Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus for ceramics is adapted to heat treat a ceramic raw material such as a slurry for obtaining a pulverized ceramic material. The apparatus comprises a drum body (1) which is transversely supported and rotated about its axis, and a number of rolling media (2) which are stored and stirred in the drum body (1). The drum body (1) has a pyramidal inner surface, so that the rolling media (2) are strongly stirred following rotation of the drum body (1), whereby the ceramic raw material is heat treated and pulverized effectively.

Abstract: A continuous dispersing apparatus in which stirring vanes in a vessel disperse pulverizing media, wherein mill base containing coarse pigment particles is prevented from being discharged. The apparatus includes a vessel for containing pulverizing media with a supply inlet and a discharge outlet being formed at respective ends of the vessel, a rotating disc mounted on a rotating shaft passing through the vessel, and a partition defining a gap which prevents the passage of the pulverizing media while passing dispersed material, the partition dividing the vessel into a plurality of chambers. Each chamber is provided with at least one stirring device mounted on the rotating shaft. The partition includes a rotating disc releasably fixed to the rotating shaft and a ring-shaped plate releasably fixed to the vessel.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agitator mill which has both a static separating arrangement and a dynamic separating arrangement on the outlet side of the grinding chamber. These two separating arrangements complement one another in an ideal manner, since in the starting phase in particular the dynamic separating arrangement ensures a trouble-free start, whilst during operation the static separating arrangement enlarges the total effective opening in a desired manner and thus leads to a low pressure in the mill. Thus the agitator mill according to the invention is distinguished by a high level of reliability, low maintenance costs, low wear and universal applicability.

Abstract: An attritor has one end of the milling chamber defined by a wall from which a bearing and seal housing is cantilevered, the wall having a flange onto which the milling vessel can be replaceably and interchangeably attached. The milling vessel and housing have a horizontal axis and a rotor rotatable about this axis in the housing as agitator elements for the loose milling medium therein.

Abstract: A ball mill for use in mechanical alloying and grinding comprising a plurality of ferromagnetic balls within a spherical or cylindrical chamber or cell of a paramagnetic material. The chamber has a substantially horizontal axis of rotation. At least one magnet is mounted outside the chamber to produce a magnetic field within the chamber. The magnet is physically moveable, relative to the chamber, between a plurality of locations on an arc centered on the axis of rotation of the chamber.

Abstract: Mill for triturating and breaking up solids predispersed in liquids, whose stator consists of two hollow truncated cone-shaped halves connectable to each other by their open major bases provided with flanges, with their minor bases closed and provided with external cooling or heating chambers. The front half presents the grinding body separating means and the outlet connection of the ground product, with its cooling or heating chamber. The rear half presents a central orifice traversed by the rotating shaft of the mill and the inlet connection of the product to be ground. The rotor consists of a body formed by two hollow truncated cones, joined by their open major bases and their minor bases being closed, which are attached to the shaft end. It has a hermetic seal formed by a ring fastened to the shaft, surrounded by a retainer fastened to the rear half of the stator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for pulverizing a material to produce a fine powdery material such as silica powder as a material for a filler for sealing semiconductors. It has a shell and a screw shaft mounted in the shell. A disk having an inverted conical bottom surface is coaxially secured to the bottom of the screw shaft. The disk serves to protect the blade of the screw shaft from wear. Also owing to the inverted conical bottom surface, a centripetal force acts on the screw shaft while in rotation, thus preventing it from running out of true. By providing a plurality of screw shafts in the shell, the fluid in the shell flows in a complicated manner, thus increasing the pulverizing efficiency. A partitioning plate formed with a hole in the upper or lower part thereof may be provided between the adjacent screw shafts to minimize the possibility of shortcircuiting of the material from the inlet of the shell to its outlet.

Abstract: A centrifugal mill adapted for the continuous grinding of granulated material into fine powder is disclosed. At least one pair of grinding chambers is provided. The grinding chambers are rotated about their own axes one revolution in the opposite direction to the orbiting direction for each orbit and the orbiting radius is about 1.2 to about 4.0 times the grinding chamber radius. Under these conditions the grinding chambers do not rotate relative to the machine base so that communication with the grinding chamber and any surrounding jacket may be made through flexible hoses or tubes thereby avoiding the need for rotating seals. If desired, the grinding chamber may be subjected to atmospheres of controlled temperature, pressure and composition. As the grinding chamber atmosphere is isolated from the ambient atmosphere, contamination is avoided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tube mill partition as a transfer or discharge partition. With a view to reducing wear and facilitating maintenance, separate wearing beams are used and the latter or the slotted plates can be easily replaced without any further assembly opening.

