Horizontal Sand Mill RTSM-AD Lab Mill User Manual

Horizontal Sand Mill

RTSM-AD Lab Series User Manual

上海儒特机电设备有限公司
Shanghai Root Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Co.,Ltd
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Content

1. General Description.........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Company introduction.......................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Product introduction............................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Explanation............................................................................................................................1
2. Attentions........................................................................................................................................ 1
3. Scope of application........................................................................................................................ 2
4. Technical Parameter........................................................................................................................ 2
5. Main structure................................................................................................................................. 3
6. Installation....................................................................................................................................... 4
6.1Installation condition：......................................................................................................... 4
6.2 Hoisting..................................................................................................................................4
6.3 Electrical parts installation.................................................................................................... 4
6.4 Inspection.............................................................................................................................. 5
7. Auxiliary system...............................................................................................................................6
7.1 Cooling system.......................................................................................................................6
7.2 Compressed Air..................................................................................................................... 6
7.3 Electrical System....................................................................................................................6
7.4 Dynamic discharging system................................................................................................. 7
8. Usage and Operation.......................................................................................................................8
8.1 Preparation............................................................................................................................8
8.2 Start..................................................................................................................................... 11
9. Grinding Media..............................................................................................................................13
10. Maintenance................................................................................................................................14
11. Wear Parts List.............................................................................................................................15
12.Potential Trouble and Trouble Shooting...................................................................................... 16
Appendix 1: Mill test run report....................................................................................................... 19
Appendix 2: Maintenance Records................................................................................................... 20
Appendix 3: Outline Drawing............................................................................................................ 21
Appendix 4: Electrical Diagram......................................................................................................... 21
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1. General Description

1.1 Company introduction

Established at mid-90s, the predecessor of Shanghai ROOT Mechanical And Electrical

Equipment Co., ltd has been involved in the field of dispersing, emulsifying, grinding and mixing.
With the philosophy of "concentration makes professional ” , the management decided to
concentrate the enterprise ’ s attention on the development of the wet grinding equipment in
2012 and ROOT brand was born at that time. Consisted of Shanghai Marketing Center, Shanghai
Technology Development Center, Shanghai Customer Service Center, Shanghai, Shanghai
Production & Processing Center and Anhui Production & Processing Center.Now ROOT enterprise
has become one of the most impressed manufacturers for the wet grinding equipment in the
industry.

1.2 Product introduction

ROOT mainly produce wet grinding equipment like lab horizontal bead mill, disc type
horizontal bead mill, pin type horizontal bead mill, high viscosity horizontal bead mill and other
corollary products (filtering cart, zirconia beads)etc.

1.3 Explanation

All the diagrammatic presentations are just the examples and it may be different with the
equipment you purchase, please take material object as the standard.
Please contact us or our agents directly if the user manual is damaged or lost.
This manual is written by Shanghai ROOT Mechanical And Electrical Equipment Co.,LTD. All
Right Reserved

2. Attentions

Please carefully read and ensure to observe all the contents before using the equipment.
Please turn off the main switch and keep all the warning sings hung when doing maintaining,
watching and checking.
When repair work is taking, it should be strictly assured that the motor cannot start if any
button in the buttons box has been wrongly pressed.
Please do not replace or change the wiring in the control and button box.
Please do not touch any moving part in operation.

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Keep a suitable degree of tightness for the belt and if it is too loose, it may explode because
of super-heat.
Keep suitable lubricating oil level. Non-cooled mechanical seal will cause super-heat and
explosion.
Please do not start the bead mill if there is no cooling water and please do not start the
main motor if there is no grinding material in the grinding chamber. Idling and the air in the
grinding chamber may damage the main parts of the equipment.
Keep clean for the equipment and periodically dump out the dust in the equipment surface,
motor and electric elements to avoid dust explosion.
Periodically check and test grounding device. The good grounding device will avoid accidents
caused by electric leakage, static electricity.
Please pay attention to the fire during the operation and maintaining of the equipment.
The lubricating oil containing lead can not be used in food processing industry. And only the
lubricating oil according with hygiene standards can be used.

