Single stage SAG Mills are very beneficial in reducing CAPEX for plants with a staged throughput approach. When future tonnage is to be increased, the SAG Mill can feed downstream ball milling to boost capacity. Fuller-Traylor SAG/AG Mills range in size from 4.3m through 12.2m in diameter with powers as high as 28,000 kW.

Further, when the SAG mill runs at a low speed, the lifter face angle and rock shape become the main influencing factors of the mill torque, and the fraction of critical speed becomes the dominant ...

The larger units can also be matched with the SAG mill in SAB/SABC configuration. Stirred mills (Regrinding). Finer regrinding or ultra-fine grinding is a frequent requirement in pilot plants and ALS has a range of units that can run continuously in pilot applications. The following mills are located at Balcatta: ISAMill tm, Deswik, and ...

Generally, mill rotational speed, charge load as well as lifter height variations reflected well in the mill noise emission. This study supports the use of mill acoustic sensing technique to understand different grinding conditions in AG/SAG mills for improved and continuous process monitoring, energy-efficient milling, and enhanced optimisation.

A SAG mill control system implementation is presented in Section 3. The discussion emphasizes on the SAG mill simulation model, and pro- posed control strategy. 2. REAL-TIME SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT The real-time environment is based on standard tools available in the market and widely used in the academia and industry.

Perspective #139 – Some thoughts on Semi-Autogenous Grinding (SAG) Mills. Written by Richard Addison | Principal Process Engineer. This paper explores why SAG mills are an enigma when compared to ball mills, providing an in-depth analysis of how the advantages of SAG milling outweigh the shortcomings.

SAG Mills function similarly to the other mills, utilizing grinding balls, but the main difference is found in its semi-autogenous functionality. This means that they are self-operative and reliant machines that generally require minimal operator supervision compared to other mill systems. As mentioned, the SAG mill is a first stage mill ...

Semi-autogenous grinding mills play a critical role in the processing stage of many mining operations. They are also one of the most intensive energy consumers of the entire process. Current forecasting techniques of energy consumption base their inferences on feeding ore mineralogical features, SAG dimensions, and operational variables. …

With our SAG mill running at 65.4% critical speed (mill @ 8.7 RPM), the SER motor speed reference is 850 RPM or 85% of 1000 RPM. We are recovering approximately 1.2 MW of slip energy; the power ...

Abstract. In mining, the detection of overload conditions in SAG mills is of great relevance to guarantee their operational continuity due to their economic and environmental impact. Various authors have tried to use Machine Learning techniques to identify the relationship between the variables and the underlying overload phenomenon.

Sub and hyper synchronous mill motor speed control is offered without speed deadband. The SER delivers 100 per cent of rated (nameplate) motor shaft power at above synchronous speeds, an exclusive benefit of this SER technology.

Last February we successfully completed in our Madrid plant the FAT of a new SER Drive (Slip Energy Recovery Drive) for a 6500kW SAG mill. This drive will …

The effectiveness of design improvements to mill components can be reinforced by software tools that help keep a mill operating efficiently, such as FL's SAGwise system, which uses an array of sensors to …

's AG/SAG mills accomplish the same size reduction work as 2 or 3 stages of crushing and screening The feed size for these mills is limited to the maximum size that can be practically conveyed and introduced into the large mill feed chutes. And the product of the large AG/SAG grinding is either a finished size ready of processing, or an ...

For SAG Milling, optimizing the throw and converting the available electrical energy (installed motor power) to potential energy (height of throw, trajectory) to kinetic …

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF SAG WEIGHT. The MPC controller was installed to control the SAG mill weight, the belt weight in the ore feed system, and the SAG mill sound emissions. A diagram of the control strategy is shown in Figure 3. Figure 3 – SAG mill MPC control strategy The MPC SAG weight controller includes measured disturbance ...

sizes. The results of these studies showed that a single line 40 ft SAG mill circuit gave the best project economics. Further work was followed up to optimize the 40 ft SAG mill size with the results showing that a slightly more expensive 42 ft SAG mill with equivalent power to the 40 ft SAG mill enhanced the project economics.

The biggest characteristic of the sag mill is that the crushing ratio is large. The particle size of the materials to be ground is 300 ~ 400mm, sometimes even larger, and the minimum particle size of the materials to be discharged can reach 0.1 mm. The calculation shows that the crushing ratio can reach 3000 ~ 4000, while the ball mill's ...

Control stabilization for SAG mills. BrainWave is ideally suited to stabilize the operation of SAG mills. Effective grinding in a SAG mill depends largely on how it is loaded. A mill containing too much material does not …

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF SAG WEIGHT. The MPC controller was installed to control the SAG mill weight, the belt weight in the ore feed system, and the SAG mill …

As one of the machines widely used in mining, a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill can significantly improve the roughing efficiency of rock. But the SAG mill still faces the obstacles of significant energy consumption and empirical operation parameters. In order to obtain the optimal operation parameters of a SAG mill, in this paper, the …

Semi-autogenous grinding mills (SAG mills) are tumbling mills that most commonly have a shell diameter-to-length ratio of around two. With this high aspect ratio, SAG mills generate both thrown and cascading ball-milling actions with shell linings shaped to lift and to throw alloy steel grinding balls of up to 150 mm (6 in.) in diameter. These

of ore within these mills creates a harsh environment with high heat and constant vibration. Downtime for these mills is costly, and repairs can be dangerous – which makes preventive maintenance and proper lubrication extremely critical. SAG mill increases productivity, reduces unscheduled shutdowns via proper liner bolt installation, lubrication

Sanjeev Latchireddi, Chief Process Engineer – Grinding Americas, Outokumpu Technology, looks at the shift from ball mills to SAG mills. Nowadays, the …

TABLE 1 Comparison of RoM and SAG mill operating regimes AG/SAG South African RoM Speed, % critical 70- 80% 75 -90% Charge Filling, % total mill volume 20 - 30% 35 - 45% Bali filling, % total mill volume 4-15% 15 - 35% Internallength 3-5m 5 -12m Aspect ratio, diameter/length 0.7 -2 0.5 - 0.8 Recycle stream Trommel oversize Cyclone underflow ...

Semi-autogenous grinding mills (SAG mills) are tumbling mills that most commonly have a shell diameter-to-length ratio of around two. With this high aspect ratio, SAG mills …

The SAG mill at the site grinds the gold ore which is then sent to the autoclave for further processing. The impact of steel balls against ore particles is an efficient grinding method, but it can also wear the liner that protects the cylinder. This can in turn increase maintenance and energy costs. Until very recently, the system used to ...