Crusher Shutdown Sequence & Procedure

Shutdown-crusher

Normal Crusher Shutdown Sequence & Procedure Shut down the apron feeder. Wait until all equipment is free of material. Shut down the jaw crusher. Stop conveyor #3, associated interlocks will shut down the rest of the equipment. Shut down the cone crusher and lube system. De-energize the electromagnet. (Swing the magnet clear of the conveyor […]

Crushing Plant Startup Sequence & Procedure

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The following items make up an EXAMPLE Crushing Plant Startup Sequence & Procedure that all must be checked in preparation and before the equipment in the Crushing Plant is started. If maintenance has occurred since the last operating shift, ensure that the MCC is energized and that all safety locks have been removed from equipment starters. Walk along […]

Small Crushing Plant Operating Guide

cone crushing

This EXAMPLE Small Crushing Plant is designed to crush 500 tonnes per day, operating 12 hours per day with an availability of 70%. The Plant will crush run-of-mine material (-16″) to 100%, passing 5/8″ at a rate of 60 tonnes per hour.  Start-stop stations are provided for all equipment in this Plant at the crusher control […]

Screening Crusher Feed

Vibrating Screen

The feed to a crusher should not contain an excessive amount of fine material; this could be stated a little more definitely by saying that it should not contain an excessive amount of material smaller than the crusher product size. Just what constitutes an “excessive amount” depends of course upon several factors, chief among which […]

Crusher Close Side Settings

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The actual minimum safe closed side setting of a crusher will vary somewhat, for any given crushing machine, depending upon the character of the material, the amount of fines in the feed, and whether the crusher is being operated under choke-feed or regulated feed conditions. It is possible, when all conditions are favourable, to operate gyratory crushers, […]

Crusher Performance Factors

Choke_Zone

It is entirely possible for a crusher to choke at some other point in the crushing chamber than the theoretical choke-point. When the setting of a fine-reduction crusher is too close for its eccentric throw and for the general proportions of its crushing chamber, there is a tendency toward building up a choke in the […]

Crushing Mineral Processing

Crushing Mineral Processing

In mineral processing, the reduction of minerals by crushing and grinding may be regarded as having one or other of two main objectives: the attainment of a size appropriate for the direct industrial application of the mineral, e.g. barytes, sand, aggregate; or the release of metallic or ore inclusions from an unwanted matrix with a […]

Blake Jaw Crusher

Blake Jaw Crusher

In the history of crushers, both chronologically, and by virtue of its standing in the field of heavy-duty crushing, the Blake jaw crusher stands first in the list. All of the large, heavy-duty primary crushers of the jaw type are built around the Blake principle which, for simplicity and brute strength, is unsurpassed by any […]