How Do Jaw Crushers Work?

In order to make use of the rocks or ores obtained through quarrying/explosion in the Mining and Construction sectors, the materials need to be crushed to reduce them to a smaller size. We Call This Process Size Reduction Or Crushing.

The goals of the size reduction are as follows:

1.) Obtaining the size or surface area required for the use of the ore or material

2.) Allowing ease of transportation and storage

3.) Separating the different minerals contained within the ore and releasing them from one another

4.) Obtaining the size or surface area required for the enrichment stage.

In general, crushing is carried out in three stages, depending on the desired size of the material.

Primary Crushing

This is the first stage of the crushing process. In general, the size of the feed material, which is between 800 and 1500 mm, is reduced to between 150 and 300 mm.

Secondary Crushing

This is the second stage of crushing. Feed size, which is around 150 to 300 mm, of the rock or ore from the primary crushing process is reduced to between 50 and 80 mm.

Tertiary Crushing

This is the third stage of crushing. The size, which is around 50–80 mm, of the ore or rock from the secondary crushing process is reduced to between 5 and 12 mm. We call the machine that performs the CRUSHING process a CRUSHING MACHINE or CRUSHER.

This is a type of crusher that is widely used in the primary and secondary crushing processes. It is usually preferred for the crushing of large blocks of hard and abrasive materials.

 Jaw Crusher

How Do Jaw Crushers Work? / The Working Principle Of Jaw Crushers

All jaw crushers feature two jaws: one of which is fixed while the other moves. The working principle of jaw crushers is based on the reciprocating movement of the movable jaw that compresses and crushes the rock or ore between itself and the fixed jaw, as the material enters the zone between the jaws.

The moving jaw moves back and forward against the fixed jaw, and material fed from the top of the machine is compressed between the two, breaking it into smaller pieces. As the moving jaw moves away from the fixed jaw, the crushed material is discharged from the crusher at the bottom, with the size of the ejected material determined by the gap between the jaws.

What Are The Different Types Of Jaw Crushers? / Jaw Crusher Types

There are two main groups of jaw crushers, categorized according to their jaw movement mechanism.

- Single-toggle jaw crushers

- Double-toggle jaw crushers

In single-toggle jaw crushers, the movable jaw is supported by the bearing on an eccentric shaft driven by the pitman to which it is attached. The pitman is supported by a toggle plate at the bottom of the moveable jaw. Toggle plate compressed between moveable jaw and main body. This mechanism ensures that any point on the moving jaw moves in an elliptical orbit. This mechanism makes a movement aka four-bar linkage movement. Through this movement, the movable jaw applies both pressure and friction forces to the material to be crushed.

In double-toggle jaw crushers, the pitman is mounted on a fixed non-eccentric shaft that is situated at the top of the crusher. There are two toggle plates, one on the left and one on the right, linked to the pitman that is hinged to the driven camshaft. The toggle plate on the left is linked to the jaw-supporting block, while the one on the right is linked to the main body.

The mechanism of double-toggle jaw crushers allows applying only pressure on the material.

A comparison of jaw crushers with the same capacity reveals that double-toggle jaw crushers are more expensive than ordinary jaw crushers. For this reason, mostly single-toggle jaw crushers are used in the aggregate sector, while double-toggle jaw crushers are used mostly for crushing very hard and highly abrasive materials.

The lifecycle of double-toggle jaw crushers is longer since they do not apply friction force.

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