According to different ways of classification, the use of ball mill can be divided into many situations. In the following situation, on the basis of certain classification, it is easy to distinguish the ball mill in each industry.

As inclined discharging type of ball mill:

A: inclined tail type of ball mill:
The material that will put into grinding machine was fended from one end, discharging from the other end, like this, we call it inclined tail ball mill.

B: Middle discharge type of ball mill:
The material that will put into grinding machine was fended from both ends, discharging from middle part of cylinder of ball mill.
This type of ball mill amounts to using two ball mills together, thus to make the ball mill compact and the process simple.

As the discharging way of inclined tail type of ball mill, there are grate ball mill, overflow ball mill, peripheral discharging, Wind discharges, etc.

As the transmission way of ball mill:

Centre drive of ball mill: the ball mill was drove by electromotor, the electromotor by reduction gear to drive the hollow shaft of grinding machine.

Marginal drive of ball mill: the cylinder of ball bill was drove by electromotor; the electromotor drives the gearwheel that fixed on cylinder.