Grinding (sa book)

Question 1

is the last stage of the comminution process.

Answer 1

Grinding

Question 2

A ____ consists of a horizontal rotating steel shell supported by end bearings on which hallow trunnions revolve. Loose crushing bodies, known as ____, are placed inside the shell.

Answer 2

Grinding Mills
Grinding Medium

Question 2

Either ____ or ____ are used as grinding medium

Answer 2

Steel Balls/ROds or pebbles

Question 2

____, forces which result from the application of forces by rolling and sliding bodies tend to produce more fine particles than impact forces applied on particles by repetitive blows.

Answer 2

Attrition or Shearing

Question 3

____ are relatively high in power consumption and require expensive foundations. ____ are normally loaded to approximately 50 percent of its volume with grinding medium.

Answer 3

Grinding Mills

Question 4

The interior of tumbling mill is lined by replaceable liners usually made of ____ but sometimes of ____.

Answer 4

alloy steel
rubber

Question 5

____ favor abrasion resulting in fine grinding but high metal wear.

Answer 5

Smooth Liners

Question 6

In a ____, the material is fed by gravity through the spout.

Answer 6

Spout Feeder

Question 7

In ____, the entire mill feed enters the drum and an internal spiral carries it and fed to the mill. Grinding balls are conveniently added through this feeder during operation.

Answer 7

Drum Feeder

Question 8

In case of ____, material is fed to the drum and the scoop picks it up and fed to the mill.

Answer 8

Scoop Feeder

Question 9

In ball mills, the grinding medium is ____; in rod mills, ____; in tube or pebble mills , ____ of hard rock or other nonmetallic material; in autogenous mills, ____ particles

Answer 9

steel balls
steel rods
pebbles
coarse ore particles

Question 10

____ usually have a length to diameter ratio of 1.5 to 1.0. According to the shape of the mill, the ____ are classified as cylindroconical and cylindrical mills

Answer 10

Ball Mills

Question 11

Grinding of ore particles takes place due to simple rolling of one ball over the other ( ____ ) and by the free fall of balls ( ____ ).

Answer 11

cascading
cataracting

Question 12

____ leads to fine grinding whereas ____ leads to coarse grinding.

Answer 12

Cascading
Cataracting

Question 13

As the speed of the mill increases, the balls are lifted higher and a stage is reached where the balls are carried around the shell and never allowed to fall. That means ____ occurs. The balls will rotate as if they are part of the shell.

Answer 13

Centrifuging

Question 14

The speed at which centrifuging occurs is known as ____.

Answer 14

Critical Speed

Question 15

An ____ where no balls occupy this zone during operation.

Answer 15

Empty Zone

Question 16

A ____ zone where no grinding takes place

Answer 16

Dead zone

Question 17

When the speed of the mill exceeds the critical speed, all these zones ____, the balls will centrifuge and no grinding takes place anywhere inside the mill. Hence the mill should be operated at a speed below the critical speed. The usual range is _____% of critical speed.

Answer 17

dissapear
60-80%

Question 18

Balls vary in size from 1 to 6 inches. The largest balls are used for coarser grinding. Initially, at the start of a ball mill, balls of various sizes, known as ____, are introduced. As the balls wear out gradually, only the largest balls are added as make up media

Answer 18

seasoned charge

Question 19

A ____ uses rods as a grinding medium. Length to diameter ratio is between 1.5 and 2.5. Rods are a few centimeters shorter than the length of the mill to avoid any jamming of rods in the mill. The rods are kept apart by the coarsest particles. The grinding action results from line contact of the rods on the ore particles and is exerted preferentially on the coarsest particles. Smaller and fine particles do not grind till the coarsest particle is reduced in size.

Answer 19

Rod Mill

Question 20

This can clearly be observed in Figure 9.4. Thus the rod mill produces a more closely sized product with little oversize or slimes. Hence the rod mills may be considered as ____.

Answer 20

Coarse Grinding Machines

Question 21

Two types in peripheral discharge mill

In the ____ mills, the material is fed at one end of the mill and the ground product is discharged from the other end by means of several peripheral apertures into a close-fitting circumferential chute.

Answer 21

End Peripheral Discharge Mills

Question 22

Two types of peripheral discharge mill

In ____, the material is fed at both ends of the mill and the ground product is discharged through a circumferential port at the centre of the shell.

Answer 22

Centre Peripheral Discharge Mill

Question 23

In a ____, discharge grates are fitted through which pulp flows freely and lifted up to the level of the discharge trunnion.

Answer 23

Grate Discharge Mill

Question 24

Rod mills are normally run at ____% of the critical speed so that the rods cascade rather than cataract.

Answer 24

50-65%

Question 25

A ____ is a grinding mill where length to diameter ratio is 3 to 5. It is also known as a pebble mill as it uses ceramic pebbles made of flint or porcelain as the grinding media.

Answer 25

Tube Mill

Question 26

____ are used when iron contamination in the product is highly objectionable such as in the manufacture of paints, pigments, cosmetics, etc.

Answer 26

Pebble Mills

Question 27

____ are sometimes divided into several longitudinal compartments, each having a different charge composition. The charge can be steel balls, rods or pebbles and they are often used dry to grind cement clinker, gypsum and phosphate.

Answer 27

Tube Mills

Question 28

____ use coarse ore particles as grinding medium. Grinding is achieved by the action of ore particles on each other when particles of ore of different sizes are rotated together in a tumbling mill. The mill is of very large in diameter.

Answer 28

Autogenous Mill

Question 29

____ greatly reduces metal wear and also reduces the number of crushing and grinding stages as compared to conventional size-reduction operations, thus it offers the possibilities of large savings in capital and operating costs. However, it is practical for only a limited number of ore types.

Answer 29

Autogenous Grinding

Question 30

____ uses a combination of the ore and a reduced charge of balls or rods as a grinding medium to overcome the difficulties encountered in autogenous grinding.

Answer 30

Semi-autogenous mill

Question 31

____ is generally used in mineral beneficiation plants as sub sequent operations for most of the ores are carried out wet. ____ is usually carried out with 20–35% water by weight.

Answer 31

Wet Grinding

Question 32

____ is used whenever physical or chemical changes in the material occur if water is added. It causes less wear on the liners and grinding media.

Answer 32

Dry Grinding

Question 33

____ is the term used to designate the size of the grounded product in terms of the percentage of the material passing through a given mesh.

Answer 33

Mesh of grind

Question 34

In ____, the material of the required size is removed by a classifier from the ground product to send to the subsequent operation and over size is returned to the same grinding mill.

Answer 34

Closed Circuit Grinding

Question 34

In ____, the amount of solids by weight fed back to the grinding mill is called circulating load and its weight is expressed as a percentage of the weight of new feed.

Answer 34

Closed Circuit Grinding

Question 35

WHEN A GRINDING MILL IS FED WITH A MATERIAL, IT SHOULD BE AT A RATE CALCULATED TO PRODUCE THE CORRECT PRODUCT IN ONE PASS

Answer 35

Open Circuit Grinding