Ball mills are used for many applications in cement production: raw meal grinding, coal and petcoke grinding as well as finish cement grinding.  Each of these systems have their similarities and differences. Maintenance is focused on routine preventive maintenance to minimize downtime in ball mill systems, as well as developing preventive maintenance programmes and troubleshooting techniques to quickly identify and fix problems.

Maintenance topics will include:

Design features of ball mills.

Safety issues.

Maintenance of mill body.

Maintenance of mill supports.

Maintenance of main and auxiliary mill drives.

Wear parts and wear analysis.

Mill and mill drive alignment.

Main and auxiliary drives inspection.