Raymond HP Bowl Mills

Air Preheater Company

Raymond Operations

Raymond HP Bowl Mills
Designed and Built for Flexibility
The Raymond Bowl Mill, with over
5,000 units in place worldwide, is con-
sidered by many to be the finest ma-
chine available for the pulverizing coal.
Each year more firms are discovering
that it is becoming increasingly ad-
vantageous to utilize coal or pet coke
as a primary fuel for firing kilns, air
heaters and other process equipment
and each year they are turning to the
Raymond Bowl Mill to provide a safe,
efficient means of uniformly pulveriz-
ing and drying these fuels.
Engineered for Your System
The HP mill, the latest in a series of
Raymond Bowl Mills, continues to re-
define the standards in coal grinding.
These latest designs feature engi-
neered attributes that lower initial
cost, enhance operation, assure maxi-
mum availability and facilitate
maintenance and repair.
Utilizing our latest dynamic turbine
classifiers, pulverized solid fuel can be
generated possessing a steeper par-
ticle size distribution and reduced top
size. This yields a more homoge-
neous product for better combustion
efficiency.
Equipped with up-to-date control tech-
nology and other options, a Raymond
designed HP Bowl Mill system can
ensure a flexible, easy to manage, de-
pendable and efficient operation.
Applications
The Raymond Bowl Mill has played
an important part in the conversion to
solid fuel by a number of industries.
As energy costs continue to rise, and
as the differential between coal and
the other commonly used petroleum-
based fuels continues to increase,
more industries are learning that con-
verting to pulverized coal firing can be
economically feasible. Raymond Bowl
Mills are now operating in such di-
verse applicatons as cement kilns,
lime kilns, coal gasification plants,
taconite kilns, rotary dryers, brick
kilns, industrial air heaters and fur-
naces, and coal/oil mixture-fired boil-
ers.
Making it Right
The Raymond pilot plant testing facil-
ity is prepared to test your solid fuel
samples to determine grindability,
abrasiveness, initial moisture content
and other variables. This information,
together with other customer specific
requirements is used to select the ap-
propriate equipment, determine actual
operating parameters, and design the
complete fuel system.
Making Sense
Reliable Raymond Bowl Mills can re-
duce your operating costs while en-
hancing your overall process control
and plant efficiency. The simple, ef-
fective design translates to a pulver-
izer that is simple to erect, simple to
operate and easy to maintain while
providing the flexibility necessary for
todays sophisticated process system.
Raymond Bowl Mills provide the fol-
lowing performance features.
Wide range of capacities Nine
sizes provide base capacities from 8
to 150 tph.
Easily adjustable fineness ex-
ternally adjustable classifier permits
selection of fineness from 70% to
95% through 200 mesh (75 microns)
without stopping the system.
High turndown ratio system al-
lows safe, easy, instantaneous ad-
justment of capacity without affect-
ing fineness, with a turndown ratio up
to 5 to 1.
Quiet, smooth operation design
insures no metal-to-metal contact
between grinding rolls and ring, fuel
grinds on fuelresults in a smooth,
vibration-free operation with low noise
levels.
Handles variety of fuels accepts
bituminous, sub-bituminous and lig-
nite coals and petroleum coke with
initial moisture content as high as
40% for lignites.
Flexibility available with both
dynamic and static classifiers, spring
or hydraulic journal loading, the
Raymond Bowl Mill is designed to
operate efficiently in direct and indi-
rect solid fuel firing systems.

Raymond HP Bowl Mills
Construction Features
Externally adjustable classifier
static or dynamic, allows changes in
position or speed settings while oper-
ating to vary fineness of pulverized fuel.

Rolls tapered grinding rolls are

mounted in individual pivoting journal
assemblies that are supported inde-
pendently by pulverizer.

Journal loading spring loading is Separator Top

available for maximum simplicity or
hydraulic loading for maximum flex-
ibility. Spring Assembly

Gear reducer independent right

angle reducer with external lubrication.
Ceramic
Low pressure drop mill housing Lined Cone
and bowl geometry provides minimum
pressure drop (nominal 10 in. wg or
Journal Assembly
25 mm wg through mill)means fan
power savings.
Grinding Rolls
Efficient rejection of impurities
designed to reject up to 25% of inor-
ganic pyritic sulfur, as well as other
impurities and tramp ironmeans
less pyritic sulfur carry-over and im-
proved wear life for mill components.

No metal-to-metal contact adjust-

able positive stop prevents grinding
rolls from touching tablemeans Planetary
longer roll and ring life, no chatter Gearbox
when running empty, eliminates need
for inching drive devices.

