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POLYCOM® high-pressure grinding roll

The reliable and energy-saving
grinding system
One of the principal reasons for the outstanding success of the high-pressure grinding roll in the cement
industry is its low power requirement. Today, this mill is employed all around the world for the grinding of
cement raw material, cement clinker and granulated blast furnace slag.

For new plants, the POLYCOM® is an eco- The POLYCOM® can be used as machine
nomically superior concept compared to component in finish-grinding systems or it
conventional systems. can be used as an independent finishing
mill.
The POLYCOM® is also predestined as
extension investment to achieve maximum The larger the amount of grinding work
throughput increases of existing plants. performed by the POLYCOM®, the greater is
With its low space requirement and the the reduction in power consumption.
high capacity in relation to machine size,
the POLYCOM® can be easily integrated in Modern and user-friendly equipment for
existing plants. regulation, monitoring and control, com-
bined with advanced process technology,
Uneconomical plant components can be ensure reliable and efficient operation of the
shut down and operating and maintenance plant.
costs can be saved.
Because of the short material dwell time in
POLYCOM® units are used for throughput the mill, the machine settings can be quick-
rates in excess of 2,000 tph. The mill feed ly altered by the touch of a button, making
material can be dry or moist with a largest the process easy to control and permitting
feed grain size of up to 60 mm. If neces- rapid compensation for fluctuations in the
sary, the material can be predried. properties of the feed material. Further-
more, a change between different mill feed
POLYCOM® for POLYCOM® for cement materials is easy and problem free.
ore grinding. finish-grinding.
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The high-pressure interparticle comminu-

Energy consumption [kWh/t]

Ball mill tion in the POLYCOM® is based on the

following principle:
Combi-grinding system
35 POLYCOM® Brittle material particles are fed to the
POLYCOM® through a feed bin. The grinding
elements are two counter-rotating rolls,
30 between which the material is crushed. One
roll is designed as a fixed roll and the other
one as a floating roll.
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The required comminution pressure is

transmitted via the floating roll.
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The high-pressure interparticle comminu-

tion produces compacted cakes of material
15 containing a high proportion of fines and
20 60 100 140 180 220 260 300 340 380 coarser particles showing extensive crack-
Finished product output [tph] ing. These compacted cakes are disinte-
grated or ground and separated.
Power requirements
of the different grinding
The grinding action of a ball mill involves a
systems.
mixture of compressive and shear forces,
whereas the POLYCOM® imposes virtu-
ally pure compressive force on the layer of
material between the rolls. In comparison
with the shear stress, the compression
stress built up in a particle of material in a
POLYCOM® is almost five times higher.

The outcome of this type of comminution is

that the POLYCOM® needs less than half the
energy amount consumed by a ball mill.

The high-pressure interparticle comminution in the

POLYCOM® produces compacted cakes of material, which
contain a high proportion of fines and coarser particles
showing extensive cracking.
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The innovative POLYCOM® design

A guarantee for high availability and for
economical continuous operation
The POLYCOM® grinding rolls have a length-to-diameter ratio lying
between 0.3 and 1.0, so that they meet the demands made on
interparticle comminution, such as:
x long service lives of roll surfaces,
x energy-efficient production of compacted cakes,
x optimum draw-in of material to be comminuted to assure a high
throughput,
x quiet running to protect the machine,
x easy replacement of worn roll bodies.

This provides the following advantages:

✓ large shaft diameters for the absorption of bending and torsional
stresses,
Material feed system and drive train.
✓ bearings designed for safe and reliable operation,
✓ optimum distances between bearings minimising the bending
moments,
✓ high tyre thickness for safe shrink fits,
✓ high wear layer thickness for long operating times and minimum
wear costs.

The fixed and floating rolls are

both mounted in bearing blocks.
The bearing blocks are guided and
movable in the longitudinal direc-
tion. Skewing of the floating roll
is compensated by the respective
bearings. The grinding forces are
transmitted to the floating roll by 2
or 4 hydraulic cylinders.

