komodo® Vertically Stirred Mills
Unlock Hidden Value: The Future of Energy-Efficient Fine Particle Comminution
komodo® Vertically Stirred Mills (VSM™) deliver class-leading performance in fine and ultrafine grinding, optimising your entire metallurgical process flow circuit. Reduce operating costs and increase recovery with our advanced comminution solutions.
- Compact Installation Footprint
- High Quality Parts = Lower downtime
- Lower maintenance time & safety risk
- Lowest OPEX
- Plug & Play VSM™ PLC Control -> MillCruize® operational software®
Are High Energy Costs Limiting Your Profitability?
In today’s economic climate and increasing energy costs, overcoming these challenges has become easier with vertically stirred mills and often saves clients up to 80% of their energy bill compared to more traditional milling circuits.
Grinding Inefficiencies Limiting Your Profitability?
Many of our clients want:
- Lower energy consumption,
- Lower operational costs,
- Increased accuracy with P80 particle size distribution
- Ease of maintenance
We tick these boxes and go the extra mile to ensure these investments remain efficient with MillCruize®
komodo® VSM™ - More Than Just a Mill.
Engineered by Huyser Industries, a recognised provider of vertically stirred mill technology, the komodo® Vertically Stirred Mill range is the definitive answer to today’s mineral processing challenges. Delivering world-leading fine grinding performance, ensuring optimal particle size liberation while attaining low energy consumption.
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We move beyond simply supplying a vertically stirred mill; we provide a complete, optimised solution tailored to your unique operational needs, from initial consultation to after-sales service.
komodo® Vertically Stirred Mills
Engineered for exceptional grinding efficiency, the komodo® VSM™ delivers industry-leading performance with lower energy consumption by up to 60%, long-lasting wear parts, and PSD selection results in fine to ultra-fine regrinding.
komodo® VSM™ powerPILOT120 Test Rigs
Our PowerPILOT 120 systems are designed to give you a clear, reliable understanding of your ore’s grinding characteristics, ensuring precise “scale-up” and confident industrial equipment selection.
komodo® Metallurgical VSM™ Test Rigs
Our PowerLAB and PowerPILOT systems provide accurate insight into your ore’s grinding behaviour, ensuring reliable scale-up and confident selection of industrial equipment.
Unmatched Energy Efficiency
Up to 80% Reduction in your energy consumption compared to traditional ball mills. The komodo® VSM™ range’s innovative design, featuring a proprietary vertical stirrer designs, liners and drive train, minimises energy waste and directly translates to lower operating costs and a more sustainable comminution circuit.
The komodo® VSM™ innovative design, featuring an advanced vertical stirrer and drive train, features the following:
- Up to 80% reduction in energy consumption
- High-quality wear parts
- Low wear
- Reduced downtime
- Reduced maintenance shutdown periods
- Decreased maintenance times of which can be completed in 1 day
- Increased productivity resulting in reduced operational expenses
Optimised Performance & Recovery
Increase precise particle size distribution for optimised downstream processes.
With its efficient wet grinding action, the komodo® VSM™ reduces overgrinding and slimes formation with correct utilisation, resulting in higher throughput and improved mineral recovery.
Robust Design for Maximum Uptime
Designed and developed for the demanding conditions of the South African mining industry, our vertically stirred mills are engineered for reliability and longevity. From robust construction to high-quality wear components, the komodo® VSM™ proprietary design & patented Elastoloc (TM) internal liner system reduces wear life, maintenance downtime, and delivers a substantially lower total cost of ownership than competing technologies.
Komodo® vertically stirred mills are engineered to be reliable and durable. We build to the demanding conditions experienced within the mining industry by ensuring the highest quality materials are used
Versatile Solutions Across a Range of Applications
Over 17 years, the komodo® VSM™ range has been developed and proven itself in hydro-mining & tailings retreatment applications in the harsh Bushveld Igneous Complex chromite ore bodies of Southern Africa.
Perfect for Tailings retreatment, hydromining and tertiary grinding stages in gold, copper, zinc, PGM, lead, lithium and rare earth minerals processing.
Its versatility makes it the ideal choice for a wide variety of applications, including:
- Regrinding
- Polishing
- Attritioning
- Secondary / Tertiary grinding (CPL Range)
- Ultra-Fine Grinding
Contact komodo™ Today
Contact our team today for a personalised analysis of your production needs, and we’ll help you choose the komodo® Vertically stirred mill model perfect for your operation.
Past Projects
VSM™3500
Location: Brits – South Africa
Application: PGM Slimes Polishing Throughput: 32tph F80: 53microns P8O: 38microns Installed Power: 370kw
VSM™1000
Location: Brits – South Africa
Application: PGM Conc. Polishing Throughput: 12tph F80: 53microns P8O: 38microns Installed Power: 250kw
VSM™4000
Location: Mooinooi – South Africa Application: PGM MF2 Regrind Throughput: 30tph F80: 75microns P8O: 53microns Installed Power: 280kw
VSM™4000
Location: Steelpoort – South Africa Application: PGM MF2 Regrind Throughput: 32tph F80: 75microns P8O: 53microns Installed Power: 280kw
VSM™4000
Location: Steelpoort – South Africa Application: PGM MF2 Rougher Feed Throughput: 35tph F80: 106microns P8O: 53microns Installed Power: 400kw
VSM™4500
Location: Thabazimbi – South Africa
Application: PGM MF1 Rougher Feed Throughput: 38tph F80: 106microns P8O: 53microns Installed Power: 355kw