Feed airlocks - two basic airlocks,

rotary or triple gate are available. The
triple gate uses either hydraulic or
pneumatic actuation. The rotary is
available with a hot air inlet. Airlocks
can be replaced with sealed weighbelt
feeders.
Maximum service life vital parts, Complies with NFPA all Raymond
such as journal bearings and loading Bowl Mills are constructed to comply
mechanism are shielded from abrasive with NFPA (National Fire Protection
gas stream; mill housing parts are sup- Association) Code 85 - Section 9.
plied with abrasion-resistant
replaceable liners as standard, in-
creases availability and maximizes
service life of basic mill.

Raymond HP Bowl Mills
Requirements and Capabilities

Airflow and Power Requirements for Raymond Bowl Mill Systems
Mi ll Si ze Mi ll Power Nomi nal Ai r Flow Fan Power Turbi ne C lassi fi er

hp kW ft3/mi n m3/h hp kW hp kW

663 300 220 20,000 34,000 150 110 25 18

743 400 300 28,000 50,000 200 150 30 22

803 500 370 36,000 61,000 250 185 30 22

863 600 450 42,000 71,000 300 220 50 37

943 700 520 54,000 92,000 350 260 60 45

1003 800 600 62,000 105,000 450 330 75 55

1103 1000 740 82,000 139,000 600 400 100 75

1203 1250 930 102,000 173,000 700 520 125 90

1303 15 00 1110 122,000 207,000 900 660 150 110

Capacity Ranges for Raymond Bowl Mills

Maximum connected mill power in hp(kW) is indicated below for each mill size. Hardgrove grindability index (HGI)
and pulverized fuel size determines feed capacity in stph.

Mill Size

1303 1500 (1110)

1203 1250 (930)

11 0 3 1000 (740)

1003 800 (600)

943 700 (520)

863 600 (450)

803 500 (370)

400 (300)
743
Low HGI High HGI
300 (220) Fine Fuel Coarse Fuel
663

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 110 115 120 125 130 135 140


Raymond HP Bowl Mills
Systems Arrangements & Maintenance
System Arrangements
First designed in 1935, the Raymond
Bowl Mill was specifically engineered
for coal firing and it has built an im-
peccable record of performance reli-
ability in applications throughout the
world.
Like its predecessors, the HP Mill is
readily adaptable to a wide variety of
applications and firing circuit designs.
From alternatives such as using once-
through air handling with hot air from
Dust
Trap
Tee
Damper
HP Bowl MIll
System Fan
Direct fired system - simplest and safest system for firing with pulverized coal.
System Fan
Heat Source
Bin storage system with recirculation - uses waste heat to maintain inert atmosphere;
requires great care in design and operation to prevent explosion.
a cement cooler or recirculation uti-
lizing drying gas from a preheater dis-
charge, Raymond engineers can as-
sist you in designing a firing circuit
appropriate for your application and
fuel source, for coarse or fine grinds
and from low to a high moisture coals,
petroleum and shot cokes.
Illustrated below are two typical sol-
ids fuel arrangements in which the
Raymond Bowl Mill has excelled.
Louver
Damper
Kiln
Dust Collector
HP Bowl MIll
Ease of Maintenance
Raymond Bowl Mills are made to op-
erate dependably and consistently.
Easy access to the wear and com-
mon repair areas illustrate that they
are also designed to minimize any
down time. Replacement of critical
grinding elements can be accom-
plished in a minimum of time with its
easy-maintenance features.
1. Easily replaced journals and jour-
nals rolls independently supported
journal is easily removed through its
own integral door. Design incorporates
lift-out feature for easy access (no
need to dismantle journal loading
mechanism) conventional tools and
overhead crane are all that are re-
quired.
2. Segmented grinding rings to facili-
tate manual replacement - replaceable
wear surface on bowl is segmented
into small pieces...no special tools or
handling fixtures required. Access to
grinding ring is provided through large
openings in mill housing when jour-
nals are tilted out or removed.
3. Simple preventative maintenance
procedure - simple check of level and
condition of oil in journals and gear
reducer on a regular basis...oil level
dipstick is provided for checking jour-
nal oil level-reduction gear housing is
fitted with oil sight gauge.
Replacement Parts
For like-new performance, specify
Raymond Original replacement parts
for your bowl mill... replacement parts
manufactured to the same specifica-
tion and tolerances as those used in
the original equipment.
Contact your Raymond parts repre-
sentative at 1.877.661.5509 for more
information.
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Tel: 314.770.1677
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Sales Representatives

Asia
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Tel/Fax: +662.758.8595

California
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Tel: 925.933.8225
Fax: 925.934.5989

Product Bulletin 3708