Minimal Installation Costs

The capital cost of a Vibra-Drum grinding mill is significantly less than a rotary mill containing a comparable media load. There are no drive speed reducers, ancillary machinery nor large support bearings. The mill has very few moving parts.

A Vibra-Drum does not require the typical massive concrete foundation required of
a conventional rotary unit. Structural steel supports are designed as an integral
part of the Vibra-Drum and simply bolted to a suitable load bearing floor.

The grinding chamber in the Vibra-Drum requires replaceable liners on only 60% of its circumference, representing a considerable saving in initial installation and mill downtime. Theoretically the Vibra-Drum need not be a tube shape, however this shape was chosen because of its shell strength.

Contrary to rotating devices the Vibra-Drum grinding mill offers the advantage of relatively static access to the mill whilst it is operating. The controlled addition and even distribution of chemicals, the sampling of material in progress, or the discharge of product at any point in the mill offers endless possibilities.