A system including a nearly horizontal jaw movable to reduce a size of frangible material, a stationary cover around a top side of the jaw, an area is defined between an outer surface of the jaw and an inner surface of the cover, and a drive mechanism to cause the jaw to move to vary the area between the cover and the jaw to reduce the size of frangible material within the area. Another system and method are also disclosed.

A jaw crusher, a crushing plant, and a method for using a crusher. A toggle plate is coupled between a pitman and a rear end of the jaw crusher with bearings at the ends of the toggle plate. A bearing holder for the bearing is present at least at one end of the toggle plate. The bearing is transferred continuously in the bearing holder to a desired location between an upper limit and a lower limit, inclusive of the upper and lower limits, with a transfer member of the bearing holder, and thus the operating angle of the toggle plate in relation to a frame of the crusher and the stroke of the crusher are changed.

An apparatus is disclosed for comminuting a polycrystalline silicon rod, which apparatus includes a base, at least one movable comminuting tool and optionally at least one immovable anvil. A silicon rod to be comminuted lies on a longitudinal axis oriented parallel or virtually parallel to the surface of the base and can be adjusted between the comminuting tool and anvil. Also disclosed is a method for comminuting a polycrystalline silicon rod.

A method is provided for dynamically monitoring material quality in a comminution system comprising a material crushing stage and a discharge stage. An imaging device captures images of comminuted material in the discharge stage, and characteristic features are extracted from the captured image for analysis with respect to at least one boundary condition. Output signals are accordingly generated corresponding to a determined comminution state of the comminuted material in the discharge stage. In one example, a crushing gap in the crushing stage is adjusted if the comminution state indicates material (or an amount of material) above a threshold size in the discharge stage. In another example, pre-screen settings in a pre-screen stage of the comminution system are adjusted if the comminution state indicates material (or an amount of material) below a threshold size in the discharge stage. Other comminution states and responses may, e.g., correspond to non-compliant material shapes, etc.

A jaw crusher has an operating mechanism comprising a rotatable shaft coupled to a movable jaw in order to translate rotation of the shaft into oscillatory movement of the jaw. The shaft comprises a coupling portion by which the shaft is coupled to the movable part, wherein, in at least one configuration, a central axis of the coupling portion is parallel with the shaft axis and the coupling portion is eccentric with respect to the shaft axis. The coupling portion is configurable to adjust the location of the central axis with respect to the shaft axis in order to adjust the eccentricity of the coupling portion with respect to the shaft axis, thereby correspondingly adjusting the oscillatory movement imparted to the movable jaw.

A crusher apparatus includes a material crushing portion with a first crushing portion adapted for movement toward a second crushing portion. A linkage subassembly is connected to the first crushing portion and includes a first and second member operable about a pivot. A force inducing subsystem exerts a counterforce of a predetermined threshold amount to the first and second members sufficient to maintain the linkage subassembly in an unrelieved position until a crushing force exerted on the first crushing portion is sufficient to cause the linkage subassembly to move into a relieved position.

A mineral material machining plant includes a hydraulic element including a connection area and a passage opening. An overload protection device includes a replaceable burst panel covering the passage opening. The burst panel includes a rear face, at least one bore, and at least one recess having a lateral insertion section open towards one side of the burst panel. A burst panel holder engages the rear face. In an assembled condition at least one fastening bolt passes through a bolt mount of the burst panel holder, the bore of the burst panel, and is threaded into a threaded mount of the connection area. In a disassembled condition at least one retaining element connects the burst panel holder to the hydraulic element and can be inserted laterally into and removed from the recess transversely to a plate plane of the burst panel.

A jaw crusher and method or using the same is provided. The jaw crusher includes a crusher housing having an inlet for material to be crushed and an outlet for material that has been crushed. A moveable jaw, which has a wear plate and a stationary jaw, is provided with a second wear plate. The moveable jaw and the stationary jaw form between them a crushing chamber. The moveable jaw is coupled to an eccentric jaw crusher shaft, which causes the moveable jaw to reciprocate in an eccentric motion to crush the material between the moveable jaw and the stationary jaw. A toggle system is provided and includes a drive cylinder provided with an internally mounted sensor to measure the position of the moveable jaw relative to the stationary jaw.

A glass grinder device includes a fixed vertical crushing jaw; a movable crushing jaw having two different slopes; an eccentric rotating mechanism mechanically coupled to move the movable crushing jaw in two different directions relative to the fixed vertical crushing jaw so as to grind input materials; and an adjusting mechanism mechanically coupled to move and hold the movable crushing jaw so as to prevent structural damage to the glass grinder device.

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for crushing rock. In some embodiments a toggle feature of a jaw crusher is in tension during operation. In some embodiments a lower portion of the moveable jaw moves simultaneously moves closer to the stationary jaw and forward along said first direction. In some embodiments, a direction along which material moves between the moveable and stationary jaws is closer to horizontal than vertical.