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News Release from: Cyclotec/Leotec Group | Subject: Planetary Centrifugal Mill technology
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 March 2005
Planetary centrifugal mill crushes hard
materials
Planetary Centrifugal Mill technology for processing hard materials such as diamonds, slag, and cement is designed to significantly reduce energy consumption.
Cyclotec, a St Petesburg, Russia - based engineering firm that specializes in the fine grinding technology, reports significant interest in its Planetary Centrifugal Mill(PCM) Technology Cyclotec has advanced the project from the development stage to an industrial scale and has produced a prototype
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Powered by a 37kW motor, the prototype PCM has a production capacity of 1.5m/h (continuous) and 100kg/h (periodic for nano grinding applications).
In continuous grinding operations, milled material measured <5 microns with 30% as small as 1 micron.
The technology has potential for processing hard materials such as diamonds, slag, and cement and would be well suited for mobile applications.
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The developers claim that it offers extended run time, and is designed to significantly reduce energy consumption.
From scientific perspective, Cyclotec claims an improvement for ground materials properties by reducing particle size to molecular level and by making the substance mechanically active.
According to the developer, the PCM operates on a principle similar to a ball mill.
In addition to rotation around longitudinal axis, the drum also rotates around an axis of the motion of transport (e.g planets rotating around the sun).
The motion of transport 'replaces' gravity acceleration (G) acting upon the balls in the ball mill, with a centripetal acceleration of the motion of the transport, acting upon the balls in the PCM-and exceeding gravity acceleration by 10 to 300G.
Cyclotec's PCM has four drums, each 164mm in diameter x 250mm long, capable of grinding wet or dry materials, with a centrifugal load factor of 30G.
Initial size fraction is <5mm.
The unit can process 1.5m/h of quartz sand and materials a Mohs hardness of 10.
Overall dimensions are 1.2 x 1.6m with weight of 1,200kg.
the ball load for one drum is 9kg.
Problems that have so far hindered emergence of a commercial PCM include the failure of the gear system to operate at significant (>12G) centrifugal loads; complexity of the design for continuous loading and discharge of the material; Removal of excessive heat from the drums and gear system; and provisions for dust removal.
Following idle state tests (without ball load) Lasting 100h, disassembly of Cyclotec's unit showed no indication of gear wear.
A series of grinding operations with quartz sand and metallurgical slag was then carried out, and a Consistent content of fine fractions(< 5 microns) was observed in the first stage of grinding-up to 50% irrespective of the output and the size of the initial material.
Cyclotec is currently working on the next test phase involving continuous grinding of granulated slag.
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