SAG mill continually pump the finer material out of the mill, lowering the total amount of residual fine ore ascertain the cause of a mill fault, or worse, catastrophic failure Ensure time between inching and the next mill motor start is as short as possibleThe ball mill as a means of investigating the mechanical failure of Manuscript contributor to the efficiency of the grinding process within a SAG mill would cause media overthrow and consequent liner damage and ball breakage Read more mechanical for ball mill and sag mill for safety talkMill Sag Mechanical Failure SAG Mill Bearing Failure Both main bearings on a SAG Mill at a cement factory suffered a catastrophic failure In addition to analysing data on the service life of the bearings, our engineer inspected the SAG Mill and the failed bearingsMachinery Failure Gilmore Engineers Pty Ltd
Major mechanical failure, or Under estimation of the capacity of the crushing and/or grinding circuit Whilst downstream limitations, such as concentrate or tailings handling capacity occurProject: SAG Mill Gear Fracture Analysis Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Timeframe: Nov 2014 Challenge: Client was face with the prospect of an early changeout of a cracked SAG Mill gear The purpose of the analysis was to see if the gear had sufficient remaining life to avoid a SAG Mill Gear Fracture Analysis Deacon Engineers Collahuasi Sag Mill Failure Aluminium stair for support ball mill and sag mil eand worlds largest sag mill gearless drive and failure analysis of ball mill gears page 2 of 6 some of the largest in the world including the collahuasi sag and ball mills 40 ft and 26 ft respectively and the 40 ft ag mill at capeSag And Ball Mill Drive Failures tuinaanlegdenhaagnl
Since the St Ives SAG mill operates as a single stage SAG mill in closed circuit, any disturbances passed onto the classification circuit return to the SAG mill This is the second major mechanical failure at the site In 2009 Olympic Dam saw a hoist failure, which caused a skip loaded with ore to fall down its primary Clark Olympic Dam grinding mill breaks down Australian Quality and performance of mill liners play a fundamental role to enhance efficiency of grinding mills, because failure and wear of liners are the main reasons for breakdown Studies have indicated that more than 95% wear of equipment in mineral processing occurs in the grinding step, estimated at about 700 g per comminution of one ton feed [ 3 ]Wear and Failure Analysis of SemiAutogenous
AG/SAG mill based circuits and this has impacted on the ability of companies to obtain funding Bailey et al (2009) published guidelines on the use of typical SAG millbased circuit design Major mechanical failure, or Under estimation of the capacity of the crushing and/or grinding circuit Whilst downstream limitations, such as The failure stresses and modes for this area of the mill Testing For Stress Model Evaluation There are two kinds of tests that may be practically performed in the grinding mill area; those aimed at obtaining stress data and improving analytic predictions, and those aimed at gathering failure dataTesting Failure Criteria for Grinding Mill Structures This is the second major mechanical failure at the site In 2009 Olympic Dam saw a hoist failure, which caused a skip loaded with ore to fall down its primary Clark ShaftOlympic Dam grinding mill breaks down Australian
The wear and failure analysis of shell liners of a grinding mill is investigated Metallurgical and tribological studies were conducted on the worn liner of a semiautogenous grinding mill in Chadormalu Industrial Complex The chemical analysis, wear mechanism, microstructural variations and mechanical properties in different sections of the worn liner were evaluated using visual inspection SAG MILL DISCHARGE SCREENSTROMMEL vs VIBRATING Tony Moon, RTZ After that failure, which occurred after about six or seven years, we had Doug Farnell of FarnellThompson Applied Technologies Inc look at the structure again and it was redesigned and beefed up We changed some of the things at the return tubeSAG MILL DISCHARGE SCREENSTROMMEL vs SAG and ball mills with grate discharge are not prone to locked charge events because of the high amount of rocks and balls compared to fine ore The pulp dischargers of a SAG mill continually pump the finer material out of the mill, lowering the total amount of residual fine ore and thus improving the situation in respect to locked charge startsLOCKED CHARGE STARTS AND YOUR GRINDING MILL
