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 Dry fine powder, hot air & water
Hot air inlet vapour outlet ( - 85~ to
(up to 600~ product collection

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

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Complete Process Plant

Gas burner air heaters on rear air inlets

2 line 18A drying and deagglomeration plant for Fluorspar

Typical Products
PCC Starch Coal
Bentonite Coffee grounds Petroleum coke
Activated bentonite Cocoa Kaolin
Talc Dyes Limestone
Graphite Pigments Chalk
Gypsum Ultramarine Dolomite
Sewage sludge Iron oxides Burnt lime
Industrial sludges Wood pulp Barytes
Paper wastes Cellulose acetate 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 Special 20A forP CC

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.

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
drying
increases the overall material flow but does not reduce drying
capacity or efficiency.

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, ' A ' Series A t r i t o r
it is possible to incorporate a fan into the mill for specific operations.

'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 1B Pilot plant unit

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

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
9 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 rpm 5000 2000 1750 1500 1350 1210 1075 950 850
Max, power kW 2.2 15 30 37 45 75 I I0 160 250
Min. power kW I.I 5.5 II 15 22 37 45 75 132
Max. airflow 'A' m3/h 1250 2500 3400 5000 8500 12500 20000 34000
Max, airflow 'B' m3/h 200 1750 3500 5000 7500 13000 20000 30000 50000
Max, evaporation 'A' kg/h 140 300 410 600 1020 1500 2400 4000
Max. evaporation 'B' H20 25 200 420 600 900 1560 2400 3600 6000
Max. capacity kg/h I 00 1500 3000 4000 6000 10000 15000 24000 40000
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