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Introduction:
- This paper intends to describe the different methods to calculate the power of a ball mill.
- Two methods will be presented here:
1) Bond formula
2) Hogg and Fuerstenau formula

Bond Formula:
- The Bond power formula is the following:

Where:
Pb is the power by ton of balls at the shaft in kW/ton,
D is the internal mill diameter in m,
J is the volume load (filling degree) in % and
Vcr is the percentage of the critical speed.
- If the mill is with grate discharge, the formula must be multiplied by 1,08.

- A correction factor called Ss must be applied for mills with a diameter higher than 3,3m:

Where:
Ss is the ball size factor in kW/t and
dm is the maximum ball diameter in mm.
And the formula for these mills is:

- To get the absorbed power of the mill at terminals, it is necessary to multiply by the tonnage of balls and to
correct with the transmission and motor efficiency factors.

Hogg and Fuerstenau Formula:

- The Hogg and Fuerstenau power formula is the following:

Where:
P is the power at the shaft in kW,
D is the mill's internal diameter in m.
L is the useful length in m,
Vcr is the percentage of the critical speed,
app is the apparent density of the charge in t/m3,
J is the volume load (filling degree) in % and
La is the lifting angle of the charge gravity center with the vertical line.
- app is given by the following formula:

Where:
BC is the tonnage of the ball charge in tons,
M is the tonnage of material between the balls (intersticial) and

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M is the tonnage of material between the balls (intersticial) and
Vch is the volume taken by the ball charge in m3.
M is given by the following formula:

Where:
bmat is the bulk density of the material in t/m3
J is the volume load (filling degree) in %,
D is the mill's internal diameter in m and
L is the useful length in m.
- To get the absorbed power of the mill at terminals, it is necessary to correct with the transmission
and motor efficiency factors.

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