PLANETARY BALL MILLS - HIGH-PERFORMANCE ALL-ROUNDERS IN ROUTINE LABORATORY WORK

When people think about milling machines, they will come across vertically oriented equipment that contains rotary cutters.The aim is to achieve ultrafine and nano-sized materials for the development of innovative products. Many techniques can be used for synthesizing materials called high-energy ball milling. Various components

About Ball Mill Function 

Ball mill, also known as tumbling or pebble mill is milling equipment that encompasses cylinder-containing balls and is mounted on a metallic frame that can be rotated along with a longitudinal axis. The large ball tends to break down coarse feed materials and the small ball mill to form fine products by reducing void spaces.

There are different types of ball mill that exists. They may differ in operating principle, maximum capacity of the milling vessel, ranging from planetary ball mill, mixer mill, or vibration mill to several 100L for horizontal rolling ball mill.

HIGH-SPEED AND VERSATILE

Planetary Ball Mills are ideally suited for fine grinding of hard, medium-hard, soft, brittle, tough and moist materials. The comminution of the material to be ground takes place primarily through the high-energy impact of grinding balls in rotating grinding bowls.

The grinding can be performed dry, in suspension or in inert gas. In addition to comminution, you can use Planetary Mills for mixing and homogenizing of emulsions and pastes or for mechanical alloying and activation in materials research.

How does Ball Mill Work?

Materials used to grind include iron ore and ceramics are added to the ball mill. It rotates either on its vertical or horizontal axis and bounces around while striking the enclosed material. The force of strikes helps to grind materials into a fine, less-coarse medium.

For a ball mill to operate, critical speed needs to be achieved. The enclosed ball begins to rotate along the inner walls of the ball mill. If it fails to reach critical speed, it will remain stationary at the bottom where they have no impact on the material.

Advantages of Ball Mill

* Produces a very fine powder – particle size less than or equal to 10 microns.

* Suitable for milling toxic materials as it can be used in an enclosed form.

* A wide range of applications

* Used for continuous operation.

* Used in milling abrasive materials.

 Ball Mill vs Traditional Milling Machine

A ball mill doesn’t have a cutting tool while a traditional milling machine depends on a rotary cutting tool. Ball mills leverage the force to perform operations and therefore, it doesn’t need a cutting tool.

Another difference lies in their respective functions. While both are designed to remove materials, however ball mill support materials like ore, ceramics, and paint. The material is added to the ball mill compartment, wherein it is exposed to a rotating ball. This forceful rotation grinds down materials into ultra-fine, powder-like medium coarse.

Product Features:

Special gear design for low noise and vibration

1. LCD control panel

2. Safety mechanism

3. Stable rotation speed

4. Reliable heavy-duty design

5. Programmable milling segment

6. Customized power supply – 110V, 220V, or 380V depending on location and power ratings.

Apart from this equipment, pellet press is also used in various fields of application, including construction materials, recycling, metallurgy, glass, ceramics, or areas where pellets are required in powdered form.

The quality of every product or material analysis depends on the quality of the sample preparation. It is therefore extremely important to consider all the individual milling parameters to make an informed choice: material properties, feed size and volume of the sample, grinding time and desired final particle size, any abrasion of the grinding parts – all these factors are significant. And of course, the costs. For this reason

Across International a wide selection of high-performance mills in various product groups for every application and every specific need: Planetary Mills & Ball Mills.