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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829WEBMay 1, 2009 · For tumbling mills the two indices relate to "coarse" and "fine" ore properties plus an efficiency factor which represents the influence of a pebble crusher in AG/SAG mill circuits. "Coarse" in this case is defined as spanning the size range from a P 80 of 750 μm up to the P 80 of the product of the last stage of crushing or HPGR ...
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