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Appendix B-1 Bond Work Index Test Procedure For Determination of The Bond Ball Mill Work Index PDF

1. The Bond Ball Mill Work Index test procedure involves grinding ore samples in a standard test mill to determine the work input required to grind the ore to a specific size. 2. The test procedure involves multiple grinding periods, calculating the net product produced each period, and averaging the results over multiple periods once equilibrium is reached. 3. The Bond Work Index value is then calculated using an equation that relates the net grinding rates achieved to the size distributions of the product and feed materials. This value indicates the grinding work required for the particular ore.

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Appendix B-1 Bond Work Index Test Procedure For Determination of The Bond Ball Mill Work Index PDF

1. The Bond Ball Mill Work Index test procedure involves grinding ore samples in a standard test mill to determine the work input required to grind the ore to a specific size. 2. The test procedure involves multiple grinding periods, calculating the net product produced each period, and averaging the results over multiple periods once equilibrium is reached. 3. The Bond Work Index value is then calculated using an equation that relates the net grinding rates achieved to the size distributions of the product and feed materials. This value indicates the grinding work required for the particular ore.

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APPENDIX B-l

BOND WORK INDEX TEST PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINATION


OF THE BOND BALL MILL WORK INDEX

The procedure described by Bond (1960) is as follows. The Bond Ball Mill Work Index
determination is carried out in a standard test mill and under standard conditions. The test
mill has an internal diameter of 305 mm and is 305 mm long. It has a smooth lining with
rounded corners, and no lifters.

The ball charge consists of a specified number of balls, weighing approximately 20.1 kg, and
ranging in diameter from 15.2 to 44.4 mm (0.6 to 1.75 in.) diameter (43 of 1.75, 67 of 1.17,
10 of 1, 71 of 0.75, 94 of 0.61 in.). Mill speed is set at a standard 70 rpm.

The circuit being simulated is shown below;

IPP

A detailed description of the test procedure follows:

1. The dry feed is crushed to -3360 jam (-6 mesh), using staged crushing.
2. Add the crushed ore, -3.36 mm, to a 1000 mL measuring cylinder to the 700 mL mark,
lightly packed and not overly consolidated. Weigh the resulting mass of ore, M.
The mass M represents the mill charge for each grind.
3. Calculate the Ideal Period Product (IPP) assuming a 250% circulating load (the mass
of circulating material is 2.5 times the new feed to the closed circuit or the screen
undersize, at steady state. If the mass of the new feed is 1 and the mass of the
circulating load is 2.5 then the mass being ground in the mill is 3.5)

IPP = M/3.5

4. Determine the sieve analysis of the feed. Ensure that the test screen size is one of the
screens used in the size analysis.
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5. If the feed sieve analysis shows that more than 28% is finer than the test screen size,
take the number of revolutions for the first period as zero and pass the feed charge
directly over the test screen to remove the undersize then bring the total feed charge
mass for the next period up to the desired mass by the addition of a representative
amount of new feed.
6. Place the feed charge, Mo, in the mill.
7. Run the mill for N revolutions where N is between 50 (coarse test screen sizes) and
100 or more (fine test screen sizes) for material of average hardness.
8. At the end of the grind, dump the charge onto a heavy duty screen to separate the balls
from the ore. Inspect the mill and ball coatings and remove any if present. Return the
balls to the mill.
9. Screen the mill discharge at the test screen size.
10. Weigh and record the total screen oversize, R.
11. Calculate and record the mass of test screen undersize (product), m. Weigh the actual
undersize as a check.

m = Mo-R

12. Calculate the amount of product size material in the feed using the feed sieve analysis
and the amount of new feed present in the mill charge at the beginning of the period.

amount of product size material in the feed = (1 - r0) IPP

where r0 is the fraction of feed material coarser than the test screen.

13. Calculate the net grams of product which is the mass of product minus the mass of
product size material in the feed.

net grams of product = m - (1 - r0) IPP

14. Calculate the net grams produced per revolution, G, by dividing the net grams of
product by the number of revolutions in the period.

G = [m - (1 - r0) IPP]/N

15. Add a representative amount of new feed to the test screen oversize to bring the
combined mass up to the mill charge, M.
16. Calculate the mass which should be ground in the next period in order to obtain the
desired circulating load. This amount is the ideal period product (step 3) minus the
amount of product size material in the mill feed (step 12).

mass which should be ground in the next period = IPP - (1 - r0) IPP = r0 IPP

17. Calculate the number of revolutions, N, for the next period. This is the amount of
material which should be ground (step 16) divided by the net grams per revolution of
the preceding period (step 14).

N = r0 IPP/G
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18. Return the combined circulating load and new feed to the mill and repeat steps 6 to
17. At least five periods of grinding should be completed.
19. The net grams per revolution should approach an equilibrium value, where the net
grams per revolution becomes constant for at least three periods, or the net grams per
revolution shows a reversal in trend.
20. Take an average of the net grams per revolution of the last two or three periods, Gj,p.
21. Determine the size distribution of the test screen undersize (product).
22. Determine the 80% passing sizes of the product, Pgo, (from step 21) and the
representative feed, Fgo, (from step 4).
23. Calculate the laboratory Work Index from the following equation:

wiiTEST= ^p T kWh/t
A 0.23-0.82 10 10

where A = test-sieve size in pm,


Gb = mass of the undersize per mill revolution (g/rev), and
P g0 = 80% passing size of circuit product.
Fso = 80% passing size of the new feed.

The Bond formula applies specifically to wet, closed-circuit grinding in a ball mill with an
internal diameter of 2.44 m and a feed of minus 3350 pm.
To relate the calculations to other mills requires the use of a number of empirical
efficiency factors.
A spreadsheet, Bondcalc.xls, is available for download from
http://wasm.curtin.edu.au/yand7downloads.

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