3. Scope of application

Horizontal bead mill are suitable for coating material, ink, petrochemical industry, mining
industry, Bio engineering pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, Electronic chemicals. With the
principle of complete grinding, horizontal bead mill is designed for fine grinding of higher
viscosity ink or coating materials and it specially can be used for the accurate grinding and mixing
for the large batch bidirectional suspension.

4. Technical Parameter

1. Main Motor：2.2KW
2. Feeding Pump：3/8”Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump
3. Tank Volume：Design:0.65L, Effective: 0.5L
4. Grinding rotor:4 sets disc shape
5. Grinding media: min. 0.4mm. Normally charging quantity：1.2KG
6. Material In/Outlet: G3/8
7. Cooling water in/outlet: DN15(outer diameter: 16mm)
8. Air inlet: 8mm
9. Cooling water consumption：0.6 M3/h
10. Air consumption: 60L/min
11. Main Shaft Speed：3000rpm
12. Linear Speed：11.5m/s

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5. Main structure

1. Oil-water separator: control air pressure of diaphragm pump

2. Motor cover: to protect motor and pulley
3. Mechanical seal cooling tank: provide cooling liquid for mechanical sealing
4. Material temperature gauge
5. Grinding chamber
6. Feeding pressure gauge
7. Control cabinet
8. Feeding pump
9. Feet
10.Cable connection head: Cable go through this to connect machine and the cabinet
11.Cooling water inlet
12.Cooling water outlet
13.Air inlet

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6. Installation

6.1Installation condition：

a. Equipment arrangement：
The equipment should be placed onto plat ground. Normally the machine don’t need to be
fixed to the ground. It will be better if the equipment could be placed and installed onto a
concrete based ground. Leave enough space for operator. See as figure 1 （ The figure is for
reference only! User should decide how to place the mill according to working area condition.）

min700

1539

min1350
660

min500
min900

Figure 1

b. Power supply：Normally, one single set power supply＞60KVA。

c. Cooling water: cooling water is pure water of 5℃，pressure 2Kg/cm2.If the cooling water needs
to be recycled use, there must be a chiller (cooling machine) and do circulation with soft water.
d. If the user use pneumatic diaphragm pump, there must compressed air supplied.

6.2 Hoisting

User could use a front-loader or use the hoisting ring on machine body.

6.3 Electrical parts installation

After equipment is placed, connect the electrical parts. Connect the wires according to
electrical diagram. After installation, test the pulley rotation direction and make sure the
direction same with the arrow direction. See as appendix for electrical diagram.

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6.4 Inspection

Before starting, follow the checking steps:

a. Grinding chamber and pipes should be clean. No loose is allowed for connection part.
b. Check the belt. If the belt is too loose, readjust.
c. Check the pulley. Inspect whether abnormality happens during operation.
e. Check whether the machine is steadily placed.

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7. Auxiliary system

7.1 Cooling system

RTSM-AD lab sand mill has adopted double cooling system design. It has cooling point at
outer chamber jacket and , which could immediately transport away the heat generated during
working. Cooling water consumption will be varied with the water temperature, product fineness
requirement, material viscosity, material hardness and grinding beads charging quantity etc. For
0.5L lab sand mill, the cooling water in/outlet are DN15 and normal water consumption is 0.6m³
/h. A 3HP(around 9KW) chiller will be sufficient for providing the required cooling water.

Cooling water inlet

Cooling water outlet

7.2 Compressed Air

It uses compressed air to enhance the mechanical sealing back pressure in order to improve
the stability and good performance of pneumatic diaphragm pump. Connect the pressure
adjusting valve with a 8mm air in pipe. Add a control valve on the air in pipe.

