Yes, there is no ball mills in that grinding circuit. The p80 to the SAG mill was at about 6" while its product (flotation feed) was at 40 microns. So the answer to your question is yes, a SAG mill can be installed in an operation milling 2,000 tpd and it can be operated efficiently if the operators have the knowledge to operate it well.

SAG mills are the technology of choice for reducing primary hard-rock ore to feed size for use in a secondary crusher. The mill's continuous operation is interrupted when the mill liner — which comprises riser bar plates that protect the original casing and provide required lift required for grinding action — wears out after months of ...

SAG mills are also an optimum solution for wet grinding since crushing and screening in these cases can be difficult, if not impossible. Efficiency through automatic operation Outotec's process engineers will assist you in creating an efficient software-driven process, from circuit design to start-up and optimization, to ensure you get ...

The optimal performance of AG/SAG mills is the key to successful plant operation. All AG/SAG mills using radial or curved pulp lifters suffer from inherent material transport problems such as slurry and pebble pooling, which decrease throughput and increase energy consumption. The TPL completely eliminates slurry pooling and pebble pooling ...

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.

1 YANACOCHA GOLD SINGLE STAGE SAG MILL DESIGN, OPERATION, AND OPTIMIZATION Ben Burger 1, Luis Vargas, Hamer Arevalo, Sergio Vicuna1, Jim Seidel2, Walter Valery 3, …

Mill Power, Load and Mill Operation. The operation of AG and SAG mills may be guided by the relation between maximum mill load and mill power as given in Equation and modified later by Morrell (Equation ). The following general remarks are of interest: 1. While starting a mill, a low power draw suggests the feed rate has to be increased.

This distribution affects the SAG mill load and the load affects directly the mill power and the efficiency of the mill operation (Van Nierop and Moys, 2001). If a SAG mill has been designed with a conventional power or specific energy model which do not consider the projected feed size distribution it is likely that this mill will reach the ...

SAG Mill Operation Example. Kidston Gold Mines is a 14 000 tonnes per day rated operation located 280 kilometers west of Townsvilie in Queensland. The …

In this training module, we'll cover the workings of a semi-autogenous grinding mill, or SAG mill, that's designed to be the first stage of a grinding circui...

The feed size distribution together with the ore characteristics (hardness, lithology, alterations, etc.) are the most important factors affecting the SAG mills performance. Some operations have ...

What is a SAG mill? The structure of the SAG mill (semi-automatic grinding mill) and the AG mill (autogenous grinding mill)are exactly the same, except that a certain proportion of auxiliary grinding media such as steel balls or steel rods are added as needed. During the process of the AG mill operation, some ores with diameters greater than 20mm but less than 80mm are not easily ground.

An optimization is carried out to minimize the yearly cost of energy for the operation of the SAG mill. This cost includes the energy consumption cost in $/kWh and the capital cost for the PV-BESS infrastructure, prorated over the life of the battery system, accounting for the discount rate through an annuity factor (Pamparana et al. 2019a, b).The energy requirements are defined by the SAG ...

The SAG mill was designed to treat 2,065 t h −1 of ore at a ball charge of 8% volume, total filling of 25% volume, and an operating mill speed of 74% of critical. The mill is fitted with 80 mm grates with total grate open area of 7.66 m 2 (Hart et al., 2001).

LG A mill power equation for SAG mills. Minerals and Metallurgical Processing. Feb 1990 pp57-62. Gross power No load power Net power drawn by the charge (8.13) The net power is calculated from Net power KD2.5L e! c./ Watts (8.14) In equation 8.14, D is the diameter inside the mill liners and Le is the effective length of the mill including the ...

The operation of AG & SAG mills therefore involves the use of cheaper grinding media as a replacement for expensive steel balls and rods which greatly affect the wear on liners. They are therefore less expensive to operate. It is necessary that the ore should provide a sufficient amount of lumps that would last for a reasonable time to act as ...

During the operation of SAG mills, it is sometimes observed that the sump levels fall sharply and so does the power draft. This phenomenon is attributed to flow restrictions against the grate. When this occurs it is necessary to control, (or in extreme circumstances), stop the incoming feed.

