Longitudial fluctuations of rotors of disk knife refiners

Abstract

The subject of the study is the longitudinal fluctuations of the rotors of disk knife refiners. The dynamic and mathematical models of rotors of disk mills are developed. As a result of the research, a methodology for calculating the longitudinal fluctuations of rotors is proposed and tested. The error in determining the lower frequencies of free fluctuations of the mill rotors does not exceed 9%. The lowest frequencies of free longitudinal fluctuations of the rotors of existing mills are in the range of 85-165 Hz, and the second and subsequent frequencies of free fluctuations are in the frequency range above 1 kHz. When designing and operating disk knife refiners, it is necessary that the minimum inter-knife gap between the rotor and stator does not exceed the amplitude of fluctuations of the mill disk. The developed calculation procedure can be used in other industries, for example, mining and metallurgy. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.