The test determines the Bond Impact Work Index which is used with Bond's Third Theory of Comminution to calculate net power requirements when sizing crushers*. It is also used to determine the required open-side settings (jaw crushers and gyratory crushers) or closed-side settings (cone crushers) for a given product size.P80 = 25400 x Oss x (0.04Wi + 0.40)
The basic parameters used in ball mill design (power calculations), rod mill or any tumbling mill sizing are; material to be ground, characteristics, Bond Work Index, bulk density, specific density, desired mill tonnage capacity DTPH, operating % solids or pulp density, feed size as F80 and maximum 'chunk size', product size as P80 and maximum …
The FC Bond Work Index Test Ball Mill was designed by F. C. Bond for use in determining the Bond Index, a measure of grindability and power required for grinding applications. The FC Bond Mills are used in laboratories throughout the world. A copy of Fred C. Bond's Method of Crushing and Grinding for determination of the Bond Index …
For the ball mill grindability test, the work index is calculated from the following revised equation (in short tons): where: Pi = sieve size tested (microns) Gpb = ball mill grind ability Wi, P & F have the same meanings as in the top equation. Equipment required: Laboratory ball mill, 34.02 cm x 34.02 cm with following ball charge: Agitator ...
The Bond ball mill work index is one of the most commonly used grindability tests in mining, and is often referred to as the Bond work index. The test is a 'locked-cycle' test where ground product is removed from test cycles and replaced by fresh feed. The test much achieve a steady-state before completion.
A Bond rod mill work index test (BRMWI) is a standard test for determining the rod mill work index of an ore sample [21]. The BRMWI is a measure of the resistance of the material to crushing and grinding in a rod mill and is used to calculate the grinding power needed for a given material parcel regarding rod mill grinding conditions. Along ...
An analysis of the results shows a direct relationship between the Bond work index and the Denver work index when the Bond test is defined adequately to the Denver lab mill. Comparison of results ...
T rumic, M.; Men é ndez-Aguado, J.M. Determination of Bond work index in non-standard mills. In Proceedings of the. XIV International Mineral Processing and Recycling Conference (2021 IMPRO ...
feed size distribution is different to a standard Bond ball mill work index test. A series of 10 samples for an Andean copper project were treated to both the SAGDesign (and Sd_bwi) test and the standard Bond ball mill work index test with 180 µm closing screens. The SAGDesign results (with the non-standard ball mill feed) are given in Table 1.
GSL can carry out Bond Rod Mill Work Index tests to determine the energy requirements for milling ore in a rod mill. The test requires a minimum of 20kg of -12.5mm material. Closing screen sizes typically range from 4.75mm to 212µm. Abrasion Index Test.
Bond Rod Index Mill, 12" x 24" consisting of a one (1) piece cast shell complete with integral wave, 1 Hp 3/60/220 volt motor/gear reducer drive, support frame which allows the mill to tilt +/- 5 degrees during operation and 45 degrees for discharge (manual operation), receiving pan, rod charge and control panel complete with digital revolution counter, …
Here is a list presented in table form of Rod Mill Work Index as tested/presented by SME handbook of mineral processing, N.L Weiss Editor, N.Y. 1985. ... Rapid Determination of Bond Rod-mill Work Index by Craig Taylor on Scribd . by David Michaud February 29, 2024 June 19, 2015 Categories Grinding.
The Bond work index (BWI) is a well-known method used when selecting comminution equipment, to evaluate the grinding efficiency and to calculate the required grinding …
The Bond work index is one of the most useful and interesting parameters used in designing grinding equipment. However, it must be obtained under restrained conditions, especially in regards to the Bond standard lab mill. The main objective of this study is to show how this index can be obtained using a Denver ball mill, which is present in most …
To calculate Bond rod-mill work indices, the four samples were screened and the particle size distributions plotted in Fig. 2.The plot was used to find F 80 of the samples for calculations. Fig. 3, Fig. 4 show the grinding kinetics of Pb, Cu, Fe, and Mn ores in the Bond rod-mill in different test-sieves. The slopes of all lines in the figures are equal to …
The three tests are: The Bond ball mill work index (Wi BM, or BWi) conducted from a feed size of approximately 2 mm to a product size on the order of 100 µm. The Bond rod mill …
The Bond Work Index (Wi) is a common technique for the estimation of hardness and energy requirement for comminution using ball mills. However, this technique is time-consuming (close to 5 hours ...
