What Are the Different Types of Crushing Machinery?

It is crucial that you understand the different types of crushing machinery available to you, as making the correct choice for your business, site and project, will help you to maximise their efficiency and maintain high levels of safety. Any type of impact crushers or crushing machinery needs to serve a specific purpose in order to be used correctly and safely. Let’s take a look at a few of the different types of crushing machinery that you can choose from.

Types of crushing machinery

It is imperative that you choose the correct type of crushing machinery to suit your specific company, site, and project. Choosing the incorrect type of crushing machinery can lead to accident, injuries, and fatalities, in the worst instances.  There are a few different types of machinery that you can choose from, including:

Impact crushers

The feed material is reduced as it enters the crusher and makes contact with hammers or rotating blow bars. The material is then accelerated into stationary breaker plates. This type of machinery is used where shape is critical, and the feed material is not abrasive in nature. Rocks are broken along natural cleavage, ending with a better quality product. You find impact crushers used in roadstone and concrete aggregate.

Jaw crushers

A jaw crusher is a type of crusher that uses compression as the crushing method. The material is reduced in size by a squeezing action between a moving piece of steel and the discharge size is controlled by the gap setting (the space between the two pieces of steel). The tighter the setting is, the smaller the output size becomes. They are usually used within the primary stages of crushing on a site and are rarely used within secondary crushing processes. What this means is that you’ll end up with coarse materials after the crushing process has been completed, as you’ll find the materials is broken along the weakest line. Jaw crushers are therefore a fantastic crushing machine when used to break rock and prepare it for the next processing stages.

Cone crushers

Cone crushers and gyratory crushers are also compression-type crushing machinery where the materials are moved between a stationary piece and a moving piece of steel. The chamber is round in shape, and the moving piece of steel does not rotate due to a wedge being driven around to create compression on one side. These are great for providing a reduction in larger pieces of material making it through the compression stages, increasing efficiency and maximising profits.

Once you understand what type of crushing machinery is best for the specific tasks and site that you are working on, you can begin your quest to find the best place to purchase a crusher for your needs. There are a few different options open to you, and aside from choosing the correct type of machinery, you must also consider where to buy your machinery too. Finding a reputable supplier of used and new heavy construction equipment will give you peace of mind that the crusher you are buying will be of the highest standard and utilises the latest technology to maintain high standards of performance and high levels of safety.