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About Crushers

Crushers break down large rocks into smaller pieces to such as sand, gravel, or slag to be used in aggregate via pressure or striking. Typically, rocks will go through multiple rounds of crushing to reach the desired size. Crushers are also used in construction material recycling and mining operations.

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Powerscreen Premiertrak 330 Mobile Crusher

Variants

These machines come in three main types, jaw crusher, cone and gyratory crusher, and impact crusher. Jaw crushers, occasionally referred to as “toggle crushers,” are the most common type of crusher. Material is compressed between a moving piece of steel and a stationary piece. Cone crushers are compression crushers that use a rotating piece of steel against a stationary piece of steel to reduce material. While similar in design and function to gyratory crushers, cone crushers are typically smaller and rotate at a higher speed. Gyratory crushers have a solid cone on the inside that revolves against the sloping outer sides to compress the material down. While cone crushers are usually supported at the base, gyratory crushers are suspended. Impact crushers, sometimes called “hammer crushers,” use mass and velocity to break up pieces with a blow bar or hammer that strikes a stationary plate. When the rock hits the plate or anvil, it breaks on natural stress lines to create a uniform product.

Find The Right Crusher

MachineryTrader.com offers listings for new and used crushers for sale from a variety of manufacturers, including Cedarapids, FABO, Kinglink, McCloskey, Powerscreen, Sandvik, Metso, and others.