Innovative Gear Drive Solution for Grinding Mills | E & MJ
Both the SAG mill and ball mill are each driven by two gear units. Because, on a conventional drive variant, only one engagement per pinion with the girth gear is possible per side, an economic power limit of about 8 MW per drive is in effect. With the DMG2 gear units, Siemens said this limit expands to as much as 12 MW per drive.