A wet continuous semi-autogenous (SAG) mill system includes a frame; a rotatable cylinder supported within the frame thereby to be rotatable about a generally horizontal rotational axis with respect to the frame, the rotatable cylinder incorporating a plurality of discharge ports about its periphery and an interior spiral blade for coaxing material within the rotatable cylinder that is downstream of the discharge ports upstream towards the discharge ports during rotation; a variable speed driving system for driving the rotatable cylinder about the rotational axis; and a SAG mill removably fastened to the rotatable cylinder upstream of the discharge ports. The SAG mill includes a grinding chamber barrel within an upstream portion of the rotatable cylinder, the grinding chamber barrel having an inside diameter of about 19.2 inches and a length of about 6.4 inches and incorporating at least one interior lifter.

In a method of making a lifter bar for use in a grinding mill, a refurbished lifter bar and a mould for producing the refurbished lifter bar, the lifter bar has a predetermined form and has a base member, and the method includes providing a mould having an interior space that conforms at least partially to the predetermined form, joining the mould and the base member together to form a cavity defined by the base member and the interior space, and filling the cavity with polymer and allowing the polymer to attach to the base member to construct a lifter bar having the predetermined form.

Described is a wear part for minerals processing equipment. The wear part comprises an inner surface for contact with slurry when the minerals processing equipment is in use and an outer surface of the wear part. The wear part further comprises at least one sacrificial wear sensor located at a predetermined distance between the inner surface and the outer surface, the at least one sacrificial wear sensor being arranged to wirelessly communicate with a remote wear monitoring unit.

A system includes a platform having an upper surface and defining a recess having a floor, the recess configured to seat a dish, and a movable securing frame that is movably connected with the platform, the frame including a lift support having an upper surface that is movable along a path from a first location that is beneath the floor of the recess, through the recess, to a second location that is coplanar with the upper surface of the platform. A motor configured to cause oscillation of the platform and the movable securing frame can be used. A method of using the system can include placing a dish above a recess defined by an upper surface of a platform, and lowering the frame with respect to the platform, thereby seating the dish within the recess.

A lifter bar for an open-ended grinding mill that includes an elongated bar structure and at least one groove portion provided in the elongated bar structure. The groove portion is configured to open on the side of the lifter bar facing outwards from the grinding mill volume, when the lifter bar is mounted onto the grinding mill. The groove portion is provided with at least one through hole opening for a mounting member.

This relates a lifter bar, method for making a lifter bar, a method for assembling a lifter bar and a grinding mill for ore grinding. The lifter bar comprises a lifter bar body having an outer surface conforming the outer surface of the lifter bar, and a fixing element for connecting the lifter bar to the shell of the grinding mill. The lifter bar body further comprises a first portion and a second portion forming a continuous lifter bar body. The fixing element is embedded to the first portion such that it forms part of the fixing surface of the lifter bar. The second portion is made of polyurethane and forming 35-85% of the volume of the lifter bar.

The invention relates to a shell plate, to method for making a shell plate and to a grinding mill for ore grinding. The shell plate is mountable to a shell of a grinding mill for grinding ore, said shell plate comprises a shell plate body having a first portion comprising a fixing surface for fixing the shell plate body to the shell and a second portion comprising a wear surface facing toward interior of the grinding mill, said first portion and said second portion forming a continuous shell plate body, the second portion comprises polyurethane such that the wear surface is made of polyurethane.

A split pulp chamber insert assembly formed for installation in a pulp chamber on a discharge end wall in a grinding mill rotatable about an axis thereof. The split pulp chamber insert assembly include two or more insert elements, configured to cooperate to form a lining covering one or more portions of pulp chamber surfaces that partially define the pulp chamber in which the insert elements are positioned. The split pulp chamber assembly also includes a number of fasteners, for securing the insert elements in predetermined positions in the pulp chamber relative to each other to form the lining that covers the one or more portions of the pulp chamber surfaces.

This relates to a lifter bar, a method for making a lifter bar, a method for assembling a lifter bar and a grinding mill comprising multiple lifter bars. The lifter bar comprises a lifter bar body having a wear surface and comprising polyurethane (PU), a reinforced wearing plate attached to the lifter bar body and forming part of the wear surface. The reinforced wearing plate comprises metal and a wearing surface for forming a part of the wear surface of the lifter bar, and an attachment structure provided to the reinforced wearing plate for attaching the reinforced wearing plate to the lifter bar body. The attachment structure protrudes into the lifter bar body for forming a connection with polyurethane (PU).

An interlocking liner segment for a tumbling unit is disclosed which comprises a body having an inner surface having a first end and a second end, an outer surface, a first side edge, a second side edge opposite the first side edge, a front edge, and a back edge, a first lifter portion at the first end having a first aperture; a second lifter portion at the second end having a second aperture; and a rifling portion on the inner surface intermediate the first lifter portion and the second lifter portion.