Abstract: A seal assembly for a rotating drum in which a rotating member is secured relative to the drum for rotation therewith. An air chamber is provided adjacent the drum for introducing sealing air into the drum. At least one seal ring is secured to the rotating member for rotation therewith, and a seal member is disposed in an air chamber and is biased into sealing engagement with the seal ring by the air pressure in the chamber.

Abstract: A multi-chamber inclined ball mill comprises a base, a frame-shaped support member rotatably supported on the base, and a grinding chamber rotatably supported on the frame-shaped support member. The grinding chamber is constituted of at least three cylindrical chambers each provided with outwardly tapered protrusions at its opposite ends and the cylindrical chambers integrally formed so that their longitudinal axes mutually intersect at the centers thereof and form a common grinding space at their region of intersection. The grinding chamber is supported on the frame-shaped support member such that the longitudinal axes of the cylindrical chambers intersect the axis of rotation of the frame-shaped support member at a single point and at one and the same angle.

Abstract: A ball tube mill has a housing with an inlet and an outlet for material to be comminuted accommodates annular wall plates spaced at a predetermined distance from each other, arranged at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the housing, and having the form of an ellipse. The space between the adjacent annular wall plates is somewhat greater than D/tan .alpha., where D is the inside diameter of the housing, and .alpha. is the inclination angle of the annular wall plate to the longitudinal axis of the housing.

Abstract: The inner wall of a grinding container (10) is made up of a plurality of ceramic rings (20; 46) which are held together by an enclsure (12). The ceramic rings (20; 46) may be made from case to case of a ceramic material, for example silicon nitride, adapted to the material to be ground and installed in the grinding container (10). They may comprise at their end faces (22, 24) interengaging profiles and/or be adhered together at their end faces (22, 24).

Abstract: A horizontal rotating type grinding machine comprises a grinding vessel into which material to be ground is charged, a grinding medium disposed upon the inner peripheral wall surface of the grinding vessel and rotatable in the grinding vessel, and a turning motion mechanism for oscillating the grinding vessel along a horizontal circular track, whereby the material to be ground which is charged into the grinding vessel is finely ground between the inner peripheral surface of the grinding vessel and the grinding medium.

Abstract: A centrifugal grinding mill including a grinding chamber of substantially circular cross-section with respect to an axis of symmetry and constrained to have nutating motion about a relatively stationary axis, a support for supporting the grinding chamber, a feed passage in communication with the grinding chamber, a driving assembly for driving the grinding chamber about the relatively stationary axis, and a constraint assembly for determining the form of nutating motion of the axis symmetry of the grinding chamber. The nutating motion of the grinding chamber during operation of the grinding mill causes a grinding charge carried in the grinding chamber to dilate and perform a tumbling motion within the grinding chamber. Further, the grinding chamber has a surface configured to exert pressure on the grinding charge so as to limit its dilation and provide effective containment of the grinding charge.

Abstract: The level of a grinding charge in a grinding mill is monitored by comparing signals which are generated by means of two sensors which are located on opposed sides of an impact point of the material in the mill. A signal produced in the comparison step may be used to control the feeding of material to the mill.

Abstract: The invention relates to an annular gap-type ball mill for continuously pulverizing in particular mineral hard materials comprising an upright grinding container closed by a cover, and housing a rotor whose cone-shaped outer surface limits with the cone-shaped inner surface of the grinding container a grinding gap communicating with a feed aperture and containing grinding pellets, the rotor having a top portion being adapted in its shape to the inner surface of the cover, and including within its range a discharge opening. The annular gap-type ball mill is characterized in that the top portion of the rotor is conical to limit with the cone-shaped cover an annular discharge gap whose lower end of maximum diameter ends in an annular chamber at the open upper end of the grinding gap. The grinding pellets are prevented from sinking down in the grinding gap of which 100% are utilized for the grinding operation so that the residence time required for the pulverization of the mineral hard materials is reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tube mill in which the cylinder of the drying chamber and the transition wall which it supports are divided centrally or a number of times in the axial direction so that this cylinder and the transition wall can be replaced without the grinding elements having to be removed from the grinding chamber.

