A new autogenous and semi-autogenous mill model for scale-up, design and optimisation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-445

  Morrell, S ^a  

^a SMCC Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autogenous grinding; Grinding; SAG milling

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROM;

AUTOGENOUS GRINDING; AUTOGENOUS MILLS; SAG MILLING; SEMI-AUTOGENOUS (SAG) MILLS;

GRINDING MILLS;

EID: 1142263915     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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