Author(s)

Mohsen Mhadhbi

Laboratory of Useful Materials, National Institute of Research and Physicochemical Analysis, Ariana, Tunisia.

The effects of the milling parameters involving shape of powder particles, rotation speed, and ball-to-powder diameter (BPDR) on DEM modeling in the planetary ball mill were investigated. BPDR was varied from 1 to 10. The results revealed that the size and shape of the powder particles do not give a significant change in simulation results when BPDR attains maximum value of 10. The increasing of BPDR leads to the increase of simulation time and size. Hence, the effect of change of the powder particle shape on the calculated data size is not significant. The results also revealed that the increasing rotation speed increases impact energy between powder particles.

DEM Modeling, Milling Parameters, Planetary Ball Mill, Particles Shape

Mhadhbi, M. (2023) Effect of Milling Parameters on DEM Modeling of a Planetary Ball Mill. Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry, 13, 49-58. doi: 10.4236/ampc.2023.134004.