MOBILE GRINDING FACILITY
A mobile facility, and relates methods, for producing an inorganic particulate material comprising: one or more grinders; a feeder for providing feed material to the one or more grinders; and auxiliary apparatus; wherein the facility is configured or adapted to produce an inorganic particulate material whereby the particle size of the feed material is reduced by a ratio of at least about 10:1, or about 100:1, or about 1,000:1 to produce the inorganic particulate material.
1 . A mobile facility for producing an inorganic particulate material comprising:
one or more grinders;
a feeder for providing a feed material to the one or more grinders; and
an auxiliary apparatus;
wherein the facility is configured or adapted to produce an inorganic particulate material whereby the particle size of the feed material is reduced by a ratio of at least about 10:1 to produce the inorganic particulate material.
2 . The mobile facility of claim 1 , wherein the one or more grinders are wet grinders.
3 . The mobile facility of claim 1 , wherein the one or more grinders are autogenous grinders.
4 . The mobile facility of claim 1 , wherein the grinders are configured or adapted to process a feed material having a particle size of at least about 1 mm.
5 . The mobile facility of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic particulate material has a d 50 particle size no greater than about 5 μm.
6 . The mobile facility of claim 1 , wherein the facility is modular.
7 . The mobile facility of claim 6 , wherein modules are containerized in a plurality of intermodal freight containers.
8 . The mobile facility of claim 1 , wherein the facility is foundationless.
9 . The mobile facility of claim 1 wherein the facility comprises a plurality of grinders.
10 . The mobile facility of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of grinders are operatively linked in series, or parallel or a combination of series and parallel.
11 . The mobile facility of claim 1 , wherein the facility is configured or adapted to operate in; (i) an open circuit and (ii) continuous mode.
12 . (canceled)
13 . The mobile facility of claim 1 , comprising at least:
a feed hopper in a first module/container;
a bucket elevator in a second module/container;
a surge hopper, crusher and the feeder for feed material n a third module/container;
the one or more grinders in a fourth module/container;
support structure for the one or more grinders in a fifth module/container;
vibrating screen in a sixth module/container;
centrifuge feed tank in a seventh module/container;
a centrifuge in an eight module/container; and
a storage tank for the inorganic particulate material in a ninth module/container.
14 - 25 . (canceled)
26 . A mobile facility for producing an inorganic particulate material comprising:
one or more reactors in a modular container for making an inorganic particulate material;
one or more grinders for grinding starting material fed to the one or more reactors or for grinding the inorganic material produced in the one or more reactors;
a feeder for providing starting material to the one or more reactors or the one or more grinders; and
an auxiliary apparatus.
27 . The mobile facility of claim 26 , wherein the facility is modular.
28 . The mobile facility of claim 27 , wherein modules are containerized, for example, in a plurality of intermodal freight containers.
29 . The mobile facility of claim 26 , wherein the facility is foundationless.
30 . The mobile facility of claim 26 , wherein the facility comprises a plurality of reactors.
31 . The mobile facility of claim 30 , wherein the plurality of reactors are operatively linked in series, or parallel, or a combination of series and parallel.
32 . The mobile facility of claim 26 , wherein the faculty is configured or adapted to operate in: an open circuit and (ii) continuous mode.
33 . (canceled)
34 . The mobile facility according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile facility comprises a plurality stackable and/or modular containers adapted to be housed in or on a truck, a flat bed truck, or another vehicle.
35 - 36 . (canceled)