Abstract: A discharge cone casting for the discharge end of a rotary mill is disclosed which is integrally cast in a single component. The casting specifically consists of a generally flat base member adapted to conform to the discharge end of the mill and having converging sides, a top member having converging sides similar to those of the base member and disposed in overlying relation but also including a portion that extends beyond the base member and curving toward its plane, and an interconnecting web extending transversely between the base and top member to define a generally I-shaped cross section. Mounting bolt holes are formed through the upstanding web to enable the discharge cone casting to be bolted directly to the mill end as a single unit.

Abstract: There is disclosed a mill head structure for a large grinding mill. The mill head structure includes a conical head portion having a central axis and including a rib portion and a gear flange portion integrally cast therewith. The rib portion extends radially outward from the conical head portion and is arranged for assembling the head structure to the grinding mill so as to stiffen the gear flange portion against deformation under load. The gear flange portion has a periphery centered about the central axis of the conical head portion. The mill head structure further includes a plurality of gear rim segments which are positioned in juxtaposed relation around the periphery of the gear flange portion. The gear rim segments are removably secured with the gear flange portion to provide a continuously toothed gear annulus for accurate meshing relation with one or more pinions.

Abstract: Solid particulate material such as cement raw material, clinker, etc., is finely ground, crushed or pulverized, by means of a rotatable generally vertically oriented container of generally inverted frusto-conical shape, and having grinding media such as steel balls disposed therein. The discrete particles of the material to be pulverized are fed into the upper part of the container as it is rotated about a central vertical axis, and egress of the resulting finely ground material by centrifugal force from the container to external collection is accomplished by the provision of slits in the inclined side wall of the rotary container. A fixed cover enclosing the upper part of the container is provided with inner guide vanes which are typically curved or of a vortical form. A preliminary coarse crushing mechanism may be provided, and this mechanism may be integrated with the rotary container, so that coarse crushing and fine crushing may be performed by a single device.

Abstract: A division head for a tubular grinding mill for controlling the level of material being ground in the upstream compartment of the mill. The division head is formed by a plurality of hollow pie shaped segments covered on the upstream side by grates which permit material to flow into the division head and liners and on the downstream side. A partition divides the pie shaped segments into radially inward sections and a radially outward section. Material within the radially inward sections flows out of the division head into a downstream compartment of the mill through a central discharge cone. Some of the radially outward sections are flow connected directly to the radially inward sections through an opening in the partition dividing the pie shaped segments. Dampers are provided for controlling flow of material through the opening connecting radially outward sections with radially inward sections.

Abstract: A tube mill operated under superpressure in the milling chamber is sealed by means of blocking air, which is made available in a blocking air chamber (9) arranged on the stationary part of the journal (2) of the tube mill. A blocking air channel is provided between the stationary and the rotating part of the tube mill and joins the blocking air chamber (9) to the milling chamber. The blocking air channel contains an inclined extending section (19), which is arranged at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the tube mill.

Abstract: An agitator-type ball mill has a circumferential wall which bounds a working chamber having an axis and includes two radially spaced jackets which form therebetween a gap for receiving a heat-exchange medium. The jackets are releasably connected with one another so that they can be separated from each other by displacement in an axial direction. A flexible member is arranged in the gap between the jackets, connected with one of the jackets, and forms a substantially helical passage in the gap. The heat exchange medium flows through the thus-formed helical gap. The flexible member may be formed by a band which is inserted in a helical groove provided in one jacket and extends radially into the gap so as to abut against the other jacket with prestress.

Abstract: A journal and end closure for a tubular vessel particularly a shell supported tubular grinding mill. The mill shell is conventional to the point of the journal. The journal and end closure are formed by a pair of spaced apart cylindrical members and a T-shaped ring member, each secured to one another in an end-to-end relationship by welding. An annular plate is secured by welding to the leg of the T-shaped ring member to form part of the end enclosure for the mill. The T-shaped ring member is made from a material with controlled sulphur and impurity levels. The two cylindrical sections are rolled so that the grain structure of the metal is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular vessel. The dimensions of the T-shaped member are selected to prevent high areas of stress from being concentrated at the junction of the T-shaped member with the two cylindrical members and the junction of the annular member with the leg of the T-shaped member.