Therefore the SAG mill speed could not be controlled using the microphone based signal and instead was manually controlled/set by the control room operator. Thus operation/speed of the mill could and would change significantly based on a particular operator running the mill and their overall level of mill operation experience and skill.

SAG Mill Operation at Cortez: Evolution of Liner Design . 123 PAPER 9 SAG Mill Operation at Cortez: Evolution of Liner Design from Current to Future Operations Julius Stieger1, Process Superintendent Dave Plummer2, Process Maintenance Planner Sanjeeva Latchireddi3, Chief Process Engineer Raj K. Rajamani4, Professor – Metallurgical Engineering 1Barrick Cortez Gold Mines Star HC66 Box 1250

Your operation requires a Semi Autogenous Mill (SAG mill) or Autogenous Mill (AG Mill) that is flexible, durable, cost-efficient and tailored to your specific needs and use cases. That's why we offer a full product range from 4.3m to 12.2m in diameter with multiple options for configuration of …

While many mills today are mounted on load cells, others employ bearing oil pressure as a proxy measurement of mill load. A control strategy recently implemented on a large variable-speed SAG mill at MMG's Century Zinc operation in Australia is shown in the chart (found on pg. 32).

If the SAG mill is not intended to be the rate-limiting step in a process plant, then it is best to adjust the SAG load (and power) to hold a constant tonnage to satisfy another constraint elsewhere. Underground mines are an example: the hoisting capacity of the mine shaft is the rate-limiting step in the process, and the SAG mill must adapt to ...

The paper will show how energy measurements from inside an operating SAG mill are now a reality. The paper discusses how the measurements effect and enhance ...

A control strategy recently implemented on a large variable-speed SAG mill at MMG's Century Zinc operation in Australia is shown in the chart (found on pg. 32). In this case, mill speed is the primary manipulated variable used to control mill load. While there is no generic control strategy for SAG milling there is a considerable amount of ...

SAG mill Optimisation and increasing throughput at the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation – a success story Watch Optimising the operation of paste thickening at the Yara Siilinjärvi Plant Watch Modular SAG mill discharge trommel for maintenance flexibility and performance Watch

As one of the machines widely used in mining, a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill can significantly improve the roughing efficiency of rock. But the SAG mill still faces the obstacles of significant energy consumption and empirical operation parameters. In order to obtain the optimal operation parameters of a SAG mill, in this paper, the discrete element method (DEM) is used to simulate the ...

SAG Mill Design and Operation,manufacturing for Pebble Crushing. the paper examines the current state of equipment and circuit design, with reference to australian practice. following a review of the changes in milling applications … »More detailed

6 OPERATION OF A SINGLE STAGE MILL Control Philosophy In a single stage SAG mill, there are two regimes of breakage that must be controlled in order to maximise power efficiency and hence capacity. These are the high energy coarse rock breakage, load control and low energy breakage to control circulating load and to meet the target product size.

With the increasing of mineral processing plants' scale and the demand for automation, the manufacturing process and operation of SAG mill are more and more mature. The running largest SAG mill is more than 13 meters in diameter, the full automatic control of the SAG mill has already been developed and applied, and now it is being gradually ...

Principle of SAG Mill operation. SAG is an acronym for semi-autogenous grinding. SAG mills are autogenous mills that also use grinding balls like a ball mill. A SAG mill is usually a primary or first stage grinder. SAG mills use a ball charge of 8 to 21%.[6][7] The largest SAG mill is 42′ (12.8m) in diameter, powered by a 28 MW (38,000 HP ...

operation of SAG mills. SAG mills are currently the technology of choice in hard rock milling operations for reducing primary-crushed ore to ball mill feed. In recent years, the trend has been towards larger-sized SAG mills with diameters of 10.4 m (34 ft) …

Step by step the whole process of transporting and installing the shell parts of the 1st Sag Mill at Skouries Flotation Plant. Watch the 6 sections of the op...