{"id":16350,"date":"2020-01-06T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/?page_id=16350"},"modified":"2023-05-01T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:50:28","slug":"ball-mill-positioning-solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/motor-control-solutions\/low-voltage-motor-control\/specialty-products\/ball-mill-positioning-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball Mill Positioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow  av-small-hide av-mini-hide  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='18406'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 25.46875%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_bottom\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  style='font-size:38px; ' class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >Ball Mill Positioning Solutions<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><img src='https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/header-lv-products-002-scaled.jpg' width='2560' height='652' title='header-lv-products-002' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16350'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p>Benshaw\u2019s variable frequency drive technology provides reliable motor control, financial savings and improved asset protection for ball mill control applications. The reliability of our low voltage variable frequency drive technology leads to increased production and greater uptime by reducing maintenance downtime.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27195\" src=\"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ball-mill-positioning-diagram-001.jpg\" alt=\"Ball Mill Positioning Diagram\" width=\"1200\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ball-mill-positioning-diagram-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ball-mill-positioning-diagram-001-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ball-mill-positioning-diagram-001-1030x429.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ball-mill-positioning-diagram-001-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ball-mill-positioning-diagram-001-705x294.jpg 705w, https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ball-mill-positioning-diagram-001-600x250.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\nBenshaw has in excess of 100,000 HP of installed ball mill motor control base, and 30 years of experience with ball mill motor controls. Using this experience, Benshaw has pioneered the innovative technique of using a low voltage AC drive to power a medium voltage application \u2026 providing a reliable, cost effective solution for ball mill control.<\/p>\n<h3>The Problem<\/h3>\n<p>Ball mills are used in many industries to grind coarse material into a finer powder. When it comes time to service the mill, an access hatch must be positioned to allow technicians to enter the mill and for the ball charge to be changed. That is when difficulty can begin. Positioning the access hatch is accomplished by a process known as spotting or inching. Without a dedicated inching system it can be difficult to precisely position the mill, since the technician has no way to accurately and effectively apply torque to the motor directly from the power system.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional positioning technology applies a switched DC current to the stator windings in a specific pattern to simulate the sinusoidal AC wave form applied during normal operation while keeping the field excited. However, abruptly starting and stopping the motor can cause mechanical and electrical damage to the equipment. This, along with full voltage starting, stresses the overall electro-mechanical system and can cause excessive downtime and reduced production.<\/p>\n<h3>Benshaw\u2019s Solution<\/h3>\n<p>Working with a long time customer and local Benshaw partner in the motor controls industry, Benshaw has successfully applied a 480VAC 700 HP AC variable frequency drive for positioning a medium voltage synchronous motor driven ball mill. The variable frequency drive powers the 4160Volt &#8211; 3500HP synchronous ball mill motor during positioning to smoothly rotate the ball mill and bring it to the proper position for maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The customer\u2019s previous system utilized multiple DC contactors and a motorized cam switch to position the mill. The speed of motor rotation was fixed at a slow 0.18 hertz by the cam switch operation. At this speed, mill maintenance took an entire day to complete.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Benshaw\u2019s AC variable frequency drive has the capability to provide full torque at zero speed to start and rotate the mill during the positioning process. The drive provides speed adjustability to a maximum of six hertz. This is thirty times the previous inching speed!<\/p>\n<h3>Added Benefits<\/h3>\n<p>Benshaw\u2019s solution replaces obsolete and unsupported cam switches and eliminates the need for DC contactors and the associated contact tip maintenance. As a full-line motor controls supplier, Benshaw is able to supply medium voltage solid state starters with an integrated synchronous exciter package, and interface the variable frequency drive seamlessly into a medium voltage motor control line up. In some cases we can also utilize a single variable frequency drive multiplexed between two mills for additional cost and space savings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ball-mill-positioning-brochure.pdf\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about Benshaw\u2019s Ball Mill Positioning solutions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/contact\/\">Contact Us<\/a> to discuss your ball mill positioning requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benshaw\u2019s ball mill positioning solutions provide reliable motor control, financial savings and improved asset protection for ball mill control applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16272,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16350\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benshaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}