Grinding with VRM Systems

VRM
Vertical Roller Mill (VRM) - 3 Sections
Transport
Exhaust gases
Raw meal

1. Separation  Drying Separation

Feed
Material

Grinding

2. Grinding  Hot
gases

Drive
Energy

3. Drive 
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Vertical Roller Mill (VRM) - Details
feed gate mill exhaust
(air lock) product discharge
mill outlet duct
separator
cage rotor

separator
guide vanes
tailings cone
separator
discharge flap

mill casing roller with tyre

or segments
water
injection rocker arm
roller axle

dam ring table liner

hot gas inlet
nozzle of
louvre ring
grinding table

hydraulic cylinder

clutch speed reducer with

material scraper and motor table bearing
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 VRM - Working principle
Vertical rollerforce
Grinding mill =

Roller weight + (pressure) Force

Roller rolls freely

with table
Material bed

Feed material Table moves with drive

Feed size:
Max Particle size in feed: 5-8 % of roller diameter
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VRM - Material Flow inside
Separator: Gas & Product Material
removes fine
material Feed Material

rejects coarse
material

Internal gas Separator Rejects

flow
Internal Circulation

Large Material falls through to

scraper
Material
Material & Gas
Gas
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VRM - Some Common Mill Configurations

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VRM - Built-in Separator
Staticstatictype
separator
Conventional
conventional rotor type
Cage Rotor type
cage rotor type
with guide vanes
P P

Rotor type P

F T F F T T F
F F
P T

Separation control:
1. Vane adjustment
F= Feed
2. Speed control P= Product
T= Tailings
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VRM - Separator Fotos

Angle affects
product sizing

Rotor speed affects

product fineness

Rotor seal affects

separator efficiency
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VRM - External Circulation

fresh feed

bucket elevator

louvre ring
Used for reducing
scraper gas flow pressure
lost over the mill
(less pneumatic
internal circulation)
collecting conveyor
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VRM - Control & Maintenance
Control
 Gearbox - Vibration monitor
- Temperature monitor
 Gas flow - Temperatures & pressures
 Hydraulics - Pressures

Maintenance
 Wear - Rollers & Table
- Separator (sealing!) & Housing
 Lubrication & Hydraulics (filters and seals)
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VRM - Example flowsheet

Control points
1 gas flow
2 pressure
difference
3 return gas flow
pressure
4 outlet
temperature
5 external
recirculation

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VRM - Accessories
Rotary valve Pendulum valve
Reduces false Reduces false
air entering with air entering.
feed material. Better for
Good for dry, lumpy or
small size humid feed
material. material.
Weigh belt Metal extraction

Metal objects
damage the
roller & table.
Weighs the passing material The magnet
ensuring a continuous grinding removes them
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