 58.36 kg

Size range = -14 + 9mm (equal mass weighted) spheres

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Vertical Stirred Mill (7.5 kW Sala Pin Mill)

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Height of chamber = 0.79m

Diameter of chamber = 0.28m

Height of Agitator = 0.745m

Shaft diameter = 0.1m

4 columns of pins (2 sets that are vertically offset by 52mm from each other)

Pin diameter = 0.023m

Pin length (from edge of shaft) = 0.05m

Pin spacing (from 1 to the next in each column set) = 0.1m

Speed of Agitator = 250rpm

Number of particles = 61,625

Particle Density = 2700 kg/m^3

Bed Weight = 44.60 kg

Size Range = 8mm spheres