A primer on which mill to use for various types of products
Bodo Furchner, Hosokawa Alpine AG
Many branches of the chemical process industries (CPI) make use of impact comminution to process solid matter, such as minerals, foodstuffs, pharmaceutical products, and above all, products for the chemicals industry. Impact comminution is also used for coarse crushing, but the focus of this article is fine grinding with end-product particle sizes below 500 µm. The technology of impact comminution is, however, not particularly popular with the users of impact grinding systems because it is energy-intensive, associated with a high noise level and frequently also gives rise to time-consuming maintenance work. In spite of this, impact comminution is still the most cost-effective solution in many processing operations....
This information is only available to Gold members.
Forgot your user ID or password? Click here to have it sent to you.
Not a member yet?
UPGRADE now to full archive accces and you will receive:
A discount on full delegate pass to ChemInnovations.
Join other CPI professionals from all over the globe and share best practices, expertise, concerns and more.
Provide feedback to Chemical Engineering Editors
Current members represent Worley Parsons, DuPont, SABIC, Fluor, Air Products, LyondellBasell, Nalco, Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, BASF, Jacobs Engineering, ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and more.
