A top wear plate for the rotor of a rock crusher, wherein the rotor includes a rotor body, the rotor body having an upper surface. The top plate includes a lip positioned about and descending vertically from the underside of the outer circumference of the lip wear plate, the lip including a protrusion to engage with a complementary recess on the top surface of the rotor body.

This invention relates to a wear part for the rotor of a rock crusher, the rotor including at least one outlet port, and a mounting bar, wherein the wear part is configured to engage with the mounting bar, the wear part including: a body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the body also including a surface configured to abut against the outlet port, characterized in that the wear part is configured with a channel having substantially an U-shaped cross section running between the upper surface and the lower surface of the body, the channel having a mouth and a location portion, wherein the locating portion is complementary to the width of the mounting bar; wherein the exterior surface of the bottom portion of the U-shaped cross section includes a lateral projection and abuts the outlet port in use.

A pulverizer comprising: a housing having top and bottom ends, an inlet located towards the top end for receiving input material to pulverize and an outlet located towards the bottom end for discharging pulverized material from the housing, the housing including a housing sidewall defining an interior chamber and having a central housing axis: a rotatable shaft extending along the central housing axis: a plurality of rotor hub assemblies mounted to the shaft, each rotor hub assembly including a rotor hub and a plurality of rotor arms extending outwardly from the rotor for forming an airflow revolving about the central housing axis within the interior chamber, wherein at least one of the housing and of one or more of the rotor hub assemblies is selectively reconfigurable between a plurality of configurations to adjust at least one parameter of an output flow of the pulverized material at the outlet.

A pulverizer comprising: a housing having top and bottom ends, an inlet located towards the top end for receiving input material to pulverize and an outlet located towards the bottom end for discharging pulverized material from the housing, the housing including a housing sidewall defining an interior chamber and having a central housing axis: a rotatable shaft extending along the central housing axis: a plurality of rotor hub assemblies mounted to the shaft, each rotor hub assembly including a rotor hub and a plurality of rotor arms extending outwardly from the rotor for forming an airflow revolving about the central housing axis within the interior chamber, wherein at least one of the housing and of one or more of the rotor hub assemblies is selectively reconfigurable between a plurality of configurations to adjust at least one parameter of an output flow of the pulverized material at the outlet.

A rotor protection plate for mounting on an upper plate of a rotor body of a crusher, in particular a vertical shaft impact crusher, is provided. The rotor protection plate comprises a body having an inner face defining a guide slot that is operably arranged to be in register with a rotor tip block opening defined on the upper plate of the rotor body and spaced apart therefrom to allow for a rotor tip block to be partly inserted into the guide slot during removal of the rotor tip block from, or insertion of the rotor tip block into, the rotor body.

A rotor protection plate for mounting on an upper plate of a rotor body of a crusher, in particular a vertical shaft impact crusher, is provided. The rotor protection plate comprises a body having an inner face defining a guide slot that is operably arranged to be in register with a rotor tip block opening defined on the upper plate of the rotor body and spaced apart therefrom to allow for a rotor tip block to be partly inserted into the guide slot during removal of the rotor tip block from, or insertion of the rotor tip block into, the rotor body.

A rotor assembly for a pulverizer, the pulverizer including a housing and a rotatable shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, the rotor assembly comprising: a hub mountable on the rotatable shaft; a plurality of rotor arms extending outwardly from the hub for pulverizing material received in the housing when the rotatable shaft is rotated; wherein the hub including a plurality of hub sections connectable together to form the hub, the hub sections being separable from each other and movable radially outwardly away from the rotatable shaft.

A rotor assembly for a pulverizer, the pulverizer including a housing and a rotatable shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, the rotor assembly comprising: a hub mountable on the rotatable shaft; a plurality of rotor arms extending outwardly from the hub for pulverizing material received in the housing when the rotatable shaft is rotated; wherein the hub including a plurality of hub sections connectable together to form the hub, the hub sections being separable from each other and movable radially outwardly away from the rotatable shaft.

A pulverizer for reducing a size of input material particles having a housing, a rotatable shaft with rotor arms and at least one airflow deflector cooperating with the rotor arms to deflect airflow within the pulverizer so as to form at least two overlapping vortices within the interior chamber such that input material particles in suspension in both overlapping vortices collide with each other to be thereby pulverized. The pulverizer also having a housing liner including a plurality of housing liner portions attached to and extending along a outer structural wall of the housing. The pulverizer also having a housing sidewall having an outer structural wall with a plurality of wall sections. The pulverizer also having canted rotor arms and rotor arms with removable wear pads. An anti-caking device for a vessel such as a pulverizer is also provided.

A pulverizer for reducing a size of input material particles having a housing, a rotatable shaft with rotor arms and at least one airflow deflector cooperating with the rotor arms to deflect airflow within the pulverizer so as to form at least two overlapping vortices within the interior chamber such that input material particles in suspension in both overlapping vortices collide with each other to be thereby pulverized. The pulverizer also having a housing liner including a plurality of housing liner portions attached to and extending along a outer structural wall of the housing. The pulverizer also having a housing sidewall having an outer structural wall with a plurality of wall sections. The pulverizer also having canted rotor arms and rotor arms with removable wear pads. An anti-caking device for a vessel such as a pulverizer is also provided.