A self-aligning dust seal assembly for rock crusher machines and particularly gyratory crusher machines has a dust seal and a seal guide that extends from the dust seal in a cone shape to enable alignment of the dust seal when the main shaft is lowered into position. The dust seal has a body portion that is disc shaped. There is an inner seal surface around the inner perimeter of the dust ring that seals against an inner element of the crusher. The seal guide extends down and outward from a connected portion with the dust seal that is proximal the inner perimeter of the dust seal. The seal guide is cone shaped and extends outward in a convex shape from the connected portion. The cone shape of the seal guide may nest on a corresponding flange that is fixed in the rock crusher machine, for example.

An adjusting apparatus of a feed opening of a crushing chamber of a crusher includes one or more adjusting parts arranged in connection with the feed opening, which one or more adjusting parts is/are movable during crushing for adjusting a flow area of material which is to be crushed and is flowing through the feed opening to the crushing chamber. The front edges of the adjusting parts form a unitary flow opening, the flow area of which is adjustable by moving one or more adjusting parts. An adjusting system includes the adjusting apparatus for a feed opening of a crushing chamber of a crusher. A method for adjusting a pressing crusher or a crushing plant suitable for mineral material crushing. A method for avoiding a start peak of a crusher. A method for limiting power intake and/or crushing pressure of a crusher.

A method for controlling crushing equipment, wherein the crushing equipment includes a crusher, a feeding arrangement for feeding material to the crusher, a secondary equipment arranged downstream from the crusher for sorting out oversized material leaving the crusher, and a recirculation loop for recirculating the oversized material fed to the crusher. The method includes the steps of stop feeding new material to the crushing equipment through said feeding equipment, recirculating the oversized material from the secondary equipment to the crusher and decreasing a crusher setting of the crusher.

A feed distributor includes a rotatable chute mounted and suspended within a housing. Respective drive components for the rotatable chute are mounted within a working part zone defined by the housing. Such drive components are protected from dust and particulate contamination by a plurality of seal rings and/or an air feed assembly configured to create a positive pressure within the working part zone and a corresponding exhaust air flow at specific regions of the housing.

A method for controlling crushing equipment, wherein the crushing equipment includes a crusher, a feeding arrangement for feeding material to the crusher, a secondary equipment arranged downstream from the crusher for sorting out oversized material leaving the crusher, and a recirculation loop for recirculating the oversized material fed to the crusher. The method includes the steps of stop feeding new material to the crushing equipment through said feeding equipment, recirculating the oversized material from the secondary equipment to the crusher and decreasing a crusher setting of the crusher.

A crushing machine that includes a crusher, a feed conveyor for feeding material to the crusher, a detector for detecting metal in the material on the feed conveyor, and a bypass chute for the crusher. The feed conveyor being movable between a normal operating position in which the material is fed to the crusher and a bypass position in which the material is fed to the bypass chute. Upon detection of metal in the material, the feed conveyor is stopped and moved from the normal operating position to the bypass position so that the material with the metal is discharged into the bypass chute.

A distribution member may include a distributing plate, a plurality of protecting plates and a second protecting plate. The distributing plate may be connected with a vertical shaft of the vertical shaft impact crusher. The distributing plate may have a first distributing surface having a conical shape, and a second distributing surface. The first protecting plates may be attached to the first distributing surface of the distributing plate. The second protecting plate may be attached to the second distributing surface of the distributing plate. Thus, the distribution member may be semi-permanently used by properly exchanging any one of the first protecting plates and/or the second protecting plate.

An adjusting apparatus of a feed opening of a crushing chamber of a crusher includes one or more adjusting parts arranged in connection with the feed opening, which one or more adjusting parts is/are movable during crushing for adjusting a flow area of material which is to be crushed and is flowing through the feed opening to the crushing chamber. The front edges of the adjusting parts form a unitary flow opening, the flow area of which is adjustable by moving one or more adjusting parts. An adjusting system includes the adjusting apparatus for a feed opening of a crushing chamber of a crusher. A method for adjusting a pressing crusher or a crushing plant suitable for mineral material crushing. A method for avoiding a start peak of a crusher. A method for limiting power intake and/or crushing pressure of a crusher.

An adjusting apparatus of a feed opening of a crushing chamber of a crusher includes one or more adjusting parts arranged in connection with the feed opening, which one or more adjusting parts is/are movable during crushing for adjusting a flow area of material which is to be crushed and is flowing through the feed opening to the crushing chamber. The front edges of the adjusting parts form a unitary flow opening, the flow area of which is adjustable by moving one or more adjusting parts. An adjusting system includes the adjusting apparatus for a feed opening of a crushing chamber of a crusher. A method for adjusting a pressing crusher or a crushing plant suitable for mineral material crushing. A method for avoiding a start peak of a crusher. A method for limiting power intake and/or crushing pressure of a crusher.

A crushing machine that includes a crusher device fed by a feed conveyor for processing a feed of aggregate material. A detector is positioned along the feed conveyor to detect the presence of an undesirable material, such as a portion of metallic material. Upon detection of the undesirable material, a diverter is moved from a first mode to a second mode to divert the feed of material away from the crusher device. Once the detected undesirable material is no longer present in the feed of material, the diverter is returned to the first mode after a delay to direct the feed of aggregate material back to the crusher device. The operating speed of the feed conveyor is not adjusted during the movement of the diverter. The diverted feed of aggregate material is directed to a discharge chute located away from the infeed end of the crusher device.