The traditional way of manufacturing a roller mill chassis is to use either welded steel or cast iron method. Instead, Imas today presents Polymer Base Construction® with the major advantage of having better vibration-damping properties, which provides higher reliability and extended long-term durability for roller mills.
Most of the roller mill manufacturers in the world still prefer the welded steel method for the production of roller mill chassis. In 2010, Imas replaced the use of welded steel for roller mill chassis with cast iron. Having the mission of being the industry leader in research and development, the company has been working on the use of polymeric composites in the chassis construction of Imas machinery since 2020.
After the completion of all product development, real-time testing, patenting, etc. progresses, today Multimilla Roller Mill with Polymer Base Construction® has been officially released for worldwide customers.
First Prize Right After The Launch…
The new Polymer Base Construction® chassis design of roller mills by Imas has already received the ‘Product Showcase 2023’ award by IAOM (International Association of Operative Millers), during the last IAOM USA Conference and Expo held between April 17 and 21, 2023 in Minnesota, USA.
What is Polymeric Composite?
Polymeric composites are combinations of polymers (i.e., thermosets or thermoplastics) with various continuous and noncontinuous reinforcements/fillers, being very special materials that can be designed and produced for different uses and purposes.
Polymeric composites have been widely used in many fields including aerospace, marine, and automotive industries. They easily find a place in many applications that the industry curiously looks for creating new shapes and variations out of polymeric composites for different uses.
Effects of Vibration on Machinery and Building
Machinery vibration, which occurs naturally during the operation of any machine, has some important hidden threads.
In the short term, high machinery vibration levels can have a disruptive effect on the sensitive operating adjustments of machines, which may also lead to inconsistency in the process and product quality. For this reason, damping the vibration and keeping the resonance under critical levels is crucial for both the health of machinery and buildings.
In the long term, machinery vibration can cause failures that may result in shortened machine life, through the continuous effect and damage to the parts and materials (bearings, bearing housings, other moving parts, etc.). In addition, it can even create problems in the static structure of mill buildings, as it might also have impacts on worker health and safety.
Multimilla Roller Mill presents higher operational reliability and extended long-term durability with Polymer Base Construction®.
According to the tests and measurements carried out by expertise Imas R&D center engineers, and scientists from Konya Technical University and Necmettin Erbakan University, it is found that polymeric composite material actually has nearly 10 times better vibration damping ability than cast iron, and even 20 times better than welded steel.
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