Ball Mill or Rod Mill? This is a Question?
As we all know, the cost of grinding operations accounts for a considerable proportion of the cost of the entire mineral processing plant. Since the grinding investment is huge and the energy consumption is extremely high, it’s widely agreed that “Without a mill, there exist no mineral processing”, from which we can see through clearly the importance of grinding operation. Therefore, the dressing plants are also very cautious in the selection of grinding equipment , in order to yield twice the result with half the effort. At present, the most widely used grinding equipment in the dressing plant is ball mill and rod mill . As far as the working principle is concerned, both ball mills and rod mills are the same. The grinding medium (steel ball or steel rod) installed in the cylinder is lifted to a certain height with the rotation of the cylinder under the action of friction and centrifugal force, and then thrown at a specific line speed to impact, grind and squeeze the materials in the ...