VERTICAL RAW MILL

AND
SEPARATOR

By
Phyo Thura Htay

Contents

Ball mill vs. vertical mill

Operations
Structure of a vertical mill
Working Process
Components

Dam Ring
Armour Ring
Louver Ring
Grinding Table
Rollers
Separators

Maintenance
Performance Improvement

Ball Mill Vs Vertical Mill

Parameters

Ball Mill

Vertical Mill

Crushing

Smaller Impact by
Steel Balls/Rubbing

By Compression/
Impact Force

Drying

Limited area and

capacity

Larger Drying
Capacity

Material Circulation

Only the coarse

materials are fed
back

Rejected material +
Fines are fed back

Energy Consumption

High

Low

Operation Cost

100%

80%

Operations
Grinding
Raw materials
Cement

Drying
Removal of water

Separation
Coarse solids
Fine particles

Structure of Vertical Mill

Working Process

Working Process

Material
Material & Gas
Gas

Components
Inlet chute
Mill Table

Dam ring
Armour ring
Louver ring
Grinding table

Rollers
Roller wheels
Rocker Arm
Hydraulic cylinder

Separator
Cage rotor
Reject cone

Scrapers
Outlet duct
Motor
External Circulation

Dam Ring

Vital part
Material (bed) thickness
Retention Time
Air/gas flow pattern around mill table
Mill capacity, fineness, vibration, power, etc.

Armour Ring
Protection of

Armour Ring

Mill Body

Mill Body
Dam Ring

Separator Performance

Tabl
e
Related with the Dam Ring
Air Flow

Configuration (Inclination)

Low Angle
( < 50 )
High Angle
( > 70 )

Air Flow
into the
table

Unnecess
ary
Circulatio
n

Uniform flow
of fine
particles

Efficient
Separation

Louver Ring

Swirling air
in mill body

Reduce
separator
rotor driving
power

Longer time
for drying
material

May or May not be installed

Grinding Table
Transmits the entire force and mill power
Depends on

Feed material size

Feed material moisture
Dam ring height
Grinding fineness
Air Speed in nozzle ring
Table

Grinding bed too

low =>
Vibration

Little Vibration,
Efficient Grinding

Grinding bed too

high => Insufficient
grinding

Rollers
Large, tapering rotating
cylinders
Large linking elements
required between
hydraulic cylinder and
roller arm
Hydraulics critical

Grinding Concept
Vertical roller mill
Grinding force = Roller weight +
(pressure) Force
Roller rolls
freely with
table

Material
bed

Feed
Table moves with
material
drive
Max Particle size in feed: 5-8 % of roller
Feed size:
diameter

f (Roller )

Separator
Reject cone

Cage rotor

Guide vane system

Separator

FR

Air

External Circulations
fresh feed

bucket elevator

louvre ring

scraper

collecting conveyor

Maintenance

Vibration

To avoid excess fine on mill table

To apply grinding aids
To apply water to mill of material
To avoid the mill outlet gas
temperature more than 100C

Typical Wear cycle

New
rollers

T/H

Rollers partly
worn peak
efficiency

Vibration worsens

TIME
Rollers need to be replaced.
Grinding efficiency worsens as you lose
roller shape.
Mombasa / June
2009

Performance
Improvement
Continuous control of the
air flow measurement
(annubar vs exhaust fan
efficiency)

Water injection
peripheral:
clogging on-line
detection.
Water injection
on table
inconclusive
Dam ring: height
regularly controlled. To
adapt to table profile

Periodic control
of nitrogen
pressure

False air
reduction

Reduction of the gap

Between the table and
the
Nozzle ring

Maintain in good state

the belt height sensors,
have a proper
calibration