Jaw Crushers

Jaw Crushers

Jaw crushers pound materials that pass through two plates, one fixed and one swinging. As these plates converge, coarse particles are released. The complete process is not instantaneous, but rather takes place in stages over several meetings of the jaws.

In a jaw crusher, the distance between the jaw ends is farther apart at the top, forming a tapered chute towards the bottom. Material is smashed into increasingly smaller and smaller pieces as it travels down the chute until it is small enough to escape from the opening at the bottom.

Jaw crushers are used to reduce ore, coal, and stone to small pieces and are used in mines and power plants. There are several types of jaw crushers, including swing, Blake, overhead eccentric, and Dodge.