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Ball mill brake blast

INCORRECT brake spring tension seems to be at the heart of an incident in which a ball mill’s brake drum coupling exploded during a shutdown.

 The drive assembly showing two gearboxes (left and right), motor and failed brake assembly

The drive assembly showing two gearboxes (left and right), motor and failed brake assembly

The ball mill on a New South Wales mine was having its liner plates replaced as part of a planned shutdown, and inching had already been done successfully 45 times by an operator who was manually controlling...

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