Bea U.

Casiano ENCH5B 7/8/19

CHE37: Particle Technology

EDGE RUNNER MILL & RING ROLL MILL

Edge Runner Mill

 also called Roller Stone Mill

 crushes materials into fine powders by the rotating stones
 basic parts consist of two large rotating grinding wheels or stones turning slowly
in a large bowl
 to start the mill, an electric motor in the base provides the power

Principle of Operation

 The size reduction is done by crushing due to heavy weight of the stones and the
shearing force which is involved during the movement of these stones.

o The material to be grounded is put on the bed and with the help of the
scrapper it is kept in the path of the stone wheels.
o The material is ground for a definite period and then it is passed through the
sieves to get the powder of the required size.

Industrial Application
 Foundry. Usually used for mixing of foundry chemicals, pastes, molding sand,
foundry fluxes, food colors, etc. where an amount of binder or agglomerate is to
be blended into the material. Also used for densification of the mix. The pan is
stationary inside which rotate heavy duty millers/rollers. The heavy wide rollers
ride over the material where intensive crushing, shearing and mixing action takes
place. Scrappers and ploughs are provided for directing the mass into the path of
the rollers.
 Pharmaceutical Application. Usually used for grinding all types of drugs to very
fine particles but requires more floor space than the other commonly used mills.

Advantages & Disadvantages

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
 Requires less attention during  Not use for sticky materials
operation  Noise pollution
  Various groups of elements and
combinations of such elements
produce a machine which operates
with greater efficiency
 Utilizes less power
 Easy to clean
 Simple in structure

Illustration
Ring Roll Mill

Principle of Operation

 Large bulk materials crushed by jaw crusher to the needed size are fed into
storage hopper by mine hoist and then fed into grinding chamber of main engine
uniformly, quantitatively and continuously by electromagnetic vibrating feeder for
grinding.
 The feed will be driven to the edge of the upper distribution dial by the centrifugal
force, and fall down to the grinding ring where the material are repeatedly
pressed ,crushed and grinded by the roller.
 It passes through the clearance between the grinding ring and the grinding roll
where it is impacted, extruded, grinded and crushed.
 The high pressure air blower constantly inhale air from outside, the airflow with
grinded materials go into classifier, the high speed impeller will screen the
powder, coarse material is thrown to the split ring wall, back into the crushing
chamber for re-grinding.
 When the double layer grinding machine works, the material is broken again by
the gap between the second layers of grinding ring.
 Materials meeting the requirements of the fineness are blown into cyclone
powder collector with airflow through pipelines for separation and collection.
 Separated airflow is back to blower through return duct on the top of the cyclone
powder collector.

Industrial Application

 It is mainly used to grind and process variety kinds of non-flammable and non-
explosive materials with hardness less than 7 Mohs and humidity less than 6%. It
is ideal grinding machine to grind and process the materials such as limestone,
gypsum, barite, carbonate calcium, marble, feldspar, dolomite, granite, kaolin,
bentonite, bauxite, etc.
 Ideally used for
o Mining
o Construction
o Chemical industry

Advantages & Disadvantages

ADVANTAGES
 Low investment cost
o can crush, grinding, classifying,
so the system is simple, and
occupation area is about 50% of
ball mill system. In addition, it
can be installed outside, so it will
DISADVANTAGES
 The input and output material
balance should be monitored.
 Properly extend the downtime to
ensure that the cavity is completely
discharged.
 reduce a large number of  Limited to materials with a
investment costs hardness not less than 7 and
 Low operation cost humidity not less than 6%.
o High efficiency – roller
compacted materials directly
onto the grinding disc, so power
consumption is low.Compared
with ball mill, it saves energy
consumption by 30% ~ 40%
o Less wear and tear – as the
roller are not in direct contact
with the disc, and material of the
roller and liner is high quality, so
life lime is long
 High drying ability
o the hot air inside contacts
directly with the material, drying
ability is higher, and it saves
energy
o by regulating the air
temperature, it can meet
requirements with different
humidity
 High classification accuracy
o the internal grading device has
the advantages of unique
structure, good classification
effect and no large particle
pollution
 Stable and reliable work
o the drive spindle of ring roller
mill is driven by reducer, which
has low energy consumption,
high efficiency and high
efficiency >96%
 High specific surface area
o the particle surface area is
occupied by a unit mass of the
surface area
Illustration
ADVANTAGES
 Low investment cost
 Low operation cost
o High efficiency
o Less wear and tear
 High drying ability
 High classification accuracy
 Stable and reliable work
 High specific surface area
DISADVANTAGES
 The input and output material
balance should be monitored.
 Properly extend the downtime to
ensure that the cavity is completely
discharged.
 Limited to materials with a
hardness not less than 7 and
humidity not less than 6%.