Springstiffnessandgrindingforceinoperation

LOESCHE Technical Seminar Miami, June 2019

Esteban Perez Bernal, Loesche America
 Agenda
Spring Stiffness and Grinding Force in Operation

01 Roller Force

02 Spring Stiffness Dependencies

03 View on Raw Material Properties

04 Impacts on Mill Operation

05 Exceeding the Limits

LOESCHE Technical Seminar 2019 June 2019

Roller Force
Mill Hydraulic Spring System – a feature for:

 Lifting the rollers

– Start and stop of mill operation
 Applying the roller force
– Product fineness
– Product capacity
 Adjusting of rocker arm dynamics
– Physical properties of raw material
– Optimize Grinding efficiency

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Roller Force
Measure to adjust the mill hydraulics:

 Bladder accumulator pressure

 Piston accumulator pressure

 Working pressure

 Counter pressure

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Roller Force
Grinding force is depending on:

A1

A2

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Roller Force

 1.461 kN

 85 bar/ 16 bar

Roller force
69 % = 1.461 kN
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Roller Force

 1.461 kN

 85 bar/ 16 bar

 80 bar/ 13 bar

 91 bar/ 22 bar

Constant Roller
Force of 1.461 kN

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 Agenda
Spring Stiffness and Grinding Force in Operation

01 Roller Force

02 Spring Stiffness Dependencies

03 View on Raw Material Properties

04 Impacts on Mill Operation

05 Exceeding the Limits

LOESCHE Technical Seminar 2019 June 2019

Spring Stiffness Dependencies
Measure to adjust the mill hydraulics:

 Bladder accumulator pressure

 Piston accumulator pressure

 Working pressure

 Counter pressure

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Spring Stiffness Dependencies
 80 bar WP/ 13 bar CP  85 bar WP/ 16 bar CP  91 bar WP/ 22 bar CP
 8 bar N2 @ Piston Acc.  8 bar N2 @ Piston Acc.  8 bar N2 @ Piston Acc.
 40 bar N2 @ Bladder Acc.  40 bar N2 @ Bladder Acc.  40 bar N2 @ Bladder Acc.
2,8 kN/mm 3,6 kN/mm 5,0 kN/mm

Constant Roller Force of Constant Roller Force of

1.461 kN! 1.461 kN!
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Spring Stiffness Dependencies

Different hydraulic pressure combinations are causing different

Spring Stiffness‘s, while roller force remained constant

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Spring Stiffness Dependencies

 1.461 kN
 85 bar/ 16 bar
– 1.461 kN
 100 bar/ 16 bar
– 1.694 kN
 123 bar / 16 bar
– 2.118 kN

Constant Counter
Pressure of 16 bar

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Spring Stiffness Dependencies
 85 bar WP/ 16 bar CP  100 bar WP/ 16 bar CP  123 bar WP/ 16 bar CP
 8 bar N2 @ Piston Acc.  8 bar N2 @ Piston Acc.  8 bar N2 @ Piston Acc.
 40 bar N2 @ Bladder Acc.  40 bar N2 @ Bladder Acc.  40 bar N2 @ Bladder Acc.
3,6 kN/mm 4,0 kN/mm 4,8 kN/mm

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Spring Stiffness Dependencies

Increasing working pressure while maintaining the counter

pressure is increasing roller force and increasing the stiffness
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 Agenda
Spring Stiffness and Grinding Force in Operation

01 Roller Force

02 Spring Stiffness Dependencies

03 View on Raw Material Properties

04 Impacts on Mill Operation

05 Exceeding the Limits

LOESCHE Technical Seminar 2019 June 2019

View on Raw Material Properties
Raw material properties, which have an effect on:
 Mill Behavior
 Grinding Bed Stability
– Particle Size Distribution
– Raw Material Moisture
– Max. and Min. Particle Size
– Composition and single grain to be considered

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View on Raw Material Properties
There is always an individual consideration required:

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 Agenda
Spring Stiffness and Grinding Force in Operation

01 Roller Force

02 Spring Stiffness Dependencies

03 View on Raw Material Properties

04 Impacts on Mill Operation

05 Exceeding the Limits

LOESCHE Technical Seminar 2019 June 2019

Impacts on Mill Operation
Set up a test program in order to evaluate the relation between roller force and spring stiffness to mill
performance
DoE for PLC grinding (78% Clinker + 5% Gypsum + 17% Limestone)
constant product quality of 3% R 45µm

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Impacts on Mill Operation

Roller Force 1.358 kN

2,8 kN/mm 3,8 kN/mm 4,2 kN/mm

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Impacts on Mill Operation

Roller Force 1.358 kN

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Impacts on Mill Operation

Analysis of Test Results

 2 spring stiffness at 3 different roller forces

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Impacts on Mill Operation
Analysis of Test Results – Capacity

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Impacts on Mill Operation
Analysis of Test Results – Specific Power Consumption

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Impacts on Mill Operation
Analysis of Test Results – Grinding Bed Thickness

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Impacts on Mill Operation
Analysis of Test Results – Mill motor power

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Impacts on Mill Operation
Analysis of Test Results – Vibration Level

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 Agenda
Spring Stiffness and Grinding Force in Operation

01 Roller Force

02 Spring Stiffness Dependencies

03 View on Raw Material Properties

04 Impacts on Mill Operation

05 Exceeding the Limits

LOESCHE Technical Seminar 2019 June 2019

Exceeding the Limits
Characteristic mill trips, caused by insufficient adjustment of mill hydraulics

 Low roller force & Soft spring stiffness

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Exceeding the Limits
Characteristic mill trips, caused by insufficient adjustment of mill hydraulics

 High roller force & hard spring stiffness

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 Esteban Perez-Bernal
LOESCHE America
THANKYOU 20170 Pines Blvd, Suite 302
Pembroke Pines, FL
for your attention
Tel.: + 1 954 6021424
Email: eperez@loescheamerica.com