This paper compares Discrete Element Model predictions for power and variations in impact and abrasion (low angle impact) breakage with power and grinding rate predictions from the more "traditional" JKMRC models. The DEM predictions are based on measured mill load sizings from a large industrial SAG mill at two operating conditions. The load sizings can also be predicted with reasonable accura...

One of the factors which are usually difficult to be measured in mills is the grindability and distribution of feed under real situation and in a short time. In the condition of achieving a fast and convenient way to determine these parameters, the proper relationship between energy, hardness and particle size distribution can be obtained. Feed hardness is one of the most important factors in g...

Multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems can be found in many industrial processes, including mining processes. In practice, these are difficult to control due the interactions of their input variables inherent uncertainty Depending on MIMO process, different strategies implemented achieve desired performance. Among is use a decentralized structure that considers several subsystems for...

The mining company uses a variety of grinding machines to process minerals, whereas the most common type machine is Semi-Autogenous Grinding SAG Mill machine. This employed for hard rock as raw material into gold, copper, and silver. However, are often broken, even suddenly not working, with an average loss time 97.30 hours which impacts decrease in efficiency production quality up 40%. It can ...

in this research, the efficiency of the comminution circuit as well as the efficiency of size classification equipment of the concentrator plant 2 of sarcheshmeh copper complex was studied. the comminution circuit of this plant includes one sag mill in a closed circuit with a vibrating screen and one ball mill with a size classification system of hydrocyclone. the goal of this work was to calcu...

In this research, the efficiency of the comminution circuit as well as the efficiency of size classification equipment of the concentrator plant 2 of Sarcheshmeh copper complex was studied. The comminution circuit of this plant includes one SAG mill in a closed circuit with a vibrating screen and one ball mill with a size classification system of hydrocyclone. The goal of this work was to calcu...

The shell liner type, rotation speed, and ball filling percent are the key factors influencing the charge behavior inside the SAG mills, and consequently, their performance. In this work, the milling operation of industrial SAG mills is investigated using the Discrete Element Method (DEM). First, an industrial SAG mill with dimensions of 9.50 m × 4.42 m that has a Smooth-type liner is sim...

To facilitate the manufacturing of a ball-end mill, this paper presents an algorithm for ball-end mills gashing by using a five-axis computer numerical control (CNC) grinding machine. In this study, the normal helix models are proposed. Then, based on the cutting edge geometric model and the machining mode of the five-axis computer numerical control (CNC) grinding machine, the coordinate of the...

Mill load is an important equipment index which is closely related to operating efficiency, product quality and energy consumption of grinding process. Due to high dimension and collinearity of spectral data, mill load model has high complexity, poor interpretability and generalization. A soft sensor modeling method of mill load parameters is proposed based on frequency spectrum feature using S...