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Chapter 9. Autogenous and Semi-Autogenous Milis
9.INTRODUCTION
Disintegration and size reduction of sorne ores is possible in tumbling milis without the aid ofgrinding media. Grinding milis in which comminution takes place without grinding aids are
known asAutogenous Grinding(AG) mills orFully Autogenous Grindingmills (FAG). Thesemilis use large lumps of rock as the grinding media. Mills that use intermediate size rock or
pebbles as a grinding medium are also autogenous milis but are known aspebble milis. Milisthat grind hard ores with fracture characteristics that do not lend themselves to fully
autogenous milling are charged with a small amount of steel balls to assist in the size
reduction. These are known as Semi-autogenous Grinding (SAG) milis. In the miningindustry all of these types of milis are in use.
The disintegration and size reduction of ores in AG/SAG rnills is brought about by a combination of impact, attrition and abrasion forces during mili rotation. Parteles at the toe of
the mill charge receive the maximum impact forces from falling rocks and other grinding
media. Particles in the body of the rnill charge partly slide from di:fferent heights and are
subjected to attrition and abrasion resulting in size reduction.The operation of AG/SAG milis 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 Iast for a reasonable time to act as the grinding medium. Such
ores have been described as competent ores. Ores that break up easily are referred to as either
non-competent or incompetent ore.
In recent times these milis have successfuliy replaced the conventional rod mili-baH mill
configurations. InAustralia the number of AG/SAG mills increased from about six in 1984 to
more than 40 in the following five-year period [1]. The number ofinstallations world wide by
mid 1989 was about 471 and presently the number is growing. One of the main interests in
these mills is the possibility of eliminating at least one crushing stage from the conventional
size reduction processes. Such replacements lead to savings in capital expenditure in a plant
design. The SAG milis have been mostly used for milling hard gold and copper ores with
quartz, ultramafic or green stone as host rocks. The Bond Work Index of these ores range
between 12 -14 kWhlt. Subsequently SAG mili application has been extended to softer ores,
like bauxite and clayey hard-capped gold ores.This chapter examines the developments in the design and operation of both autogenous
and semi-autogenous systems of grinding, for size reduction in metallurgical operations.
9.1. Design of AG/SAG milis
Since the breakage of ore in AG/SAG milis is mostly due to impact on particles and media
from a height, these milis generally have a large diameter to length (D/L) ratio. However this
ratio vares and mills with large Iength to diameter ratio are also in use, eg. in South Africa.
At present the three types of milis commercially rnade have the following characteristics:
Mills with large DIL ratio, (High aspect milis) D/L = 1.5 - 3.0
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oversize (scats)
crusher
feed product
feed
product
Product
Feed
ball mill
AG/SAG mill
Product
Feed ball mill
AG/SAG mill
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product
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Rateofbreakage,
h-1
100
10
55%
170%
0.1
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100
Size, mm
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%R
atedpower
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
20 25 30 35 40 45
% Volumetric loading
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Surface of
charge R
H
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RelativeMillPower
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
JB = 0.12
JB = 0.06
0.5
0.4
0.3
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7
Fractional mill charge, JC
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