Ball mill/SAG mill drive lubrication system

Author

Kutz, Jeffrey M. ; Amin, Ashok B.

Author_Institution

Bridge Gap Eng., Northampton, MA, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

26-30 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

16

Abstract

This paper describes the function and operation of lubrication systems for Ball Mill and SAG Mill Drives. Provided within this paper are hydraulic schematics, functional description and a general overview of system layout as well as some of the important features and factors relevant to improving the reliability of this very critical part of the grinding mill drive system. Also discussed are design elements revolving around reliability, including the redundancy systems, bearing flow distribution and fluid life analysis related to particulate contamination. Finally, the underlying focus is to share experience and provide helpful hints to plant operation and maintenance teams.

Keywords

ball milling; contamination; design engineering; drives; grinding machines; hydraulic systems; industrial plants; life testing; machine bearings; maintenance engineering; redundancy; SAG mill drive lubrication system; ball mill drive lubrication system; bearing flow distribution; design elements; fluid life analysis; functional description; grinding mill drive system; hydraulic schematics; maintenance teams; particulate contamination; plant operation teams; redundancy systems; reliability; system layout; Fluids; Heating; Reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cement Industry Conference (IAS/PCA CIC), 2015 IEEE-IAS/PCA

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5578-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CITCON.2015.7122594

Filename

7122594