A hydro-pneumatic spring system

permits the setting of different
pressure characteristics and dif-
ferent control methods, so that
an optimum application of the
Drive system: planetary grinding pressure in the roll gap
gear unit with electric can be ensured, and the machine
motors. can be protected against possible
overloads.

The floating roll unit accom-

modates to changes in the feed
material characteristics by moving
outwards or inwards. Spacers pre-
vent the rolls from touching each
other. The fixed and floating rolls
are of identical construction and
can therefore be interchanged.
The drive system of the rolls
comprises:
x electric motors with constant or
variable speed,
x cardan shaft,
x mechanical overload coupling,
x planetary gear unit.
To ensure a uniform distribution
of the drive power to the two drive
motors, the vertical feed shaft is
equipped with infeed guide plates,
which permit the control of the
feed material distribution entering
the mill. The material filling level is
monitored with load cells installed
at the POLYCOM® feed bin.
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Wear protection concept

Optimum solutions for different
requirements
Since the introduction of the POLYCOM®, the wear protection concept has been constantly
improved to meet the requirements of the market. Polysius offers:
x forged, hardfaced rolls,
x chill cast tyres made of bainite,
x chill cast tyres of compound casting.
The profiles welded onto the grinding rolls provide optimum draw-in conditions for the feed
material and minimise the relative movement between the comminuted material and the roll
surface.

Forged and hardfaced Bainite Compound casting

Profiling Profiling Profiling

Hard build-up welding Hard-faced layer
Base metal Base metal Base metal

Ductile base metal, insensitive to Great compressive strength due to

Very long service life
stresses and cracking bainitic structure

Moderate wear Moderate wear Well suited for highly abrasive materials

Most economical solution No material fatigue Very hard surface

Many years of experience Short delivery times Extremely high compressive strength
Low operating costs Lowest operating costs
Not available for all series
Achieved service life Achieved service life Achieved service life
8,000 – 22,000 hours > 50,000 hours > 65,000 hours

They run and run and run ...

with the optimum solutions developed by
Polysius for protection against wear.
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Application examples
Technical data

In dependence on the requirements, a techno- Dependent on the feed material characteristics, the local conditions and the specific
logical process is designed which combines the requirements, additional stages can be integrated into the process:
following process stages: x drying,
x material feeding, x moistening,
x comminution, x disagglomerating,
x classifying. x storing,
x blending.

Finish-grinding Combi-grinding

The use of the high-pressure grinding roll for In semi-finish-grinding, the use of the POLYCOM® leads to energy savings of up to 40 %
finish-grinding permits maximum energy sav- compared to conventional ball mill grinding systems. In existing plants, the throughput
ings. In comparison with conventional ball mill can be increased by over 100 %. In new combi-grinding systems, series-connected ball
grinding systems, up to 50 % of energy can be mills can have correspondingly smaller sizes than usual. The material is dried in the ball
saved. Feed material with up to 6 % moisture mill.
content is dried in the separator. Material with
higher moisture contents is dried in a separate This system allows for the incorporation of several ball mills and permits separate pri-
unit, for instance a shaft-type flash dryer. mary grinding of different components. The defined size of the feed material allows for
optimum grading of the ball charge.

Depending on the field of application, the separation of the material stream in combi-
grinding plants is realised by a joint separator or by several separate units.

Construction size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Type 10/3 10/4 12/4 12/5 13/5 13/6 14/6 14/7 15/7 15/8 16/8 16/9 17/10 17/11 19/11 19/12 20/12 20/13 22/13 22/15

Roll diameter mm 1,050 1,200 1,300 1,400 1,520 1,600 1,740 1,870 2,050 2,200

Roll width mm 380 460 460 520 520 600 600 660 660 760 760 900 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,200 1,200 1,300 1,300 1,500

Grinding force kN 3,400 4,300 5,700 7,000 8,600 11,000 13,500 17,000 20,000 26,000

Drive power kW 300 450 560 900 1,100 1,450 1,650 1,900 2,500 3,400