This study examined the fine grinding of limestone using a bead mill and a circular stirred media mill. Fine grinding characteristics of the bead mill using poly-sized grinding media with a volume mean diameter of 0.5 mm were compared with those observed by mono-sized grinding media with the same mean diameter. The median diameter of the ground particles and the mass of milled products below 1μ m can be expressed as functions of the number of rotor revolutions, the mass of the grinding media, and/or the mass of the sample; these relationships were observed for both the poly-sized and mono-sized grinding media. This study showed that the median diameter of particles milled with poly-sized grinding media was more than 10% smaller than that obtained with mono-sized grinding media, and the mass of milled particles below 1μ m produced with the poly-sized media was more than 10% greater than that milled using mono-sized media. The use of the poly-sized grinding media in the bead mill led to improvement in productivity of fine particles of limestone.Key Words : Bead mill, poly-sized grinding media, fine grinding, limestone
OriginalReceived January 10, 2014 Accepted for Publication April 14, 2014 ©2014 Soc. Mater. Eng. Resour. Japan Figure 1 Grinding vessel of the bead mill.