Jaw Crushers - Explained

Jaw Crushers - for those inexperienced within the quarrying industry jaw crushers simply sound painful. In fact, jaw crushers are an integral part of the whole quarrying process and with the average family using around a lorry full of aggregates every year, jaw crushers are vastly important to every person living within the UK. Below we take a closer look at jaw crushers.

Jaw Crushers – Explained

Jaw crushers are used for the crushing and the processing of hard primary, secondary or recycled feedstocks such as rock and concrete. Jaw crushers are best suited to reduce large or odd-shaped debris quickly from construction/demolition projects to a manageable size.The crushing of the feedstock is achieved by a pair of vertical jaws, one of which remains stationary and the other moves back and forth. The jaws are positioned so there is a wide opening at the top known as the gape and a narrow discharge aperture at the bottom set to the desired output size. The jaw’s motion is chosen according to the type and size of feedstock. As the feedstock moves down towards the discharge outlet it is crushed smaller and smaller until reaching its optimum reduction size.

Jaw Crushers – Portable Plants

Technological advances in the 1960’s brought about the first portable jaw crushers. The primary benefit of portable jaw crushers is the obvious ease of changing location. However, portable plants are also designed to receive feed directly from an endloader, which eliminates the expense of haul trucks.

N.H. Greaves & Co Ltd, is one of the top leading manufacturers and suppliers of new and used jaw crushers within the UK and throughout the world. With four decades of experience in the quarry equipment industry, N.H. Greaves & Co Ltd possess extraordinary expertise which every customer benefits from. With a constant stock level of over 200 items of crushing and screening equipment N.H. Greaves & Co Ltd offer an extensive range of quarrying machines including the design, manufacture and installation of waste recycling / aggregate and sand / gravel plants. Please contact us on 01709 582381 to discuss your individual requirements.

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