Size Reduction1: Grinding – Unit Operations in Food Processing
WEBIn a ball mill or pebble mill the sizereduction is carried out by impact as the balls or pebbles drop from near the top of the shell. In a large ball mill the diameter of shell may be 3 m and in length. The balls are 15 to 125 mm in diameter; the pebbles in a pebble mill are 50 to 175 mm in size.