Gearless Warp Around SAG Mill. For almost a decade now, very good operating experiences have been gained with a total of 28 gearless ring motor drives in the cement industry, driving tube mills with diameters of 2.5 to 4 meters with drive powers ranging from …

36 x 20.5 ft (11 x 6.3 m) Unused SAG Mill with 20,100 HP Gearless Drive - 10.9 x 6.2 meter shell - 20,100 HP (15,000 kW) Gearless Drive - 50 Hz ABB motor - Complete with control rooms and transformers - mill was part of a cancelled project, stored to manufacturer specifications Estim...

The mills at Sentinel in Zambia are amongst the world's biggest, with 2 off 40 ft SAG mills complete with 28 MW drives, and 2 off 28 foot-ball mills with 22 ...

Electrical engineering for mill auxiliary system and ringmotor instrumentation. Interface and design review meetings held together to… Project engineering, service and commissioning for Drive Sytems focused on Gearless Mill Drives (Non-geared mill motors for mining industry, grinding applications).

ABB was contracted to provide power technology equipment for the project. The company supplied the gearless mill drive for the SAG mill, as well as two dual pinion mill drives for ball mills. ABB also provided transformers, motors, electrics and synchronisers under a C$28m contract awarded in …

Matching Mill Drive Description to Mill Requirements Once the power level for the primary (SAG) mill has been set, i.e., design tonnes per hour (tph) x design E ... (expressed as mill speed in the case of gearless mill drives, (GMDs), and shell liner/lifter wear so that the ex- ... SAG mill is rated at 29 MW and 78% C.S., with a 42 ft dia.

SAG MILLING – Gearless drive system from ABB. WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Five years in storage have failed to affect the performance of the ABB gearless drive on a SAG mill at the St. Ives gold mine belonging to GOLD FIELDS of South Africa. The mill was originally ordered in May 1997, but shortly before the manufacturing was completed, the then ...

SIMINE Gearless mill drives – outstanding reliability for your mine The gearless concept The gearless drive avoids any contact between the rotating mill and the static parts of the motor. This allows for contin-uous workflow without maintenance on the gears …

Gearless mill drive (GMD) technology has further expanded the use of large SAG milling allowing Outotec to produce the world's largest SAG mill of 42' in diameter drawing power at 28 MW. Today, Outotec is the world leading supplier of gearless SAG mills operating globally.

The mill will be driven by a Gearless Motor Drive (GMD) which at 28.0 MW is equal to the largest grinding mill power ever used in the mining industry. The SAG mill design is based on Outotec's proprietary grinding mill technology, developed over decades for maximum reliability and performance.

Specific areas of responsibility include but not be limited to, maintenance of the primary gyratory crusher, connecting conveyor belts, secondary pebble crushers, a 40' gearless motor drive SAG Mill, two Ball mills, all equipment in the concentrator, and downstream to the tailings area, pumps and pipelines.

E&MJ reported in October 2010 (See "SAG Mill Gearless Drives Go to South American Projects,"p. 102) ABB Group's Minerals Division had won an order from Newmont Mining Corp. to engineer three gearless mill drive (GMD) systems to be installed at its Yanacocha Minas …

Gearless mill drive system (GMD) Go gearless to meet your business objetives by exceeding standard availability targets in your grinding operations. ABB's GMD is the most powerful mill drive system in the market to power semiautogenous (SAG), ball …

Commissioning Variable Speed SAG Mill Gearless Drive. The electric operation and design features of the 11,000 H.P. variable speed SAG mill gearless drive is presented. The function of the frequency-converter, control system drive and …

Minerals Industries, Inc. 240 Arch Street, P.O. Box 15312 York, Pennsylvania, USA 17405-7312 Phone: + 1 717 843 8671 Fax: +1 717 845 5154 E-mail: [email protected] Gearless Autogenous/ Semi-Autogenous Mills. Open the catalog to page 1. The sights and sounds of large grinding mills in operation are ...

Antamina Compania Minera Antamina S.A. Peru Project: One SAG Mill and 3 Ball Mill Drive Systems Capacity: SAG Mill 1000 t/h Ball Mills 1000 t/h Consultant: Bechtel, USA Mill Builder: FFE Minerals, USA Mill Size: SAG Mill 38 feet/11,58 m Ball Mills 24 feet/7,32 m Ore processed: Copper/Zinc Drive Rating: SAG Mill 20,1 MW, 9,23 rpm Ball Mills 11,2 MW, 11,38 rpm

Two 28 MW gearless mill drive systems (GMDS) are operating in the mine's 12-metre SAG mills and four 16.5 MW GMDS are employed in 26 ball mills along with associated control systems. "Gearless mill drives are the 'workhorses' for grinding operations which are at the heart of any mine.