7.3 Electrical System

The user should prepare the cable needed for connecting to the mill control cabinet. The
cable area should be qualified. Control cabinet and local switch box are manufactured in factory
already. Main motor rotation direction should be according to the mark.
Note: It is recommended to use the copper core cable, 3*4mm2+1*2.5mm2

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7.4 Dynamic discharging system

Dynamic separator is a core part in the mill. Its main function is to separate material and
grinding media. The separator gap will directly affect the discharging quantity and separating
effect. In order to prolong the separator service life, the separator is made of hard alloy.

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8. Usage and Operation

8.1 Preparation

8.1.1
adding mechanical seal cooling liquid: add deionized water with glycerin(1:0.4) or deionized
water with glycol (1:0.3) to 4/5 level of the cooling tank. The cooling liquid should be add via “5
cooling liquid inlet”. Inspect the liquid level via “ 4 liquid level monitor”.

Figure 2：Mechanical seal cooling tank

（1）Mechanical seal cooling liquid outlet

（2）Single piece valve
（3）Cooling water inlet
（4）Liquid level monitor
（5）Cooling liquid inlet
（6）Cooling liquid return port
（7）Cooling spiral
（8）Cooling water outlet

8.1.2
Connect to power, push “pump start” and magnetic pump will start and recycle the
mechanical seal cooling liquid.

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Figure 2: Magnetic pump

8.1.3
Adjust air-in pressure: adjust oil-water separator ( see as figure 3) switch button, set the
air-in pressure to 4 bar;

Figure 3: oil-water separator

8.1.4
Air-in pressure shouldn’t be lower than 3bar, otherwise the mill could not be started

Air inlet

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8.1.5
Grinding media charging: take off the part indicated in the red frame; put a funnel in the
pipe part and start to adding the grinding media.

8.1.6
Cooling water inlet and outlet are 12mm tubing connectors; It is suggested to use 12x8mm
soft pipe to connect to cooling water inlet and outlet shown in below figure. Water-in flow is
0.6m³/h, water pressure around 1.5bar.

Cooling water inlet

Cooling water outlet

8.1.10
Material inlet and outlet are 12mm tubing connectors; It is suggested to use 12x8mm soft
pipes to connect to the material inlet and outlet shown in below figure. Material-in flow is 0.4m³
/h

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8.2 Start

8.2.1
Connect to power source, air source, and cooling
water source; If there is abnormality of the electric, power
off and check; For example, if there is no pressure on the
oil-water separator, check air source or check whether
oil-water separator still works. Press “ Pump start”, and
the magnetic pump will start to work.

8.2.2
If the machine isn’t loaded with material or water, press“pump start”and after material or
water come into grinding chamber or after the“ flow adjust valve”is adjusted and the material
is normally transported for 3-5s, click“main machine start“ and adjust the speed knob to adjust
speed to 2400-2850rpm

Note: before start, “ Emergency stop” should be at open status

8.2.3
During grinding, after all data are stable, take down pressure value, temperature value,
current value, rotation speed value and grinding beads charging quantity etc in order to keep a
record of the current grinding process and also offer reference for future grinding process
changing.

Note: Normally, the grinding chamber pressure shouldn’t

exceed 1 bar.

8.2.4
After grinding, adjust the speed knob on control box to
gradually slow down the mill speed, and at same time adjust
“ flow adjust valve ” to lower the material feeding speed;
When it indicates 0 rpm on panel, press “ Main machine
stop”, secondly close the“ flow adjust valve”and finally click
“ Pump stop”

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8.2.4
Mill cleaning: Mill cleaning process is similar with grinding process. However, the rotation
speed for cleaning shouldn’t be too high; Please keep the speed under 1500rpm when cleaning.

