Effect of media type on regrinding with stirred mills

Ball mills are commonly used for regrinding operations in the mineral processing industry. However, efforts are now being made to use stirred mills for regrinding, particularly in instances where very fine grinding is required. Media type (steel shot, glass beads, alumina balls and crushed quartz), media size, mill speed and the number of passes required to obtained the target product size are studied. The product size and energy consumption are used in the evaluation of the test results. The grinding media size, shape, density, filling ratio, mill circumferential speed and grinding time play distinct roles in product size fineness.