WEAR-RESISTANT ELEMENT FOR A COMMINUTING DEVICE

Abstract

A wear-resistant element for partially inserting into a recess in the surface of a wear surface of a comminuting device. The wear-resistant element has a fastening region, which is connectable to the recess in the surface of the wear surface and a wearing region, which protrudes at least partially from the surface of the wear surface. The fastening region includes a material that is less wear-resistant than the material of the wearing region, wherein the wearing region extends beyond the fastening region at the level of the wear-resistant element.

Claims

1.-11. (canceled)

12. A wear-resistant element for partially inserting into a recess in the surface of a wear surface of a comminuting device, comprising: a fastening region configured to connect to the recess in the surface of the wear surface, and a wearing region that protrudes at least partially from the surface of the wear surface, wherein the fastening region comprises a material that is less wear-resistant than the material of the wearing region, wherein the wearing region extends beyond the fastening region at the level of the wear-resistant element and wherein the fastening region is formed in a sleeve-like manner, wherein the fastening region has a receiving region for receiving the wearing region, which is configured such that it centers the wearing region relative to the fastening region, and the receiving region has at least one cutout and the wearing region has a protrusion which cooperates with the cutout, or wherein the receiving region has a protrusion and the wearing region has a cutout which cooperates with the protrusion.

13. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the material of the wearing region comprises a ceramic material.

14. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the material of the fastening region comprises a steel.

15. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the wear-resistant element has an end-side cutout which faces in the direction of the wear surface of the comminuting device.

16. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the wear-resistant element has a bore which faces in the direction of the wear surface of the comminuting device.

17. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the wearing region is arranged at least partially within the sleeve-like region of the fastening region.

18. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the fastening region and the wearing region are bonded together substance-to-substance.

19. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the fastening region and the wearing region are adhesively bonded or soldered together.

20. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the fastening region comprises less than 45% of the wear-resistant element.

21. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the fastening region comprises less than 30% of the wear-resistant element.

22. The wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the fastening region comprises less than 20% of the wear-resistant element.

23. A comminuting device having a wear surface and the wear-resistant element of claim 12, wherein the wear-resistant element is mounted at least partially in a recess in the surface of the wear surface.

24. The comminuting device of claim 23, wherein the fastening region of the wear-resistant element is bonded substance-to-substance to a grinding roller.

25. The comminuting device of claim 24, wherein the fastening region of the wear-resistant element is welded, adhesively bonded or soldered to the grinding roller.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The invention is explained in more detail in the following text on the basis of a number of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached figures.

[0022] FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of a comminuting device in a front view according to one exemplary embodiment.

[0023] FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of a grinding roller of the comminuting device according to FIG. 1.

[0024] FIGS. 3-7 show schematic illustrations of various exemplary embodiments of wear-resistant elements in a cross-sectional view.

[0025] FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a comminuting device 10, in particular a roller mill. The comminuting device 10 comprises two grinding rollers, illustrated schematically as circles, having wear surfaces 12, 14 which have the same diameter and are arranged alongside one another. Formed between the wear surfaces 12, 14 of the grinding rollers is a grinding gap, the size of which is settable, for example.

[0026] During operation of the comminuting device 10, the grinding rollers rotate in opposite directions to one another in directions of rotation illustrated by the arrows, wherein grinding stock passes through the grinding gap in the falling direction and is ground.

[0027] FIG. 2 shows an end region of a grinding roller which has a wear surface 12, on which wear-resistant elements 16 are mounted. The wear-resistant elements 16 are mounted in the outer circumference of the surface of the grinding roller. For example, the mutually spaced-apart wear-resistant elements 16, arranged alongside one another, in FIG. 2 have a circular cross section. It is likewise conceivable for the wear-resistant elements 16 to vary in terms of size, number, cross-sectional shape and arrangement with respect to one another over the surface of the grinding roller, in order for example to compensate for local differences in wearing during operation of the comminuting device 10.

[0028] Furthermore, the grinding roller has wear-resistant corner elements 17, mounted on its end, which have for example a rectangular cross section and are arranged in a row alongside one another such that they form a ring around the circumference of the grinding roller. Further cross-sectional shapes of the wear-resistant corner elements 17, which differ from the cross-sectional shape shown in FIG. 2, are furthermore conceivable. A mutually spaced-apart arrangement of the wear-resistant corner elements 17 is also possible. In FIG. 2, by way of example, only the left-hand end of the grinding roller having the wear surface 12 is shown, wherein the right-hand end, which is not shown, is advantageously of identical construction.

