Grinding & Classification Circuits

Grinding & Classification Circuits

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Wet pan mill (1 reply)

T
Takue
7 years ago
Takue 7 years ago

I need help in the determination of the power drawn by a wet pan mill in gold milling

Alex Doll
7 years ago
Alex Doll 7 years ago
1 like by David

Short answer is you measure the root-mean-square Amps and Volts going into the motor driving the mill, correct for the motor efficiency (and possibly power factor) and calculate power using equation P = V_rms × I_rms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power#Real_number_formulas

Long answer is that pan mills are really mechanically inefficient grinding devices and any power you calculate is probably meaningless.  You can't use Bond's equations to predict anything meaningful with a pan mill. 

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