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Polysius
A company
of ThyssenKrupp
Technologies
2 Polysius Minerals Technology.
Present all around the world.
Nickel ore
Drying systems: rotary dryer, shaft-type flash dryer
Calcining systems: rotary kiln, POLCAL®
Iron ore
Treatment plants: SAG mills, ball mills, POLYCOM®
Concentrate-grinding plants: ball mills, POLYCOM®
Additive grinding plants: ball mills, roller mills
Gold/copper ore
Dry grinding plants: SAG mills, ball mills, DOUBLE ROTATORs®
Concentrate-grinding plants: SAG mills, ball mills, POLYCOM®
Heap leaching plants: POLYCOM®
Diamond ore
Grinding plants: POLYCOM®, scrubbers
Lime/Limestone
Grinding plants: ball mills, roller mills, POLYCOM®
Calcining systems: rotary kilns, POLCAL®, shaft kiln, shaft preheater,
shaft cooler
Grinding plants for
flue gas desulphurisation: ball mills, roller mills
Coal
Grinding plants: ball mills, roller mills
Injection systems: dispensers, POLOP®
Steel
Injection systems: dispensers, POLOP®
Process engineering
for the preparation of chrome ore, oil shale, magnesite, dolomite, soda, phosphate
ore, bauxite ore, anhydrite, gypsum, vanadium ore, steel plant dusts ...
Phosphate ore calcining plant for 450,000 2nd picture from left: Plant for drying and pre-reducing
tonnes per year. The ore is comminuted in nickel ore in Argentina. The 180 tph plant consists of
a hammer mill with shaft-type flash dryer a rotary dryer and two long rotary kilns (5.0 m diameter,
and the dried product is then calcined in 120 m long).
a POLCAL® gas suspension thermal
reactor. Cooling takes place in a multistage 3rd picture from left: Rotary dryer for nickel ore in Brazil
flash cooler. (3.4 m diameter, 22 m long; feed material moist, 104 tph).
Right:
AT processor for oil shale processing
(8.2 m diameter, 62.5 m long).
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Modern concepts
for lime production.
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Hot metal desulphurisation tems for the production of from left: Hot metal desulphurisation plant with
two treatment stations.
metallurgical lime for hot metal Positioning the ladle for desulphurisation of the hot metal.
Use of the dip-lance process
desulphurisation and steel Desulphurisation in progress.
for desulphurising hot metal Injection of filter dust into the electric arc furnace.
treatment.
in ladles is a fundamental
prerequisite for the production Conditioning of converter
of high-grade steels, enabling slag
sulphur contents to be reduced
Converter slags with a low
to as little as 0.001 percent.
free lime content are a valuable
Having built more than 50 such basic material for road con-
plants all around the world, struction.
Polysius possesses compre-
hensive know-how. Our injec- The injection of SiO2 is an
tion systems can be used with effective method for targeted up to 10 %. Polysius supplies
all commercially standard minimisation of the lime con- injection systems to suit the
reagents, such as CaO, CaC2 tent. properties of the respective
and Mg, and as mono-injection, filter dust.
Having built the world’s first
co-injection, or multi-injection industrial slag conditioning Blast furnace injection
processes. plant, Polysius possesses both systems
Steel treatment the plant technology and the
For the blast furnace process,
process knowhow for reducing
For the last 30 years, Polysius the content of free lime in con- Polysius supplies efficient and
has been supplying injection verter slags to as low as 0.1 reliable systems for grinding
systems for steel treatment percent. and injecting diverse reagents
whose extremely precise agent and energy carriers, such as
metering assures high operat- Filter dust recycling carbon, waste plastics, titanium
ing economy. oxide, fine ore, filter dust, slag
The amount of filter dust pro-
components and recycled ma-
The injection of CaSi, CaO / CaF2 duced during the steel produc-
terials.
and CaC2 for desulphurising tion process results in high
steel and modifying inclusions disposal costs. Some application examples for
provides numerous benefits, blast-furnace injection systems
To minimise these costs, the
such as low spending on treat- are x the injection of titanium
filter dust can be injected into
ment agents, short treatment oxide for increasing the hearth
the molten steel (e.g. during
times and precise setting of the refractory lifetime x the use of
crude steel production in an
target figures (e.g. the sulphur filter dusts from the steel indus-
electric arc furnace).
content of the steel). try as a valuable raw material
and x the use of waste plastics
Lime production plants
This process not only reduces
the dust quantity by up to 50 % for producing reduction gas as
The Polysius range of products but also increases the zinc con- a low-priced alternative to coke
includes kiln and grinding sys- centration in the filter dust by and heavy oil.
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Research, development and
service – made for the Future.
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To determine the
comminution proper-
ties of different feed
materials, a number
Rotary kiln plants for pre- of laboratory-scale
heating, calcining, reducing, POLYCOM® high-
sintering etc. of, for pressure grinding rolls
instance, iron, nickel and are available.
vanadium ores, mineral raw
materials and secondary
intermediate products.
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QUADROPOL® for the performance of grinding tests. CAD designs. POLSCAN® service for checking
the rotary kiln geometry.
Polysius service concept On the basis of our comprehensive knowhow, Polysius specialists
diagnose weak points in the plant operation, offer solutions and
In addition to the everyday challenges of plant operation, the
assist in the elimination of problems.
production process has to be permanently checked with regard
to economy of operation and competitiveness. If necessary, the Polysius offers a broad range of services, including plant inspec-
equipment has to be put in future-oriented condition by incorpo- tion, measurements, maintenance and the procurement and sup-
rating the latest technological developments or spare parts. ply of spare parts.