8.2.5
After cleaning, cut off the power source, air source and water source.

8.2.6
Clean the mill surface and operation site.

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9. Grinding Media

It is suggested to use 95% zirconia beads as grinding media. The media size and charging
quantity should be according to technical parameter and actual working efficiency. For 1.0L lab
bead mill, the smallest grinding media it could use is 0.4mm and the beads charging quantity is
normally 1.0-1.2KG. It is suggested to charge 1.2KG at the first time. (usually, the beads will ready
charged in factory)

Cautions:
(1) During mill operation, the grinding media will get abrasion; When material quality becomes
lower or main machine operating current becomes lower, the grinding media may get worn and
abrasion.Therefore, user must take out the beads for checking.(user will receive a beads sieve,
used for sieving out the worn or unqualified beads). Sieve out the worn beads and recharge the
new beads
(2) When the recharged beads quantity has reach 50% of the first-time charging beads quantity,
it is suggested to remove all beads and recharge all new beads. The removed beads could be
further cleaned and sieved, after sieving,the qualified beads will be continuously used for cost
saving purpose.
(3) Don’t mix-use the grinding media: grinding media manufactured by different manufacturer
shouldn’t be mix-used; grinding media with different material content shouldn’t be mix-used;
Mix-use may cause beads cracking easily and beads cracking may cause machine stuck and higher
the cost.
(4) Grinding media is consumption material, all grinding media should be sieved periodically; For
normal maintenance, it is suggested to sieve every half year.
(5) During production, if users find worn beads leaking, check the separating ring and grinding
media size.

Factors that affect the grinding media service life:

(1) Material viscosity: When material viscosity is higher, the grinding media abrasion will be
lower;
(2) Cleaning: When cleaning the grinding chamber with beads load, it is better to shorten the
cleaning time in order to alleviate the abrasion force on the beads caused by water. If there is
material transported into chamber, don’t run the machine with only beads in.
(3) Material property: Material hardness will strongly affect the grinding media service life.
Higher hardness, higher abrasion.

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10. Maintenance

10.1.1
In order to avoid abrasion heating caused by belt slip, periodically check the belt every
month.

10.1.2
The mechanical sealing the mill is using has higher precision and durability. It will have little
leakage under correct operation. The cooling liquid consumption quantity could be calculated
from the cooling liquid level meter. It is better to change the mechanical seal cooling liquid every
two month.

10.1.3
Grinding media needs periodically cleaned. Normally, sieve the beads every half a year.

10.1.4
Check electric device and gauges. Once there is problem, repair or change immediately.

10.1.5
After one year operation, clean and check the machine thoroughly. Check the rotor and
chamber abrasion condition. Change all lubrication oil. Check thoroughly the electrical system to
ensure the safety. Check whether gauges are still sensitive and reliable. Check whether grounding
device is still reliable.

10.1.6
Add grease periodically, it is better to add every half year; If the mill is not frequently used, it
is suggested to add grease every two or three years.

10.1.7
Periodically discharge the water and add the oil in oil-water separator. The bigger bottle
needs to discharge water periodically and the smaller bottle need to charge oil. Here, user could
charge engine oil

10.1.8
Periodically change the cooling liquid; Following the below procedures:

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(1) Open valve 2, discharge the cooling liquid in tank

(2) Close valve 2
(3) Open nut 5, charging new cooling liquid
(4) Fasten the nut 5 with adhesive tape
(5) Fasten on soft pipe 6 and open valve 2

11. Wear Parts List

No. Name Spec Qty Material Remark

1 Bearing 6205 2 SKF

Acid/alkali
2 Magnetic pump 1
resisting
Temperature
3 0-100°C 1
gauge
4 Pressure gauge Thread 1

5 Mechanical seal 25mm 1 assembly

6 rotor 4 Hard alloy

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12.Potential Trouble and Trouble Shooting

No. Trouble Reasons Solution

1 Phase sequence protection

Adjusting the wiring
Debugging according to the
Mill safety protection
trouble; If it is the problem of
for example water-in pressure protection
2 water-in pressure protection,
means water-in pressure or flow is not
Main machine please increase the water-in flow
sufficient
doesn’t work
or stop working Shaft locking
Long time no use of mill and cause material Manually operate the pulley for
3
solidification or material are easy sediment, 3-4 circles.
beads are condensation.
Over charge of grinding media. Mill is over
4 Discharge a part of beads
load.
Single-direction valve lock
No material If material feeding size is big or material has
6 Clean the single-direction valve
discharging higher adhesive ability, single-direction shaft
and increase the pre-mixing time
is easier to lock

Stuck of pneumatic diaphragm pump or Dismantle the pump, increase

7 material-in pipes the pre-mixing time. For raw
The raw material size are big material, it is better not exceed
300um for D90.

