Grinding with VRM Systems

VRM

Vertical Roller Mill (VRM) - 3 Sections

Transport
Exhaust gases
Raw meal

1. Separation

Drying

Separation

Feed
Material

Grinding

2. Grinding

Hot
gases

Energy

Drive

3. Drive
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Vertical Roller Mill (VRM) - Details

feed gate
(air lock)

mill exhaust
product discharge
mill outlet duct
separator
cage rotor
separator
guide vanes
tailings cone
separator
discharge flap

mill casing

roller with tyre

or segments

water
injection

rocker arm
roller axle
table liner

dam ring

hot gas inlet

nozzle of
louvre ring

grinding table
hydraulic cylinder

material scraper

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clutch
and motor

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speed reducer with

table bearing

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VRM - Working principle

Vertical
rollerforce
mill =
Grinding

Roller weight + (pressure) Force

Roller rolls freely
with table
Material bed

Feed material

Table moves with drive

Feed size:
Max Particle size in
feed: 5-8 % of roller diameter
f (Roller )

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VRM - Material Flow inside

Separator:
removes fine
material

Gas & Product Material

Feed Material

rejects coarse
material
Internal gas
flow

Separator Rejects
Internal Circulation
Large Material falls through to
scraper
Material
Material & Gas
Gas
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VRM - Some Common Mill Configurations

G.Pfeiffer
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Loesche

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Polysius

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VRM - Built-in Separator

conventional rotor type
Conventional

separator
Staticstatictype

Rotor type

cage rotor type

Cage
Rotor type
with guide vanes

F T

T F
F

Separation control:
1. Vane adjustment
2. Speed control
TF

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F=

Feed

P=

Product

T=

Tailings

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VRM - Separator Fotos

Angle affects
product sizing
Rotor speed affects
product fineness

Rotor seal affects

separator efficiency
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VRM - External Circulation

fresh feed

bucket elevator

louvre ring

scraper

Used for reducing

gas flow pressure
lost over the mill
(less pneumatic
internal circulation)

collecting conveyor
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VRM - Control & Maintenance

Control
Gearbox

- Vibration monitor
- Temperature monitor

Gas flow

- Temperatures & pressures

Hydraulics

- Pressures

Maintenance
Wear

- Rollers & Table

- Separator (sealing!) & Housing

Lubrication & Hydraulics (filters and seals)

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VRM - Example flowsheet

Control points
1 gas flow
2 pressure
difference
3 return gas flow
pressure
4 outlet
temperature
5 external
recirculation

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VRM - Accessories
Pendulum valve

Rotary valve
Reduces false
air entering with
feed material.
Good for dry,
small size
material.

Weigh belt

Metal extraction

Weighs the passing material

ensuring a continuous grinding
bed in the mill
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Reduces false
air entering.
Better for
lumpy or
humid feed
material.

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Metal objects
damage the
roller & table.
The magnet
removes them
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