Study of the factors increasing the quality and productivity of drum, rod and ball mills

In the presented paper attention is paid to the ball mills, semi-autogenous and autogenous mills. The applications of mills are reviewed. The most used working regime of ball mills is described. The factors, affecting the milling process are examined. The factors, related to required energy for grinding: rotational speed of the drum, type of the mill shell and drum filling factor are shown. The factors used for increasing productivity and grinding efficiency are presented. The improving factors for energy consumption per unit of production are examined, one of them is the density of the grinding media. The possible ways for increasing the productivity and grinding efficiency of drum, rod and ball mills are numbered. Some of them are: increasing the bulk volume, increasing the contact area between the grinding media components, improving the quality of the obtained product, etc. The need for a common approach for study of drum, rod and ball mill is considered.