Effects of grinding media shapes on load behaviour and mill power in a dry ball mill

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1357-1361

  Lameck, N S ^a   Kiangi, K K ^a   Moys, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Comminution; Grinding; Grinding media; Power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING MILLS; LOADS (FORCES); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBES;

GRINDING MEDIA; INDUCTIVE PROXIMITY PROBE; LOAD ORIENTATION; MILLING KINETICS;

BALL MILLING;

EID: 33748794204     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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