9 Change rotor
Heavy abrasion of rotor
Grinding
10 efficiency Heavy abrasion of grinding media Change the beads
becomes lower
Adjust the formulation, feeding size, Adjust the formulation or the
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dispersant process
Check whether the filter screen
Over-pressure in grinding chamber, material
or the dynamic separator ring is
12 come from sealing to mechanical seal
stuck. If they are stuck, clean
recycling system
them
Mechanical
Abrasion of mechanical seal static/dynamic
13 seal leakage Change the static and dynamic
ring surface
ring
Compensated ring is not able to compensate
Change spring
14 When the machine is not using for long time,
Change T-ring
the compensated ring can’t perform the

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compensation function; There is granular

inside material to make the T-ring locked
with the compensated ring.
Mechanical seal dynamic ring didn’t rotate Check whether the dynamic ring
15 with shaft seat is pressing tightly the
dynamic ring
16 Mill reversal Adjusting the wiring
Lubrication/cooling liquid is not changed Periodically change the
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frequently. mechanical seal cooling liquid
3bar-3.8bar
Improper setting of air pressure in
18 Normal mechanical seal pressure
mechanical seal recycling system
range are : 3-3.8Bar
19 Heavy abrasion of rotor Change the rotor
Put the material-in pipe at
20 Air has come into the grinding chamber
bottom of material-out pipe.
Material feeding is sometimes fast,
sometimes slow or the mill has no material
21 Adjust the feeding speed to
Noise or heavy inside.
stable level
vibration of
22 mill body Pulley is over fastened or over loosed Adjust
23 Bearing damage Change bearing
24 Feet are not stable or not in flat ground. Adjust to horizontal level
Check whether filter screen or
the dynamic separator ring are
25 Over pressure in grinding chamber
stuck. Clean them if there is
stuck.
26 Short-cut of cooling water circuit
Cooling water return port are stuck or heavy
27 dirt in chamber. If customer use tap water or Clean the dirt
High
underground water as cooling water
temperature
Over-high temperature of water-in
28 rise Adding chiller
temperature
No material feeding or over-slow material Check pump or other factors
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feeding speed that may cause this
31 Stuck of separator ring Clean the separator ring
Adjust the pump working
32 Fast feeding speed frequency, make it balanced for
High material feeding and discharging.
33 pressure Over-charge of grinding media Lower the charging quantity
Wrong operation sequence
Follow the right operation
34 (For example, for static type mill, if you open
process
material-in valve but not start the mill. The

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material will directly comes to the separator

filter without being ground, so easy to stuck
the filter screen)

Not well pre-mixing. There are still big

Prolong the pre-mixing time or
35 particle or material are not suspended
adding emulsifier pump for
completely.
pre-handling

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Appendix 1: Mill test run report

No. Testing items Testing data Conclusion

1 Operation without load 1 hr, noise≤85 dB qualified

2 Operation with load 4hrs, stable, no noise qualified

3 Bearing temperature rise ≤ 45 ℃ qualified

4 Mechanical seal No leakage qualified

5 Grinding chamber cooling No leakage qualified

6 In/Outlet pipes No stuck qualified

7 Electrical components qualified

Sensitive and reliable
8 Main shaft unstraightness Within 0.03/1000 qualified
Outer chamber water
9 0.3MPa qualified
pressure test
Big spring surface verticality <1/100,
10 Mechanical seal assembly qualified
pre-tension 5kg
11 Separator gap 0.15mm qualified

12 Welding unflatness average＜0.5mm qualified

13 Paint Smooth qualified

14 Appearance Clean qualified

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Appendix 2: Maintenance Records

Maintenance
Data Trouble description Maintenance person Remark
records

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Appendix 3: Outline Drawing

Appendix 4: Electrical Diagram

(6) See attachment

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