Sugar Mill  (Gallery)

 

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Approximately 25 mm of tungsten carbide on a Gray Cast Iron shell.

A.R.M* has patents granted in various countries on this.

A.R.M* hardfaced top roll in No 1 mill at Rocky Point top roll after 300,000 tonnes - no maintenance required.

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A.R.M* No 2 mill top roll after 1.6 million tonnes at Tully mill in 1999.

The first trial A.R.M* roll South. Johnstone 1.1 million tonnes.

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Close up of A.R.M* section broken off after 1.93 million tonnes.

Close up of feed after 1.93 million tonnes.

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sugar_7.jpg (84749 bytes) Compare rebuilt undercut section of teeth profile to as worn.

Copy of No 2 mill top roll - 7ft 6 long x 1.5 inch pitch - after 1.6 million tonnes - which was the entire season.

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sugar_9.jpg (144803 bytes) End section Tully top roll after 1.93 million tonnes.

Feed roll after 1.93 million tonnes.

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sugar_11.jpg (151992 bytes) Feed roll at 1.7 million tonnes.

First trial at South Johnstone at 1.0 million tonnes.

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sugar_13.jpg (47483 bytes) Left image is No 2 mill and right image is No 4 top roll after 1.6 million tonnes at Tully mill in 1999 - note no undercut on No 4 top roll.

New A.R.M* roll.

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sugar_15.jpg (201248 bytes) No 4 mill top roll - 7 ft long x 1.5 inch pitch - which also has some chromium saced on the side of the teeth.

Overview of the No 2 mill top roll used at Tully Mill - still griping fine after 1.6 million tonnes crushed.

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sugar_19.jpg (126026 bytes) Rebuilt undercut. Additional tungsten not required for grip - expected to last another 2.0 million tonnes.

Rebuilt undercut wear on side of teeth of the feed roll after 1.93 million tonnes.

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Rocky Point mill standard hardfacing lasts only two weeks compared to A.R.M* hardfacing which will last over 3 years.

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sugar_21.jpg (192314 bytes) Standard Tully top roll No.4 mill at 1.0 million tonnes.

Teeth profile of the A.R.M* hardfaced mill roll to be used at Rocky Point mill starting the 2000 crushing.

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sugar_23.jpg (144206 bytes) Top & feed rolls at Tully after 1 million tonnes.

Top 6ft roll,  No 1 mill, Rocky Point mill - used during 2000 crushing season.

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sugar_25.jpg (144803 bytes) Top roll 1.93 showing undercut.

Top roll at 1.7 milion tonnes.

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sugar_27.jpg (136394 bytes) Top roll at 1.7 million tonnes.

Tully top roll 1 million tonnes ruler.

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sugar_29.jpg (60218 bytes) Tully top roll after  1 million tonnes - 1998 season.

Vertical 8 foot mill roll at Tully to rebuild teeth.

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"A.R.M* is an abbreviation of the company name Abrasion Resistant Materials."