Friedrich Kick was born in Vienna in 1840. After graduating from the Vienna Polytechni — kum in 1862, he became professor of mechanical technology at the Technical University in Prague, Bohemia, where he worked from 1865 to 1892, including three terms as rector. From 1892 to 1910, he was a professor at the Technical University […]
Рубрика: The History of Grinding
WIND POWER FOR GRINDING
Historically, the wind has also been an important source of renewable energy for driving grinding mills. “Crude vertical-axis panemones have ground grain in the Afghan highlands since the seventh century” (Gipe 1995). Panemones had walls to direct the wind past vertical sails that were attached to a rotating axle, as shown in Figure 4.7. Windmills […]
Vertical-Shaft Impact Crushers
In hammer mills the impact of a fast-moving hammer on a slow-moving rock causes shattering. It can also be caused by the collision of a rock traveling at high velocity with another rock or a breaker plate. This is the concept of a vertical-shaft impact crusher. FIGURE 5.19 Sectional view of the hammer mill (McGrew […]
FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS COMMON TO ALL TUMBLING MILLS
Regardless of the category, all tumbling mills operate on the same principles: ■ The total weight of the charge in the mill—the sum of the weight of the grinding media, the weight of the material to be ground, and any water in the mill—is a function of the percentage of the volume of the mill […]
Grinding Coal in Ball Mills
Most of the grinding of coal for combustion burners is performed in roller mills, but air — swept dry-grinding ball mills operating in closed circuit with separators are also used. Coal is fed to the ball mill with heated air. The air is drawn through the mill by a fanlocated in the classifying section. The […]
Nutating Mills
Another method of keeping balls in motion at high speed is nutation, which is similar to the oscillation of a spinning top. The nutating action, shown in Figure 8.9, is used by the Hicom mill. The grinding chamber is a truncated cone with a roughly hemispherical base, on a vertical axis of symmetry. The chamber […]
Initiation Methods
An initiation system starts the detonation of the main charge, after which firings should occur at the exact times that are planned to ensure best results. As discussed earlier, the objective of initiation systems during the black powder and dynamite eras was to improve the safety of explosives. By 1900, the first electric delay detonator […]
Fred Bond
Fred Bond was the engineer who did much to define the relationship between ore hardness, tonnage processed, size reduction achieved, and power required. Born in 1899 and raised in a rural community near Golden, Colorado, he attended and graduated with honors from the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) with a bachelor’s degree in metallurgy. He […]
THE AUTOMATIC FLOUR MILL
A seminal change in flour milling occurred in 1785 when Oliver Evans built an automatic flour mill to eliminate manual labor in material handling (Figure 4.9). Previously, several stages of grinding had been required, which included manual sifting between the stages to remove finished flour and inedible particles and to winnow out coarse materials for […]
Coal Crushers
The main uses of coal are as fuel in furnaces and as a chemical to reduce iron oxides to iron. To meet environmental standards for these purposes, coal needs to be mined, crushed, separated by size, upgraded, and ground to burn efficiently with the gaseous and solid wastes. Ground limestone is also required to remove […]