Affiliation:
1. NIGDE OMER HALISDEMIR UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING
2. BAYBURT UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Abstract
In this study, it was investigated that talc ore could ground to very fine sizes using a combination of conventional ball mill and vertical stirred mill. Firstly, the conventional ball mill parameters such as mill speed (% of critical speed), material filling ratio (Jb), ball filling ratio (fc), ball size distribution (10-20-30-40 mm, %), grinding aid ratio (% of powder) and grinding time (min.) were optimized using classic experimental design. As a result of the optimization, fine talc product was obtained with d90=93.52 µm particle size. In the second stage, the ball mill product was re-milled using a stirred mill. As a result of study, a final ultra-fine talc powder was obtained after 60 minutes grinding time with d50=1.85 µm particle size and 14058 cm2/g total surface area. It has been seen that the conventional ball mill+stirred mill combination effective a process to obtain talc powder that suitable for industrial use.
Publisher
Cukurova Universitesi Muhendislik-Mimarlik Fakultesi Dergisi
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