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VEGA INDUSTRIES Ltd.

VEGA INDUSTRIES LTD.

AIA Engineering, a certified ISO 9001 company, specialises in the design, development, manufacture, installation and servicing of high chromium wear, corrosion and abrasion resistant castings used in the cement, mining and thermal power generation industries.

Vega Industries is a wholly owned subsidiary of AIA Engineering, exclusively supplying its products, providing customer support and technical services to customers from its offices worldwide. Please click here to find the office in your region.

Our philosophy is to provide customers with optimized solutions through technical evaluation of their requirements, thereby providing specifically designed solutions in ideal metallurgy for the application, plus offering process optimization services worldwide.

As a result of this approach, the Group is today the leading company for Quality, Services and Innovation in its field with an enviable reputation providing Global Solutions.
A truly global solution to your local requirements

ABOUT VEGA INDUSTRIES LTD.

  • AIA ENGINEERING LIMITED:
    • Established in 1979 at Ahmedabad, INDIA
    • ISO 9001 Certified
    • Design, Development and Manufacturing
    • Second Largest Hi-Chrome casting producer in the world
    • Public Limited Company with the shares traded on BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) and NSE (National Stock Exchange Of India)

 

  • VEGA INDUSTRIES:
    • Wholly owned subsidiary of AIAE
    • Global distributor of AIAE products outside INDIA
    • Sales and services in more than 75 countries.

 

  • AIAE / VEGA INDUSTRIES GROUP:
    • Is regarded as the International Quality Benchmark by most of the customers.

AIA ENGINEERING – EXPERT SERVICES FOR INDUSTRIAL GRINDING AND CRUSHING OPERATIONS

  • AIA Engineering and Vega Industries have become one of the most successful companies in supplying and installing wear components because they really understand how grinding and crushing operations need to work. This expertise is available to customers worldwide and includes the following:

    • Mill Audits
    • Turnkey installation and commissioning projects
    • Stock assessment and management
    • Performance monitoring

    For more information please contact our group’s regional representative

LONGER LASTING WEAR COMPONENTS FOR MINING APPLICATIONS

Reduced downtime is critical to successful mining operations, so wear components that work harder and last longer are essential.  The Group Industries has developed new alloys and manufacturing techniques that provide improved wear components for all types of minerals including iron, gold, lead/zinc, bauxite, copper and phosphates, etc.

Grinding media and shell liners for mining applications
See our specifications page for grinding media for mining applications.  We recognise that requirements can vary from mine to mine, so for more information on how The Group Industries can use its expertise to improve profitability, contact your regional representative.

In addition to grinding media, The Group also provides shell liners for ball mills.  These are selected according to the relevant stages, that is, single stage, primary, secondary, regrind etc. 

Please contact your regional representative to discuss your requirements.

GRINDING MEDIA FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY

 

In mineral processing Industry, we deal with various natural ores:

  • Iron
  • Platinum
  • Gold 
  • Copper
  • Bauxite
  • Lead – Zinc
  • Rock phosphate
  • Metal slag
  • Coal

There is no standard solution for mineral industry and wear rate of grinding media varies from mine to mine, ore to ore and even for the same ore time to time.

Different alloys are recommended depending on ore type and mill particulars in order to arrive at the most cost economic solution. Based on our world wide experience, AIAE can help select optimum alloy for specific application ranging from Chromium 10 to 32 % and Hardness ranging from 58 to 69 RC.
Technical Services:

    • Mill Audit
    • Marked Ball Test (To find out most economical grade)
    • Ore breakability test
    • Initial ball charge & make up recommendation.

INLET/OUTLET HEAD LINERS

AIAE Solution

AIAE head liners are tailor made for specific applications keeping in mind maximum mill availability and minimum maintenance cost.

Advantages of AIAE Head Liners:

  • Maximum mill availability
  • Minimum maintenance cost
  • Reduction in grinding media & shell liners wear rate
  • Minimizing the replacement time and cost.

Note: Depending upon various application, we propose suitable alloys ranging from 10 to 27% Chromium and hardness ranging from 52 to 66 RC.

LINERS MADE TO LAST LONGER IN MINING

Mill liners influences:

  • Milling efficiency
  • Mill availability

AIAE Solution:

Based on study of the existing mill operating conditions from maintenance and process point of view, AIAE designs mining liners for ball mills of different stage. i.e. single stage, primary, secondary, regrind etc.

Advantages of Shell Mill Liners:

  • Optimum lifting action of the balls.
  • Optimum expansion of the ball charge.
  • Minimize the dead zone of the ball charge.
  • Significant reduction of the wear rates of the ball and the liners.
  • Minimum operating cost due to longer lifetime and no breakage of the liner plates.

Note : Depending upon the various application, we propose suitable profile with appropriate alloy ranging from 10 to 27 % Chromium and hardness ranging from 48 to 61 RC.

To see how The Group Industries’ liners could improve your efficiency and for a free copy of the product specifications and applications, please contact your regional representative.  For information on other cost-saving products from The Group please return to our Mining Industries page.

HARDER WEARING, COST-EFFICIENT DIAPHRAGMS FOR MINING APPLICATION

Improved grinding media and liners can do much for productivity but the benefits can reduce without equally efficient diaphragms.  Vega Industries, in co-operation with parent company AIA Engineering, has developed intermediate, discharge, drying chamber and dopple rotator diaphragms that offer maximum useful working life. 

This has been achieved with careful design of the slotted and blind wear plates, the use of specially-formulated alloys to suit different conditions and component manufacturing techniques that produce higher quality components.

In addition to longer working life, the wear rates of The Groups diaphragms are synchronised as nearly as possible to that of the liners and grinding media, helping to further reduce the downtime needed for maintenance.

To find out more about The Groups diaphragms for tube mills, please contact your regional representative.  If you would like to know more about the other cost-efficient products now available from the company, please return to the Cement Industries page.

Differential wave liner

Different profile with hump and without hump is available depending on wear and drilling pattern

Note : Depending upon the various application, we propose suitable profile with appropriate alloy ranging from 16 to 27 % Chromium and Hardness ranging from 53 to 61 RC.