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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Particle life cycle in grinding mills. Particle breakage in mills varies with operating condition changes, differences in ore composition and hardness and from mill type to mill type. Morrison et al., [76] enumerated five mechanisms that could be attributed to AG, SAG mills and coarser feed ball mills. These were summarised in [50]: 1.
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Since there is a strong correlation between load behavior and mill power, load behavior is an essential operating factor that can even be used to control a mill (Austin et al., 1984). Grinding media directly affects the load behavior and, consequently, the performance of industrial mills in terms of product size, energy consumption, and ...
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