Roller mill and method for controlling a roller mill

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10946386-B2
Application number	US-201615346296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2016
Priority date	May 8, 2014
Publication date	Mar 16, 2021
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021

Abstract

The subject matter of the invention is a roller mill comprising two rollers which are arranged in parallel, are pressed one against the other and rotate in opposite directions, wherein one of the rollers can be displaced orthogonally with respect to the axial direction of this roller, and two drives, which drives are each assigned to one of the two rollers, and each have an electric motor, a master of the electric motors predefines for the electric motors a setpoint value for the rotational speed of the torque as a reference, and a reference of a follower electric motor of the electric motors comprises the actual value of the torque or of the rotational speed of the master electric motor multiplied by a load distribution factor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roller mill for milling materials including ores and cement, comprising
two rollers which are arranged in parallel, are pressed one against the other and rotate in opposite directions during operation in order to mill the material between the two rollers, wherein
one of the rollers can be displaced orthogonally with respect to an axial direction of the one of the rollers,
a master electric motor and a follower electric motor, the master electric motor driving one of the rollers and the follower electric motor driving another of the rollers,
a first controller of the master electric motor configured to receive a setpoint value for a rotational speed or a torque as a first reference for a control of the master electric motor, the first reference being a target value of the control,
a multiplier configured to multiply an actual value of the torque or of the rotational speed of the master electric motor by a load distribution factor, the load distribution factor being a variable value selected for influencing a wear difference of the two rollers, and
a second controller of the follower electric motor configured to receive a second reference for a control of the follower electric motor, the second reference being a target value of the control, the second reference being based on a value which arises as a result of multiplication of the multiplier,
wherein the load distribution factor is different from 1 at least part of the time such that the torque or the rotational speed of the master electric motor and the follower electric motor are different from each other and the wear caused by the material milled between the two rollers is varied.

2. The roller mill as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the load distribution factor is defined by means of an operator of the roller mill.

3. The roller mill as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actual value of the master electric motor multiplied by the load distribution factor with the multiplier is compared with a corresponding actual value of the follower electric motor via a subtraction with a subtraction unit, and wherein the reference for the control of the follower electric motor is based on the setpoint value and a value resulting from the subtraction.

4. The roller mill as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the compared value is regulated by means of a regulator.

5. A roller mill for milling materials including ores and cement, comprising
two rollers which are arranged in parallel, are pressed one against the other and rotate in opposite directions during operation in order to mill the material between the two rollers, wherein one of the rollers can be displaced orthogonally with respect to an axial direction of the one of the rollers,
a master electric motor and a follower electric motor, the master electric motor driving one of the rollers and the follower electric motor driving another of the rollers,
a first controller of the master electric motor configured to receive a setpoint value for a rotational speed or a torque as a first reference for a control of the master electric motor, the first reference being a target value of the control,
a multiplier configured to multiply an actual value of the torque or of the rotational speed of the master electric motor by a load distribution factor, the load distribution factor being a variable value selected for influencing a wear difference of the two rollers, and wherein the actual value of the torque or of the rotational speed of the master electric motor multiplied by the load distribution factor with the multiplier is compared with a corresponding actual value of the follower electric motor via a subtraction with a subtraction unit; and
a second controller of the follower electric motor configured to receive a second reference for a control of the follower electric motor, the second reference being a target value of the control, the second reference being based on a value which arises as a result of the subtraction with an addition of the first reference,
wherein the load distribution factor is different from 1 at least part of the time such that the torque or the rotational speed of the master electric motor and the follower electric motor are different from each other and the wear caused by the material milled between the two rollers is varied.

6. The roller mill as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the value which arises as a result of the subtraction is regulated via a regulator, whereupon the first reference is added.

Assignees

• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Pischtschan Martin
• Hirt Hans-Ulrich

Classifications

• B02C4/42 Primary

  Driving mechanisms; Roller speed control · CPC title

• B02C4/02

  with two or more rollers · CPC title

• B02C25/00

  Control arrangements specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating · CPC title