This Grindability Test or Bond Ball Mill Work Index Procedure is used to determine the Bond Work Index of minus six mesh or finer feed ore samples. These equation …
The Bond work index is a measure of ore resistance to crushing and grinding and is determined using the Bond grindability test. Its value constitutes ore characteristic and is used for industrial ...
Use this online formula to calculate a Ball Mill, Rod Mill or SAG Mill Operating Work Index. Based on Fred Bond's work you can estimate the energy used into your grinding circuit. This is the most accurate and informative method, but much of the data necessary for its application is not yet available. A) ...
FIGURE 5: BOND ROD MILL WORK INDEX v. UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH 0 100 200 300 400 UCS (MPa) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 WiRM (metric) The lack of fit observed relating the crushing Work Index was expected to carry over to the other Bond Work Indices. Figure 5 displays the plot of rod mill Work Index (Wi
grams per revolution (Gbp) is the ball mill grindability. The ball mill work index, Wi (kWh/short ton) is calculated from the following equation (Bond 1961):1 The mill should be cleaned by either blowing air into it or wiping the interior with a cloth and or brush. The FC Bond ball mill is now ready for the next sample.
Bond Standard Circuit Work Index: Assume the rod mill Work Index of 9.5 applies from the actual rod mill feed sizeof 19,300 mµ (although some of this work might ideally be done by crushers to achieve a rod mill F80 of 16,000 m) to a rod µ mill (circuit) product size of 1,000 µm. W1 = 9.5 x [(10 / √ 1,000) – (10 / √ 19,300)] = 2.32 kWh/t
The Bond work index, W i, is defined in a Bond ball mill on the samples of standard size − 3.327 + 0 mm. In practice, it is possible to find materials of non-standard size that are finer than 3.327 mm.. In this work, a procedure for the calculation of the Bond work index is suggested for cases when the Bond grindability test is conducted on samples of non …
work index covering grinding of fine particles is labelled M. ib (Morrell, 2008). M. ia. values are provided as a standard output from a SMC Test ® (Morrell, 2004. a) whilst M. ib. values can be determined using the data generated by a conventional Bond ball mill work index test (M. ib. is NOT the Bond ball work index). M. ic. and M. ih ...
When Erf/Erp is greater than 1.29, the work index increases as the product size decreases, and when Erf/Erp is less than 1.29 the work index decreases. Eq. (8) suggests that a …
The Tovarov grindability index is used to determine the influence of materials on the cement clinker grinding capacity of a mill; the basis is rotary kiln clinker with a defined grindability index of a = 1.According to this, a mill grinding 30 t/h clinker, will grind 30 x 1.40 = 42 t/h of marl or 30 x 0.6 = 18 t/h of silica sand. The grindability index of rotary kiln …
The goal of this work is to create an equation to adjust a Bond ball mill work index from one P80 basis to another. The proposed model consists of two components, the variable coefficient that is ...
The SAG mill product is then crushed to passing 3.35 mm and is subjected to a standard Bond ball mill work index (S d-BWi) grinding test to provide the total pinion energy at the specified grind size for mill design purposes. A calibration equation is …
The work index (WI) is a method used to forecast the energy consumption in the ore comminution and make it possible to scale up. This work aims to present the methodology for determining the work index by the ball-mill test through Bond's theory in view of the dissemination of this analysis methodology for industrial processes.
The goal of this work is to create an equation to adjust a Bond ball mill work index from one P80 basis to another. The proposed model consists of two components, the variable coefficient that is ...
The specification for the apparatus to determining a "Bond" rod mill work index is first described in Bond & Maxson (1943). It states that the apparatus is a tumbling rod mill …
A Bond Ball Mill Work Index test is a standard test for determining the ball mill work index of a sample of ore. It was developed by Fred Bond in 1952 and modified in 1961 (JKMRC CO., 2006). This index is widely used in the mineral industry for comparing the resistance of different materials to ball milling, for estimating the energy required ...
Based on the standard procedure defined by Bond, the ball mill work index is determined by simulating a closed cycle dry grinding in a laboratory Bond ball mill until a stable circulating load of 250% is established (Bond, 1949, Bond, 1952, Bond, 1961). The ball mill work index is determined by Eq. (10). The recommendation is the ball mill ...
Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration - Austin, L.G., Klimpel, R.R., and Luckie, P.T., 1984, Process Engineering of Size Reduction — Ball Milling, SME, Chapter 4, p.76 ...
The reason for this variation in ball mill work index is because the ore at Mt. Milligan has an intrinsic exponent of –0.45 in the 100 µm to 200 µm size range, not the –0.50 …