2016 JUNE: ACICO KUWAIT (ACICO Cement) PREFERS FTR-MAGOTTEAUX BALL SORTING MACHINE
FTR Makina A.Ş. and Magotteaux S.A. has signed the official know-how contract to manufacture Ball Sorting Machined under the license of Magotteaux in 2015. The first machine produced by FTR has been delivered to end user ACICO Cement in Kuwait.
The ball sorting machine allows sorting of the balls from the first or second compartment of a Ball Mill.
In order to sort the balls, there are two different drums available and they can easily and safely be swapped/changed. As standard, the ball sorting machine is supplied with one sorting-drum for 1st or 2nd chamber balls. The second sorting-drum is optional and be purchased separately.
It is a fact that a Ball Mill circuit is a grinding process by the help of grinding media, especially by Hi Cr Balls. The proper ball charge and grinding balls are one of the key points of the grinding process. So, the user must be sure about the proportion of each media size in the ball mill with the right quantity and distribution.
Why Sorting of the Balls?
As the time goes by, the distribution/proportion of the grinding ball sizes inside the ball mill gets changed, as a natural outcome of wear phenomena and/or breakage of the balls. Therefore the grinding efficiency drops. Every ball mill has a unique process result due to its physical condition, size, circuit, ground material, finish product type and auxiliary equipment. There is, however, a global thumb-rule for every ball mill that its best working condition is achieved by proper ball charge distribution determined by process experts (classification of 2nd chamber ball charge in 2 chamber mills is a good example of this fact). The importance and effect of proper ball charge distribution are proved by many lab tests as well as real industrial applications.