Abstract: A multiple tube holder is suspended at the upper end on a frame so that the lower end can pivot through a small arc about a horizontal axis adjacent the upper end of the holder. A motor is connected to the lower end of the holder for pivoting the lower end of the holder through said small arc at a rate of approximately 1800 cycles per minute. A tray means is positioned below the holder for supporting a cooling liquid at a controlled temperature so that the lower end of the tubes on the holder will be immersed in the liquid to prevent destruction of proteins and enzymes released during cell breakage.

Abstract: An improved decorticating drum with a selective mode of processing is disclosed, composed of a hollow cylinder horizontally resting on support rollers and being rotatable about its longitudinal axis, being adapted to receive wood fed in at one end and discharge it at the other, in particular a decorticating drum for dry debarking including longitudinal slots at the surface thereof for the elimination of the bark, the improvement comprises detachable covers in the region of the longitudinal slots whereby a wet decorticating drum may be formed, said covers resting against the outer surface of the drum.

Abstract: Hydrogenation of coal is improved through the use of a mechanical force to reduce the size of the particulate coal simultaneously with the introduction of gaseous hydrogen, or other hydrogen donor composition. Such hydrogen in the presence of elemental tin during this one-step size reduction-hydrogenation further improves the yield of the liquid hydrocarbon product.

Abstract: A wet grinding device having a container for receiving therein products to be ground as well as grinding balls, the container being equipped with a mixer, a delivery device for feeding the products to be ground into the container, a discharge outlet for the broken-up products, as well as a drive device for the mixer. The wet grinding device is characterized by an operating chamber divided into a plurality of grinding zones of increasing volume, the operating chamber including a mixer shaft therethrough, the latter being rotatably horizontally supported by the container. The shaft is provided with blades which have a diameter which is proportional to the diameter of the respective grinding zones.

Abstract: The jackets of rod-shaped supports, particularly jackets of welding electrodes, are removed by placing the jacketed support rods in a ball mill and grinding the jacketed rods to break up the jackets with steel rods constituting grinding members. This grinding operation takes place in a chamber having a perforate wall portion by which the broken jacket material passes and is transported, via a tube, to a fine grinder. Advantageously, the length of the container constituting the grinding chamber exceeds the length of the jacketed rods by only about 10% so that only a small axial shifting of the rods is possible and a transverse disposal of the rods is prevented. It is also expedient to fill the container to about 40% of its volume with the steel rod grinding members and to provide rapid closures for the containers for rapid charging of the jacketed rods and discharging of the dejacketed rods.

Abstract: Apparatus for processing cremated remains. A hollow drum is mounted for rotation within a housing with an open end of the drum positioned in register with the discharge opening of a detachable loading funnel. A plurality of elongate rods carried within the drum are constrained at their opposite ends by channels so as to undergo relative movement with the inner periphery of the drum. The rod diameters are sized so that they tumble one over the other as the drum rotates for reducing fragments of the cremated remains which are charged into the drum through the loading funnel. The reduced remains drop through apertures in the drum into a discharge funnel and ash pan where they are collected for subsequent removal.

Abstract: A gas tight seal is provided for a rotating grinding mill having peripheral discharge outlets.The mill has a rotatable shell into which the material to be ground is fed. During operation, the shell is provided with a gaseous inert atmosphere.The seal comprises annular members adjacent the shell with circumferential grooves in said annular members carrying pressurized gas which prevents fine particles from lodging between the bearing surfaces on which the shell rotates and which also prevents loss of inert gas from the shell.

Abstract: A vibrating ball mill having a pair of vertically spaced horizontally disposed grinding chambers rigidly mounted as a unit in a vibrating support frame. Each grinding chamber is enclosed by an insulating sleeve and at the connecting joint between the outer wall of the grinding chamber and the supporting frame a supporting device is arranged which has good insulating characteristics and is able to appropriately transfer the accelerating forces from the supporting frame to the grinding chamber.