The effect of ball size on mill performance

Ball size distribution for the maximum production of a narrowly-sized mill product

“…5 regarding the production of M 2 being favoured by small balls complements previous work such as Austin et al [16]; Napier-Munn et al [17]; and Chimwani et al [13]. This again demonstrates how mill capacity is dependent on the media surface.…”

Use of the attainable region method to simulate a full-scale ball mill with a realistic transport model

“…Previous research has shown that a faster production of fine particles is achieved by using smaller balls for smaller particles feed sizes (Austin et al, 1976;Napier-Munn et al, 1996;Chimwani et al, 2012). Fig.…”

Experimental Study on the Grinding Rate Constant of a Ball Mill: Effects of Feed Size and Ball Diameter [Translated]^†

“…There is also a tendency for this optimum feed size to increase with ball diameter. Austin 7 and Zhao et alU used the following equation to show the change in the feed size of…”