Raymond Mill: A Powerful Solution for Efficient Glass Powder Processing

Glass is an amorphous inorganic non-metallic material. It is widely used in industrial production, from architectural decoration to electronic instrument manufacturing. Grinding glass is a key link in glass processing. So can Raymond mill be used to process glass?

Glass, the main components are silicon dioxide and other oxides. It is widely used in buildings to block wind and transmit light, and is a mixture.

Its physical properties are unique. There are many types, including quartz glass, soda-lime glass, lead silicate glass, etc. Quartz glass has a low thermal expansion coefficient, high temperature resistance, and good chemical stability, and is used in high-end technologies such as semiconductors.

Working principle of Raymond mill

Raymond mill working principle is: after starting, the motor drives the central axis to rotate, and the grinding roller device both revolves and rotates. The centrifugal force causes the grinding roller to swing outward and press the grinding ring tightly, and the scraper scoops up the material and sends it to the grinding roller and the grinding ring. As the grinding roller rolls and crushes, the material gradually becomes powder.

Raymond mill is composed of main machine

The Raymond mill consists of the main machine, analyzer, fan, finished product cyclone separator, micro powder cyclone separator and air duct. The main machine is the core, including the frame, air inlet volute, scraper, grinding roller, grinding ring and cover. The analyzer screens the grinding material and controls the fineness of the finished product; the fan provides wind power to blow the material; the cyclone separator collects the powder that meets the fineness.

Evaluation of the process suitability of Raymond mill for processing glass materials

Raymond mill has a better processing effect on soft glass such as soda-lime glass and borosilicate glass. This type of glass has a low hardness and is easy to grind. In the production of recycled building glass powder, Raymond mill is often used to grind waste soda-lime glass into 80-200 mesh powder for use as building material filler, thereby reducing costs and improving resource utilization.

Raymond mill is also suitable when the purity requirement is not high. For example, in the production of non-high-purity architectural glass recycling powder and ordinary glass micro-powder, metal impurities may be introduced, but in scenarios where the purity requirement is not strict, a small amount of impurities will not affect the product performance.

Raymond mill is suitable for processing 80-400 mesh medium fineness glass powder. For example, to manufacture glass microbead precursor, the glass needs to be processed to 325 mesh, and then put into Raymond mill for grinding after pretreatment. The micro powder that meets the requirements is selected with the analyzer and fan, and then made into glass microbeads through high temperature sintering and other processes, which are used in reflective and wear-resistant materials and other fields.

Equipment Features and Limitations

Raymond mill is not suitable for all glass processing, such as quartz glass, high aluminum glass and other super-hard glass, which will wear the equipment, shorten the life, increase costs and affect efficiency. When ultra-fine powder above 1000 mesh is required, its fineness is limited and it is not suitable. When high purity requirements such as optical glass powder processing, Raymond mill will introduce metal contamination and affect performance.

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