ROLLER MILL FOR GRINDING PARTICULATE MATERIAL

摘要

A roller mill (1) for grinding particulate material such as cement raw materials, cement clinker and similar materials, said roller mill (1) comprising a mill housing (2) enclosing a grinding (3) table and a set of rollers rotatable about a vertical shaft (4), said set of rollers being configured for interactive operation with the grinding table (3) and comprising a number of rollers (5) each rotating about a roller shaft (6) which is connected to the vertical shaft (4) via a hinged connection (7) with a centre of rotation (8) which allows a free circular movement of the roller (5) in upward and downward direction in a plane comprising the centreline (9) of the roller shaft (6), said centre of rotation (8) of the hinged connection (7) in a vertical plane is located under the centreline (9) of the roller shaft (6). The roller mill is peculiar in that the grinding table (3) is rotatable about the vertical shaft (4) and in that the roller mill (1) comprises means (10,11) for introducing gases into the mill housing (2) and means (12) allowing for continuously diverting ground material suspended in gases out of the mill housing (2). It is hereby obtained that the grinding process is performed continuously as the material fed to the grinding table is transported across the grinding table, by means of the centrifugal forces to which the material is subjected due to the rotation of the grinding table, to the rollers where it is ground and subsequently suspended in the gas introduced in the mill housing, whereafter the ground material in suspended form is diverted through an outlet connected to the mill housing.