Method and system for generating information relating to an internal state of a tumbling mill (10) for grinding a charge of material (30) by tumbling the material in a rotating shell (20). The method comprising generating a position signal (E, P, P(i), P(j), P(q)) indicative of a rotational position of said rotating shell (20), said position signal including a time sequence of position signal sample values (P(i), P(j), P(q)); detecting a first occurrence of a first reference position signal value (1; 1C, 0%) in said time sequence of position signal sample values (P(i), P(j), P(q)); detecting a second occurrence of a second reference position signal value (1; 1C; 100%) in said time sequence of position signal sample values (P(i), PG), P(q)); generating a vibration signal (Sea, Se(i), SG), S(q)) dependent on mechanical vibrations (Vimp) emanating from rotation of said shell, said vibration signal (Sea, Se(i), SG), S(q)) including a time sequence of vibration sample values (Se(i), SG), S(q)); detecting a third occurrence of an event signature (Sp(r); Sp) in said time sequence of vibration sample values (Se(i), SG), S(q)); generating data indicative of a first temporal relation (Ki(r); Td; FI(r)) between said third occurrence i.e. said event signature occurrence, and said first and second occurences.

A method can include milling a powder with a test grinding media, and determining an amount of abraded grinding media that abrades from the test grinding media into the powder due to the milling of the powder. The method can include creating a compensated powder to account for the amount of the abraded grinding media such that the powder milling process results in a desired powder composition.

A device and a system monitor wear of wearable components mounted in a mining equipment. An elongated bolt maintains a wearable component in place on a face of the equipment. A threaded section of the bolt terminates at a proximal end protruding externally through a hole of the equipment. A shank of the bolt terminates at a distal end opposite from the proximal end. The shank extends along a thickness of the wearable component and wears as the wearable component wears when the equipment is in operation. A transducer coupled to the proximal end of the bolt generates a sound wave within the bolt, detects an echo of the sound wave reflected by the distal end of the bolt, and reports to a controller a time delay between the sound wave and the echo. The controller evaluates a wear of the wearable component based on the time delay.

The present invention provides a system and method for more efficient utilization of comminution mills. Sensors are provided in the liners placed within the mill shell. The sensors may include RFID tags, liner wear profile sensors (e.g., such as an ultrasonic sensor), an inertial sensor (preferably included both an inclinometer and an accelerometer, and an acoustic sensor, among others. When the liners are installed in the shell, the RFID tag is used to register the location of the liner within the shell. In operation, the information provided by the sensors is collected by a data transmission unit and sent by transmitter over the air to a computer having an antenna and receiver for such data. The data is correlated and the data is reviewable in real time while the mill is in running.

A system to measure and control real-time parameters of a mill for grinding particulate without using auxiliary energy is disclosed. Sensors connected to the mill produce signals. A signal transmitting and receiving module is connected to the sensors and receives and transmits the mill process signals to a network. A modular power generator unit powers the system. A radio antenna receives and transmits signals from and to the signal transmitting and receiving module. A master controller connects to the network and to a distributed control system to receive and use process variables and the signals to compute and transmit setpoints to the distributed control system. The system alarms for upsets conditions, alters mill control variables, or both.

A system for controlling an internal state of in a tumbling mill (10) having a shell (20) that rotates around an axis (60) at a speed of rotation (f.sub.ROT) for grinding a charge of material (30) by tumbling the material in the rotating shell; said shell (20) having an internal shell surface (22) including a first number (L) of protrusions (310) configured to engage material as the shell (20) rotates about the axis (60), the system comprising a status parameter extractor (450) being configured to detect occurrence of an event signature (S.sub.p(r); Sp) in a time sequence of vibration sample values (Se(i), S(j), S(q)); said status parameter extractor (450) being configured to generate data indicative of a first temporal relation (R.sub.T(r); T.sub.D; FI(r)) between said said event signature occurrence, and two other occurences; and a regulator for controlling an angular toe position (FI(r), A.sub.TOE) based on a toe position reference value (FI.sub.REF(r)), said first temporal relation (Rr(r); T.sub.D; FI(r)), and a toe position error value (FI.sub.ERR(r)).

Method and apparatus for industrial scale production of a suspension for a battery, wherein an input material is processed via ball milling in a rotating chamber of a device that is effected as a continuous process with a continuously controlled addition of the input material and with a continuously controlled delivery of the processed output material, where state parameters of the input material and process parameters of the manufacturing installation are acquired as first parameters during production of the suspension, results of laboratory analyses about the state or quality of the manufactured suspension are acquired as second parameters in a learning phase during production, the first and the second parameters are used in the learning phase for training a model for predicting the state or quality via machine learning, and where the device is open-loop or closed-loop controlled outside the learning phase via the first parameters and the trained model.

A system to measure and control real-time parameters of a mill for grinding particulate without using auxiliary energy is disclosed. Sensors connected to the mill produce signals. A signal transmitting and receiving module is connected to the sensors and receives and transmits the mill process signals to a network. A modular power generator unit powers the system. A radio antenna receives and transmits signals from and to the signal transmitting and receiving module. A master controller connects to the network and to a distributed control system to receive and use process variables and the signals to compute and transmit setpoints to the distributed control system. The system alarms for upsets conditions, alters mill control variables, or both.

The invention relates to a system that enables real-time monitoring of wear and tear occurring in rubber liners and lifter bars used in the internal structure of the ore grinding mills employed in the mining sector, in addition to obtaining estimations as to the replacement times of worn parts.

A device for generating milling measurement data at an output includes a support structure. A measurement station is supported by the support structure for measuring an attribute of milled material collected thereon and outputting a measurement of the attribute to the output. A mill is supported by the support structure above the measurement station for, while engaged, performing a continuous milling action on a feed material, and continuously or regularly depositing milled material onto the measurement station wherein the measurement station can measure the milled material without interrupting the milling action