Dryer-Pu Iverisers 'A' & 'B' Series

Powder Perfection

The Atritor Dryer-Pulveriser

The concept and design of the Atritor Dryer-Pulveriser remain unique. In its basic form it is a robust unit ideal for heavy mineral grinding duties. W i t h its integral pre-breaking feature, it will take feedstock sizes up to 50ram. Feed rates as high as 40 tonnes/hour are possible, depending upon material and duty. An internal classification system consistently controls the product size. The mill is continuously air swept and if this air is hot the mill becomes a very efficient dryer. W i t h the standard 'A' series range, evaporation rates are as high as 4 tonnes/hour. The later 'B' series of mills increases the evaporative potential to 6 tonnes/hour. These are of lighter duty construction, designed for operation on non-abrasive materials and where drying is the major function.
Wet/Coarse material feed Hot air inlet (up to 600~ Dry fine powder, hot air & water vapour outlet ( - 85~ to product collection

Applications
Drying De-agglomeration Fine Grinding Classifying Surface treatment Filter cakes Slurries Sludges Precipitates
Powders

Complete Process Plant

Gas burner air heaters on rear air inlets

2 line 18A drying and deagglomeration plant for Fluorspar

Typical Products
PCC Bentonite Activated bentonite Talc Graphite Gypsum Sewage sludge Industrial sludges Paper wastes Starch Coffee grounds Cocoa Dyes Pigments Ultramarine Iron oxides Wood pulp Cellulose acetate Coal Petroleum coke Kaolin Limestone Chalk Dolomite Burnt lime Barytes Fluorspar

Operating Principle
The mill has a horizontal shaft mounted on bearings at each end. All the mechanical elements of the mill are located on the shaft between the bearings. An optional swing hammer assembly rotating inside a ring of fixed screens reduces the feed from 50mm to 5ram. On each side of the main rotor fixed hammers, in conjunction with static pins, create intense turbulence in which 'attrition' occurs and the product is finely ground and dried. Before the product leaves the mill it passes through the classifying zone where the particle size distribution is controlled. Certain sizes of mill can be fitted with an independently driven classifier for greater control of product fineness or for rapid change to product specification.These mills can be opened without removing any bearings.

Process System
Material is metered into the inlet air stream (I) by a feeding device (2) appropriate to its physical characteristics. If there is a possibility of the feed being contaminated with metallic impurities, a metal detection and rejection facility (3) is interposed between the feeder and the mill inlet.This removes metal w i thout interrupting the flow. The material is entrained on the air stream and carried by it through the size reduction operations in the mill (4).The air transports the final product to a cyclone and/or bag filter (5) and, thus cleaned, continues to the main process fan (6) and to atmosphere.The product is discharged (I 0) to a bagging system or to the next stage of the process.

Special 20A for CC P

18A's on mineral drying duty

Drying Function
The air flow to the mill may be heated to temperatures as high as 600~ to create simultaneous drying of the feed material.The outlet temperature from the mill is set to a control value, typically 85~ to give the required product dryness, and this set-point controls the inlet temperature. Any clean source of hot air is suitable, but is usually provided by an oil or gas fired air heater (7). In some cases a proportion of the exhaust air is recycled to the mill inlet to improve thermal efficiency and/or to inert the drying circuit.

Backmixing
Drying of sticky feed materials may require some feed conditioning. This is achieved by blending the feed with a proportion of the dry product. A dry divider (8) is positioned beneath the product collector to divert a quantity of dry material continuously to a mixer/feeder (9) at the mill inlet. The process increases the overall material flow but does not reduce drying capacity or efficiency.

drying

Coating and Surface Modification

For improved functionality, some products require surface modification by a range of different surfactants. These can be successfully applied during the milling and drying operations by simply metering the chemical at the relevant proportionate rate with the main feed. It is even possible to apply more than one surfactant simultaneously.

I_ 6 18 & 20A's in inspection

'A' Series
The main casing is a fully machined, heavy-duty fabricated steel construction. The three main elements are hinged together for easy access. All the internal surfaces are lined with alloyed-iron castings for long wearing life. The main rotor is an assembly of hard castings bolted to a heavy steel disc. All the castings are of small size for ease of handling. The swing hammer section of the mill is cast in manganese steel. The mill is usually supplied for operation with a separate fan in the circuit; however, it is possible to incorporate a fan into the mill for specific operations.
' A ' Series A t r i t o r

'B' Series
This series has a lighter construction but the hinged arrangement is retained.There are no cast iron wear parts but some internal linings are available.The rotor is a single fabrication but the standard form is retained. N o swing hammer zone is available and no internal fan is possible. However, it is possible to manufacture the 'B' Series mills in stainless steeI. A pilot scale unit is also offered for development work.
'B' Series r o t o r

C u s t o m e r Service
A t r i t o r is very conscious of its duties and obligations to its clients. To ensure customer satisfaction we provide a full range of services. 9 Research and developement of products and processes ~ Pilot plant facilities for all our range of equipment 9 C A D Design facilities 9 Full manufacturing of equipment 9 Quality control to BS-EN-ISO 9000 ~ Supply of furl process plant ~ Design and supply of PLC based control systems 9 Large inventory of spare parts 9 Site services
1B Pilot plant unit

18A unit bound for SE Asia

Test Facilities
To ensure customer confidence in the capabilities of Atr i tor equipment and processes, we operate a comprehensive pilot plant in Coventry where all of our equipment can be fully evaluated for each and every application. The plant is predominantly full size so all scaling is done within the range of production equipment. O u r laboratory includes laser particle size analysis and air jet sieve to compare our pilot plant products with reference samples.

8A/B Test unit

The results achieved in the pilot trials provide the basis for system design and process guarantees. Pilot facilities are also available in the USA and in Austria. Cryogenic testing can be conducted by special arrangement.

Complete Engineered Solutions

Atritor Ltd has a long history and extensive expertise in providing complete turnkey process plant. We are able to fully specify all ancillary equipment, both within the immediate milling process and beyond. Let us help you by guaranteeing a completely engineered solution to your process requirement. We can provide 9 Full plant design using the very latest Autocad software
Autocad design stations

9 Detailed equipment designs and specifications 9 Process control systems with custom programmed PLC's 9 Supply of all equipment 9 A complete installation service 9 Experienced engineers for commissioning and operator training
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Process guarantees
Phosphate drying plant

Technical Data
Dryer-Pulveriser U N IT IB 4A/B 6A/B 8A/B 1 1A / B 16A/B 17A/B

18A/B

20A/B

Max. speed Max, power Min. power Max. airflow 'A' Max, airflow 'B' Max, evaporation 'A' Max. evaporation 'B' Max. capacity

rpm kW kW m3/h m3/h kg/h H20 kg/h

5000 2.2 I.I 200 25 I 00

2000 15 5.5 1250 1750 140 200 1500

1750 30 II 2500 3500 300 420 3000

1500 37 15 3400 5000 410 600 4000

1350 45 22 5000 7500 600 900 6000

1210 75 37 8500 13000 1020 1560 10000

1075 I I0 45 12500 20000 1500 2400 15000

950 160 75 20000 30000 2400 3600 24000

850 250 132 34000 50000 4000 6000 40000

O t h e r E q u i p m e n t in t h e A t r i t o r Range

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Atritor Dryer.Pulverisersare built to the rigorous standardsof BS-EN-ISO9002

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