Industrial Mill

Rocklabs is dedicated to Sample Preparation Equipment for the minerals and metal industry. Our range extends from standard equipment to custom built Mechanized and Automated Systems. This equipment is high quality, built to last and require very little maintenance.
Rocklabs sample preparation equipment has been developed for many different parts of our industry such as mining laboratories, research centers, universities, glass manufacturing, cement plants, commercial laboratories and many more.
Rocklabs equipment is used for crushing, splitting and pulverizing rocks, soil, coal, cement, glass, limestone, bricks, wood, plant material, slags, concrete, etc… for XRF, XRD, other instrumental methods or wet chemistry.

Rocklabs Standard Equipment

– BTRM – Bench Top Ring Mill

Features

• Small and Compact to fit on a work bench
• Very Low Contamination of samples
• Low Maintenance
• Noise Level less than 80 dBA

The process

Used for Pulverizing a variety of material from 1g – 100g for subsequent  analysis by instrumental methods or wet chemistry.

– SRM – Standard Ring Mill

Features

• Can be supplied for 1 Phase and 3 Phase power supply
• Smaller Head Options can be used with an adapter plate
• Very Low Contamination of samples
• Noise Less than 85db
• Low Capital Cost, Long Life
• Low Maintenance, Strong Construction

The process

Used for Pulverizing a variety of material from 1g – 1000g for subsequent  analysis by instrumental methods or wet chemistry.

There are 2 types of clamp options available the Pneumatic Airbag clamp and the  Rot Clamp Mechanical Clamp both are mounted with a bolt on steel bridges.

– BTRSD – Bench Top Rotating Sample Divider

Features

• A Representative Split of any proportion from 2 – 50%
• Two Representative Splits – Sample and Remainder
• Sealed Bearings

The process

The Bench Top Rotating Sample Divider is designed to be placed on a work bench, It can also be used in conjunction with a Bench Top Ring Mill.

– SARSD – Stand Alone Rotating Sample Divider

Features

• A Representative Split of any proportion from 2 – 50%
• Two Splitting Options Available
• Sealed Bearings

The process

The Stand Alone Rotating Sample Divider is designed to split out a representative portion of the sample

– BOYD – Boyd Crusher

Features

• Jaws Can hold up to 5kg of sample
• Jaws can be Rotated top to bottom for longer life
• Quick Jaw Adjustment with Horizontal Steel Rollers
• Safety Switch Stops Operation on cover opening
• Easy to Clean and Maintain

The process

The Boyd Crusher is the world’s first double acting, fine Jaw Crusher.  It is  patented design includes 2 moving jaws, one is top driven and the other  is bottom driven to enable the maximum amount of crushing with one  pass. Has a 25 x reduction of size, 50mm pieces can be crushed to 2mm in a single pass which reduces time on every sample

– BYDB – Big Boyd Crusher

Features

• Jaws hold 20kg of sample as one load
• Jaws can be Rotated top to bottom for longer life
• Quick Jaw Adjustment with horizontal steel rollers
• Ideal for Inclusion into an Automated System
• Emergency Stop Button

The process

The Boyd Crusher is the world’s first double acting, fine Jaw Crusher.  It’s patented design includes 2 moving jaws, one is top driven and the  other is bottom driven to enable the maximum amount of crushing with one pass. Lump size up to 150mm pieces can be crushed to 10mm or  less in a single pass which reduces time for every sample.

– BOYD-RSD – Boyd Crusher RSD Combo
Features

• Jaws hold 5kg of sample as one load
• Jaws can be Rotated top to bottom for longer life
• Quick Jaw Adjustment with horizontal steel rollers
• Two Split Options Available
• Easy Aadjustment of the Variable Split
• Crushing and Splitting in one step

The process

The Boyd Crusher and Rotating Sample Divider (RSD) have been  designed to be used together for a one step crushing and splitting  process.  The sample is loaded into the Boyd Crusher then in one  operation, it is crushed, conveyed to the RSD and  then split into preset proportions of your choice

– CRM-RSD – Continuous Flow Ring Mill RSD Combo
Features

• Continuous Flow through operation
• Built in ducting of cyclone with external vent for connection  to dust extraction systems, for cleaning Head
• Sample Bin holds up to 10kg
• A Combination of Splitting Segments available
• Low Maintenance, Easy to Clean
• Quiet Operation – less than 85dB

The process

The Continuous Flow Ring Mill is suitable for pulverizing large samples  from 1kg to 10kg. Coarse pulverizing of large samples for mineral separation such as Zircon dating.  Preparing samples for on-stream  analysis, dry or slurries.

– SMART BOYD-RSD – Smart Boyd Crusher RSD Combo
Features

• Jaws hold 5kg of sample as one load
• Jaws can be Rotated top to bottom for longer life
• Quick Jaw Adjustment with Horizontal Steel rollers
• Safety Switch Stops Operation on cover opening
• Automatic Split Adjustment from sample weight
• Touch Screen Operation

The process

The Smart Boyd Crusher RSD Combo has all of the unique features of the Boyd RSD Combo but includes some automation to provide a  pre-selected weight.  The sample is weighed on a platform balance and the weight is communicated to the PLC, the split is then adjusted automatically from the RSD.