GMD technology for Minera Escondida. ABB gearless mill drive, installed 2002 at the Minera Escondida in Chile. ABB announced that it will supply a new 15.7 MW gearless mill drive (GMD) system for a 26 ft ball mill, including transformers, ring motor and a complete electrical room entirely equipped, to Minera Escondida/Chile.

DRA Global has installed over 120 mills, including a 23MW SAG Mill and an 18MW gearless drive mill, both world firsts. Due to well-established relationships with equipment suppliers and commercial laboratories worldwide, DRA Global's process engineering team and process designs are unrivalled in the industry and are known to add value to all ...

Gearless mill drives are becoming the drive system of choice on large AG, SAG and ... of hydraulic and lubrication systems for the mill bearings, braking and operator ... The SAG mill is the third 40-ft unit to be driven by a Siemens system, the...

Chief Supervisor for Erection & Commissioing of SAG (1x38ft. / 18,5MW) and BALL (2x24ft. / 11MW each) Gearless Drive Motor's (Ring Motor) Projekt anzeigen Washington State Ferries, Seattle, WA - …

38-foot SAG mill with gearless drive system from Siemens. Throughput can be almost doubled with a 42-foot mill. The 42-foot ring motor is the centerpiece of the gearless drive and wrapped around the tube mill. An increase in tube diameter means that the mass of the ore being ground rises dramatically, and hence also the strain on structural ...

Gearless mill drives are a well established solution for grinding applications in the minerals and mining industries. The paper describes the functionality and technical features of such drive systems as well as their advantages compared to other drive solutions. Due to the variable speed operation the grinding process can be optimized for ores with varying grinding properties.

The gearless mill drive (GMD) has been continuously developed since its introduction in 1969. The ... Ball Mill SAG Mill Figure 2 Core pressing system with spring plate/washer and re-tightening statistics in a typical installation Access to the inside of the motor and the cooling system

The circuit comprises a SAG mill, 12 m diameter by 6.1 m length (belly inside liners, the effective grinding volume), two pebble crushers, and two ball mills in parallel closed with cyclones. The SAG mill is fitted with a 20 MW gearless drive motor with bi-directional rotational capacity. (Reversing direction evens out wear on liners with ...

Presently the gearless drive is more costly than the complete mechanical portion (mill rotating element and accessories supplied by the mill manufacturers) and hence the customer/consultant needs to have two parties to deal with from the start of any project. There is an interface between the mill vendor and the gearless motor supplier.

Gearless mill drive (GMD) technology has further expanded the use of large AG milling allowing Outotec to produce the world's largest SAG mill of 42' in diameter drawing power at 28 MW. Today, Outotec is the world leading supplier of gearless AG mills operating globally.

• 28 MW GMD for a 40' SAG mill • 28 MW GMD for 42' SAG mill Whether it is size or an installation at the highest altitude (4600 m.a.s.l.), ABB's GMDs are well positioned to contribute to the building of larger and ever more powerful mills. — Leading the gearless mill drive evolution The ABB gearless mill drive (GMD) is the most powerful ...

Gearless mill drives are a well established solution for grinding applications in the minerals and mining industries. The paper describes the functionality and technical features of such drive systems as well as their advantages compared to other drive solutions.

The company selected ABB's 26 MW gearless mill drive system (GMD) for the mine's 40 ft SAG mill, as well as other drives, electrical infrastructure equipment and a long-term service agreement (LTSA). This is expected to reduce operating costs, improve process throughput and reliability while saving energy and keep equipment in top form.

Inventory ID: 6C-HM03. UNUSED FL 36' x 24' (11m x 7.3m) Dual Pinion SAG Mill with 2 ABB 9,000 kW (12,069 HP) Motors for Total Power of 18,000 kW (24,138 HP)

next size Gearless Mill Drive, i.e. a 42ft mill. It is a dual design approach considering, on the one hand, the experi-ences Siemens made with Gearless Mill Drive (GMD) instal-lations over the past 40 years and, on the other hand, using computerized design tools calculating the system behavior where experience does not yet exist.