Abstract: A vertical roller mill includes a housing, a chute that supplies materials to be grinded to a center portion of the housing, a grinder that is provided below the chute and grinds the materials to be grinded, an exhaust pipe that is provided above the grinder, a transport mechanism that forms an air flow for transporting, to the exhaust pipe, grinded materials grinded by the grinder, and a flow-constricting flow path provided between the grinder and the exhaust pipe and narrows a flow path area for the air flow, in which the flow-constricting flow path is formed between a first flow-constricting ring provided in the center portion of the housing and a second flow-constricting ring provided to protrude from the housing toward the center portion of the housing.

Abstract: A rotatable throat assembly for a coal pulverizer which includes a plurality of throat segments secured to a ring seat in the pulverizer, a plurality of ledge cover segments on the throat segments, and a plurality of air seal segments secured on top of the ledge cover segments wherein the air seal segments each includes a layer of flexible, durable, high temperature-resistant polymer/rubber material projecting to within close proximity to the inner wall of the pulverizer to substantially block air flow between the rotatable throat assembly and the inner wall of the pulverizer.

Abstract: A tension adjustment gauge system and method for a ball and ring coal pulverizer is provided that includes a housing, a stationary top grinding ring within the housing, a rotating lower grinding ring within the housing, a plurality of grinding balls between the top grinding ring and the lower grinding ring, an adjustable loading system for applying a compressive force exerted on the top grinding ring and grinding balls against the lower grinding ring. The adjustable loading system includes a single hydraulic assembly mounted on the upper portion of the housing, a gauge mounted to the hydraulic assembly for determining linear movement of a piston of the hydraulic assembly, a plurality of threaded rods mounted to the upper portion of the housing capable of being manually adjusted. The movement of the piston corresponds to an equal distance of movement of a spring gap between an upper and lower portion of the compression spring, such that the gauge indicates the change in the spring gap by moving the piston.

Abstract: A tension adjustment gauge system and method for a ball and ring coal pulverizer is provided that includes a housing, a stationary top grinding ring within the housing, a rotating lower grinding ring within the housing, a plurality of grinding balls between the top grinding ring and the lower grinding ring, an adjustable loading system for applying a compressive force exerted on the top grinding ring and grinding balls against the lower grinding ring. The adjustable loading system includes a single hydraulic assembly mounted on the upper portion of the housing, a gauge mounted to the hydraulic assembly for determining linear movement of a piston of the hydraulic assembly, a plurality of threaded rods mounted to the upper portion of the housing capable of being manually adjusted. The movement of the piston corresponds to an equal distance of movement of a spring gap between an upper and lower portion of the compression spring, such that the gauge indicates the change in the spring gap by moving the piston.

Abstract: A main shaft and method for installing a main shaft for a pulverizer are provided herein. The main shaft includes at least a first tapered portion for accepting a yoke and a first associated threaded portion for securing the yoke to the main shaft. Also included is a second tapered portion for accepting a bevel gear assembly and a second associated threaded portion for securing the bevel gear assembly to the main shaft.

Abstract: Improvements in EL type pulverizers provide for longer wear life and reduced incidences of parts failures include: deep-dish contour grinding rings, tight tolerance ball tracks, heavy-duty top grinding ring flukes, larger diameter grinding balls, and an improved all-metal, integral snubber design for limiting the horizontal movement of the top grinding ring in order to increase the useful life of the pulverizer elements.

Abstract: A pulverizer housing liner for the housing unit of an EL pulverizer is made up of an arcuate liner body having an inner curved surface forming a segment of the circular housing unit and two circumferentially spaced flutes fixed to the inner surface.

Abstract: An hydraulic loading assembly for ball and ring coal pulverizers has a plurality of compression assemblies connected to a common hydraulic controller for exerting equal pressure simultaneously on each of the compression assemblies. The compression assemblies each have a hydraulic cylinder and piston located above and connected to a non-threaded rod which is in turn located above and connected to a compression spring exerting force on the top grinding ring of the pulverizer.

Abstract: A metallic flake manufacturing device uses a bearing to form the flakes. The bearing is located within a container which receives a fluid having suspended metallic particles. The bearing has an outer race, an inner race, and a plurality of bearings disposed between the races. The bearings are immersed in the fluid for flattening the suspended particles into flakes. A shaft extends into the container. The shaft engages one of the races for rotating it relative to the other race.

Abstract: A method for grinding of material in a ring roller mill having at least one grinding ring, at least one roller fitted in the grinding ring and at least one unit fitted between the roller and the grinding ring. The method includes the steps of operating the mill at a subcritical speed and at a grinding pressure above 40 MPa, placing the unit in the path where compacted material is released from the ring at a certain distance from a point P, which is the point on the ring where the material is released, in such a way that the unit is hit by agglomerates formed during operation at an angle between 60.degree. and 120.degree., said angle being between the surface of the unit and the direction of incidence of the material, after the latter is released from the grinding ring, and that the loosened material is distributed over the draw-in-zone in front of the roller and over the roller.

Abstract: This invention relates to a wood chip recovery system which removes bark from roundwood or wood chips. It is desirable for such structures of this type to recover the wood chips from the bark without introducing contaminants, such as metal ions like iron, into the debarked roundwood or wood chips.

Abstract: In the vertically oriented generally cylindrical coal pulverizers that are widely employed to supply a coal-air dispersion to the combustion zones of boilers producing steam for the turbines of electric-power plants, forced-air requirements are reduced and coal fall-back and resultant coal fires are substantially eliminated by the novel throat ring of invention. A throat ring surrounds circumferentially the coal grinding assembly of each such pulverizer and contains a plurality of angularly disposed air channels through which air is forced upwardly into contact with pulverized coal thrust centrifugally from the said assembly causing the coal-air mixture to swirl upwardly to means directing the mixture to the said combustion zones.

Abstract: A roll-and-race pulverizer is disclosed in which the throat vanes are mounted for rotation in the direction of rotation of the grinding ring.

Abstract: A roll-and-race pulverizer is disclosed in which the throat vanes are mounted for rotation in the direction of rotation of the grinding ring.

Abstract: A new and improved design of a pulverizer air throat for low-pressure drop, reduced erosion and improved flow distribution.

Abstract: Friable particulate material is crushed and classified by apparatus comprising a grinder apparatus operatively positioned in the hollow interior of a relative rotationally mounted container. The grinder apparatus preferably comprises three rotationally mounted cone wheel roller members, each of which includes an outer grinding surface of predetermined contour. The outer grinding surface of each of the roller members maintains substantial conformance with a grinding face of the cylinder container from a center area to an outer edge of the grinding face as the roller members rotate. Feed particles of friable material and a continuous supply of fluid are introduced into the container and diffused substantially over the whole grinding face. Once the feed particles have been crushed to a predetermined size, the crushed particles are carried away from the grinding face by the flow of fluid exiting the hollow interior.

Abstract: A grinder for material wherein a series of hollow balls is entrained for rotational movement between an upper ring and a lower ring, the rings being relatively rotatable about a control axis, and the balls being rotatable between the rings, and the material for grinding being fed into a zone between the balls and rings. The contact zone between the upper ring and each ball is defined by two annular lips and is substantially less than the contact zone between the lower ring and each ball.

Abstract: A coal slurry drier which comprises a pulverizer having a housing enclosing a pulverizing zone including horizontally disposed upper and lower grinding rings. A circular row of rotatable grinding elements is positioned between the upper and lower rings. Heated carrier air is passed through the pulverizing zone. A conduit delivers the coal slurry to the pulverizer for drying and pulverization. The conduit includes an insulated portion extending through the housing and has its outlet located within the pulverizing zone.