[0029] FIG. 3 shows a wear-resistant element 16a that is not encompassed by the invention, said wear-resistant element 16a being arranged in a recess 26 in the wear surface 12 of the grinding roller according to FIGS. 1 and 2. The wear-resistant element 16a has a fastening region 24 and a wearing region 22, wherein the fastening region is arranged in the recess 26 in the surface of the wear surface 12 of the grinding roller and is connected to the wear surface 12 of the grinding roller. For example, in the fastening region 24, the wear-resistant element 16a is bonded substance-to-substance to the recess in the surface of the wear surface 12 of the grinding roller, in particular welded, soldered or adhesively bonded or connected in a form-fitting manner, in particular screwed or wedged. The wearing region 22 of the wear-resistant element 16a is arranged at least partially outside the recess 26 in the wear surface 12, such that said wearing region protrudes from the surface of the wear surface 12 in a radial direction of the grinding roller (not illustrated). The fastening region 24 comprises, in the exemplary embodiment illustrated, about one third of the entire wear-resistant element 16a, wherein the wearing region 22 comprises approximately the further two thirds. The fastening region 24 has a receiving region 18, which comprises that face of the fastening region that faces the wearing region 22. The receiving region 18 is arranged between the wearing region 22 and the fastening region 24 and configured in particular in a bulging manner such that the fastening region 24 of the wear-resistant element 16a has an inwardly directed bulge at the end facing the wearing region 22. This bulge serves for positioning the wearing region 22 on the fastening region 24.

[0030] The wearing region 22 of the wear-resistant element 16a has a material having a higher level of wear resistance than the material of the fastening region 24. For example, the wearing region 22 has a ceramic material, for example tungsten carbide, titanium carbide, titanium carbonitride, vanadium carbide, chromium carbide, tantalum carbide, boron carbide, niobium carbide, molybdenum carbide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, or silicon carbide. Furthermore, it is also possible for particles of industrial diamonds or high-strength ceramics to be embedded in a ceramic or metallic matrix in the wearing region. For example, the wearing region has a matrix material in which a majority of particles are arranged. The particles in question are in particular a highly wear-resistant material which comprises for example diamond, ceramic or titanium. The matrix material comprises for example tungsten carbide. The particles are bonded in particular substance-to-substance, for example by sintering with the matrix material.

[0031] During operation of the comminuting device 10, the wear-resistant elements 16a are subject to a high level of wear, wherein in particular the wearing region 22, protruding from the surface of the wear surfaces 12, 14 of the grinding rollers, of the wear-resistant elements 16a becomes worn. The wear-resistant material of the wearing region 22 reduces the wear of the wear-resistant elements 16a considerably. Furthermore, it is possible to dispense with forming the fastening region, which is not subject to any wear or only to very little wear, from the expensive, more wear-resistant material.

[0032] FIG. 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a wear-resistant element 16b, wherein the wear surface having the recess 26, in which the wear-resistant element 16b is arranged, is not illustrated. FIG. 4 shows a wear-resistant element 16b which corresponds substantially to the wear-resistant element 16a in FIG. 1, wherein the receiving region, in particular that region of the fastening region 24 of the wear-resistant element 16b that faces the wearing region 22 has a cutout which cooperates with a protrusion in that region of the wear-resistant region 22 that faces the fastening region 24. Such a cutout in the fastening region 24 serves in particular for positioning the wearing region 22 on the fastening region 24, wherein the wearing region is centered relative to the fastening region 24. The cutout is formed for example in a cylindrical and centered manner.

[0033] FIG. 5 shows a wear-resistant element 16c, which has a substantially sleeve-like fastening region 24, wherein the latter extends along the lateral face of the wearing region 22 and the wearing region 22 is arranged at least partially within the sleeve-like fastening region 24. The sleeve-like fastening region 24 is formed from a softer, less wear-resistant material than the wearing region 22. The wearing region 22 of the wear-resistant element 16c extends beyond the sleeve-like fastening region 24 in the longitudinal direction of the wear-resistant element 16c, such that the wearing region 22 protrudes from the sleeve-like fastening region 24. The wearing region 22 extends in particular beyond the fastening region 24 in the radial direction of the grinding roller. The fastening region 24 in FIG. 5 has a lower, radially inwardly directed, fully cylindrical region, on which the wearing region 22 bears, and a radially outwardly directed, for example thin-walled sleeve-like region, which circumferentially surrounds the wearing region 22 at least partially.

[0034] FIG. 6 shows a wear-resistant element 16d which corresponds substantially to the wear-resistant element 16c in FIG. 5 except that the wear-resistant element 16d has a cutout 20 in its fastening region 24. The cutout 20 is provided in the end face of the fastening region 24 and formed for example in a cylindrical or conical manner. The cutout is formed in particular coaxially with the wear-resistant element 16d and serves for example for fastening the wear-resistant element 16d in the recess 26 in the wear surface of the comminuting device 10. Furthermore, the cutout 20 results in a considerable material saving of the fastening region 24.

[0035] FIG. 7 shows a wear-resistant element 16e, not encompassed by the invention, which corresponds substantially to the wear-resistant element 16a in FIG. 3 except that the wear-resistant element 16e has a cutout 20 in the fastening region 24 as in FIG. 6. The receiving region 18 of the wear-resistant element 16e is formed in a substantially planar manner. A bulging configuration is likewise conceivable.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0036] 10 Comminuting device/roller mill

[0037] 12 Wear surface/grinding roller

[0038] 14 Wear surface/grinding roller

[0039] 16a-e Wear-resistant element

[0040] 17 Wear-resistant corner element

[0041] 18 Receiving region

[0042] 20 Cutout

[0043] 22 Wearing region

[0044] 24 Fastening region

[0045] 26 Recess