Variables in Ball Mill Operation | Paul O. Abbe®
Obviously no milling will occur when the media is pinned against the cylinder so operating speed will be some percentage of the CS. The formula for critical speed is CS = 1/2π √ (g/ (R-r) where g is the gravitational constant, R is the inside diameter of the mill and r is the diameter of one piece of media. This reduced to CS = 265.45/√ (R-r).
