Conclusion of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Tube Mill

Tube mill, which is also called ball mill, is a kind of media movement type crushing equipment which has wide application for material crushing in the basic industries such as metal ore or non-metallic ore beneficiation plant, metallurgy, building material, chemistry and power station department. In the cement industry, the tube mill has very important role because dry and wet production all needs tube mill with the relevant specifications to powder grind the raw material, coal and cement clinker. Next the experts of Hongxing Machinery will give a conclusion of the advantages and disadvantages of the tube mill.

The advantages of tube mill:

(1) Strong adaptability of materials and high production capacity so that it is able to satisfy the production requirement of modern industry.

(2) Big powder grinding rate. The grinding rate of this mill can generally reach over 300 meshes, and the super fine grinder can reach over 1000 meshes and what is more, it is easy to adjust the fineness of the final products and the grain composition.

(3) It can adapt to the operation of different technical conditions in the cement production process, like dry grinding and wet grinding, and it can also combine drying and grinding and open-circuit grinding and closed-circuit grinding.

(4) Simple structure, solid, reliable operation, convenient maintenance and management and long time of operation.

(5) Good tightness, and in addition, it can be operated in a negative pressure and can prevent the rise of dust.

The disadvantages of tube mill:

(1) High energy consumption and low working efficiency.

(2) Due to the low rotary speed of the mill cylinder, if it is driven by common motor, it often needs expensive speed reducer device.

(3) While impacting and grinding the materials, the grinding media and the lining board of the mill cylinder will abrade; for this reason, the consumption amount of the metal materials will be high.

(4) During it running process, the tube mill has loud noises and strong vibration.

Although the tube mill has some disadvantages, without doubt it will remain a main material crushing and grinding machine in the long run and the future development prospect focuses on the improvement of the powder grinding efficiency of the tube mill and the decrease of energy consumption.