Design

World wide steel consumption as grinding media is§estimated at over 600,000 tons per annum. Total steel§media wear in a given mill (ball or SAG) grinding§process is a product of three recognized wear§mechanisms impact, abrasion, and corrosion.§§This necessitates the need for developing impact,§abrasion and corrosion wear testers that will allow§the study of media wear over a wide range of energy§levels. Refinement of the impact test will allow§studying how impact media wear at high energies§behaves as a function of those energies.§§This book is focused on design and development of a§high- energy impact wear device. A comprehensive§illustration on designing the newest version of the§impact wear tester is explained in detail in order to§exhibit how theoretical, virtual and experimental§analyses could be integrated while designing a§mechanical system. World wide steel consumption as grinding media is§estimated at over 600,000 tons per annum. Total steel§media wear in a given mill (ball or SAG) grinding§process is a product of three recognized wear§mechanisms impact, abrasion, and corrosion.§This necessitates the need for developing impact,§abrasion and corrosion wear testers that will allow§the study of media wear over a wide range of energy§levels. Refinement of the impact test will allow§studying how impact media wear at high energies§behaves as a function of those energies.§This book is focused on design and development of a§high- energy impact wear device. A comprehensive§illustration on designing the newest version of the§impact wear tester is explained in detail in order to§exhibit how theoretical, virtual and experimental§analyses could be integrated while designing a§mechanical system.