The mill normally operates at 3,150 rpm 1Outboard Motor Bearing Legend 2Inboard Motor Bearing 3Inboard Mill Bearing* 4Outboard Mill Bearing * Bearing that was failing The mill rotor bearings, which are mounted in a steel housing, are two (2) cylindrical roller bearings, NU 316 ECM/C3, and one (1) grooved ball bearing, SKF 6316 C3 Singlestage semiautogenous (SAG) or autogenous (AG) circuits and primary single stage SAG circuits followed by secondary ball milling After comminution the pulp is normally dilute and thickening (612% solids by mass) is performed to increase the pulp density to The process design of gold leaching and carboninpulp warm and cold zones), and mechanical shock causes thermal mechanical failure Stress cracks form along the insert edge, eventually causing sections of carbide to pull out and appear to be chipping This is the most common failure mode encountered in milling applications WHAT TO LOOK FOR Q Multiple cracks perpendicular to cutting edgeINSERT WEAR precisiontoolsupplyca
foot SAG mill at the Cadia Hill Mine in Australia While the details vary, there is a theme that links these projects – careful development and analysis, timely results and ultimately the delivery of reliable, efficient gearless drives Since 1998, Siemens has been providing gearless drive systems for 40foot SAG Project: SAG Mill Gear Fracture Analysis Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Timeframe: Nov 2014 Challenge: Client was face with the prospect of an early changeout of a cracked SAG Mill gear The purpose of the analysis was to see if the gear had sufficient remaining life to avoid a SAG Mill Gear Fracture Analysis Deacon Engineers The mill specifications are: 61 m diameter by 70 m effective grinding length with grate discharge and a 3,500 kW drive The mill selected provides the following benefits to the project, according to Wedgetail: The purchase of a new mill significantly reduces the key risk of mechanical failure in the single most important processing plant itemSAG mill ordered for Nullagine gold project
The SAG mills use steel balls to grind ores into smaller particles and are a crucial part of the processing phase Advertisement Newcrest said the outage appears to be linked to the mill's motor Outotec SAG and ball mill Outotec highperformance grinding mills use advanced simulation tools for the best possible process efficiency, mechanical reliability, and maintainability Our mill range covers comminution system failure The Spherical Roller Bearings (SRB) usedOUTOTEC GRINDING TECHNOLOGIES shock absorption so a failure of mill bearings, (normally the weakest link), is typical Other costly types of damage that occur from falling charge, although less frequent, are cracks in the mill heads and shells Mills at most risk SAG and ball mills with grate discharge are not prone to locked charge events because of the high amount of rocksEditor Laura White, laurawhiteoutotec 1 OUTOTEC
• 28 MW GMD for a 40' SAG mill • 28 MW GMD for 42' SAG mill Whether it is size or an installation at the highest altitude (4600 masl), ABB’s GMDs are well positioned to contribute to the building of larger and ever more powerful mills — Leading the gearless mill drive evolution The ABB gearless mill drive (GMD) is the most powerful warm and cold zones), and mechanical shock causes thermal mechanical failure Stress cracks form along the insert edge, eventually causing sections of carbide to pull out and appear to be chipping This is the most common failure mode encountered in milling applications WHAT TO LOOK FOR Q Multiple cracks perpendicular to cutting edgeINSERT WEAR precisiontoolsupplyca In May 2011 I experienced a girth gear teeth failure on the joints on one of my Ball Mill and recently I just experienced the more or less the same failure on my other Ball Mill See Mill Spec and Attched Pictures ROM SAG Mill Mill Type Grate discharge, dry grinding, ball mill Construction The mill is constructed from a fabricated shell Girth Gear RCFA's CR4 Discussion Thread
foot SAG mill at the Cadia Hill Mine in Australia While the details vary, there is a theme that links these projects – careful development and analysis, timely results and ultimately the delivery of reliable, efficient gearless drives Since 1998, Siemens has been providing gearless drive systems for 40foot SAG 10 Performance and Mechanical Equipment Standards 181 101 Introduction 181 102 Performance standards 181 103 Mechanical standards 182 11 Control Systems and Instrumentation 185 111 Control systems 185 112 Startup and shutdown considerations 187 113 Control of the equipment during operation 193 114 Lifecycle costs 193Gas Turbines: Fundamentals, Maintenance, Inspection