Impact crushers utilize impaction to reduce the size of a range of materials. Impaction enables size reduction because the striking of one body against another, referred to as a collision, causes extreme pressure in between the two opposing forces. Impactors are often used in place of a crusher, another type of size reduction equipment that uses a material that is stronger than the material being pulverized.
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StedmanAurora, IN 800-262-5401 For Stedman, providing solutions for companies on how to reduce material size has become second nature. They provide the quality you need. Their staff excels at working with customers to determine the best impact crusher for their individual and unique applications. Call or visit Stedman's website today so they can begin finding the perfect solutions for you.
Schutte-Buffalo Hammer MillBuffalo, NY 800-447-4634 At Schutte-Buffalo Hammermill, we take great pride in our ability to custom tailor our equipment to the exact specifications of our customer, offering free test grinding to prove our equipment's capabilities and custom engineering services without the custom price tag. When it comes to impact crusher products, we have the perfect solutions for your applications, call today.
Shred-TechCambridge, ON 800-465-3214 Shred-Tech® is a world leader in information destruction and reduction solutions. By creating profitable uses for waste products, Shred-Tech has developed new technologies to improve our quality of life. For nearly four decades they have been engineering, designing and manufacturing the quality impact crusher and other products you need for your processing needs.
Alstom Power, Inc. Raymond OperationsWarrenville, IL 877-661-5509 At Alstom Power, we place a high priority on research and development of our products, and we have multiple testing facilities in use. This allows you to see the equipment in action before you purchase. We want you to be completely satisfied with your purchase. Let us be the source for all of your impact crusher needs! Visit our website today to learn more about our company!
Williams Patent Crusher & Pulverizer Co., Inc.St. Louis, MO 314-621-3348 At Williams Patent Crusher, our employees always act ethically and professionally, and are determined to make sure that every need and requirement is met. Through innovative engineering, we work with you to create the perfect impact crusher for your next project. Our products are designed to be durable and are sure to please you. Let us be the source for your next project. Call us today!
Atlantic Coast Crushers, Inc.Kenilworth, NJ 908-259-9292 Atlantic Coast Crushers specializes in designing machinery, such as the impact crusher, that uses impact to break apart lumps, chunks and agglomerations formed from friable materials. We offer custom designs that provide creative solutions to difficult size reduction problems. Products include granulators, lumpbreakers, and pulverizers. Visit our website today!
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Impact crushers are often used for secondary pulverizing rather than primary pulverizing and are often referred to as impactors as well. Impact crushers can be used on soft, medium-hard and very hard materials, both abrasive and non-abrasive. As a result of the wide range of materials they can pulverize, a wide range of industries make use of impact crushers. A few examples are highway construction, for the impaction of building materials and rubble; mining, to impact both mined and quarried materials; industrial manufacturing, to impact various materials for use in further processing such as burning for power generation or easier processing; and recycling, for the impaction of large materials that must be reduced in size before they can be re-used.
Although the method of pulverizing remains the same, impact crushers can be generally categorized into two main types: horizontal shaft impactors (HSI) and vertical shaft impactors (VSI). The design of a HSI crusher includes three main parts: impeller bars, curtain liners and adjustable liner plates. In a HSI crusher, materials undergo impaction when they reach the breaker-plate, at which point hammers that are fixed to the outer edge of a spinning rotor, are used to impact the material. HSI crushers can be used for wet or dry materials, but not sticky materials, and are best suited for soft materials such as dolomite aluminum, weathered shale and clay. Although they are similar to HSI crushers, VSI crushers differ in that they feature a high speed rotor as well as a crushing chamber that is much tougher in design. These additional features are necessary because in VSI crushers, velocity rather than hammers are used for impaction; they involve throwing the materials against hard walls at high speeds. VSI crushers can be further broken down into two more categories: shoe and anvil VSI crushers and autogenous VSI crushers. While both are well-suited for sand and gravel applications, shoe and anvil VSI crushers are better-suited for recycling applications, whereas autogenous VSI crushers are best-suited for quarried materials.