Crushing Equipment Selection

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In open pit quarry operations the loading of the blasted rock for transportation to the primary crusher house involves either power-shovels. Any size of primary crusher may be used for hand-loaded rock; it all depends upon how much secondary shooting, and hand sledging, the operator feels he can afford. So called “one-man” stone or stone of […]

Crushing Plant Capacity

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The suggested reserve capacity for quarry operations applies as well to open-pit mining operations employing power shovels for loading the ore. Usually the original crusher is expected to produce the required daily tonnage in such plants in one or two shifts, so a time-reserve does exist which can be utilized to make up for delays. But […]

Primary Crushing

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The term “primary crusher,” by definition, might embrace any type and size of crushing machine. The term implies that at least two stages of crushing are involved, but in many cases the machine which performs the function of initial crusher is the only crusher in the plant. The factors influencing the selection of a crusher […]

Crushing Products Size and Shape -What to Expect

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I have made a number of general remarks regarding the character of product delivered by crushers of various types, and under different conditions of operation. Generalities are of value only if we have some standard to which comparisons may be referred; therefore, we should like to present more specific information on the kind of product to […]

Hammer Mill Operating Principle

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Operational Characteristics: The method of operation has a con­siderable effect upon the nature of the product. When minimum fines are a requirement, the hammer mill should always he operated in closed circuit with a screen, or screens; the cir­culating load should be fairly high; speed should be as low as is consistent with physical structure of […]

Hammer Mill Crusher & Grinder

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The hammer mill is the best known and by far the most widely used crushing device employing the impact principle of breaking and grinding stone. Thus far we have described machines which do a portion of their work by impact, but the only machine described in which this action plays an important role was the […]