What Materials Can A Jaw Crusher Process?

The jaw crusher serves as primary crushing equipment suitable for various large, medium and small-scale sand and gravel production lines, as well as aggregate production lines. It accommodates a wide range of materials. For high-hardness ores, it delivers uniform force application, exceptional wear resistance and extended service life. For medium to low-hardness ores, it offers efficient crushing and straightforward maintenance. When processing construction waste as raw material, operational costs are notably low. Large waste fragments undergo robust crushing without secondary processing. For materials with high moisture content, anti-clogging design ensures enhanced reliability. What materials can the jaw crusher process?

What Materials Can A Jaw Crusher Process?

Core compatible materials: High-hardness ores and rocks

Granite, basalt, quartzite, diabase, copper ore, iron ore, silicon carbide, andesite, pebbles, river pebbles, marble, etc.
Reason for suitability: Jaw crushers employ a compression crushing principle to uniformly break high-hardness materials. This avoids the rapid wear caused by direct impact from hammers and impact plates. Jaw plates in jaw crushers are made of high-manganese steel or high-chromium alloy materials. Their wear resistance and service life are 30-50% longer than the impact plates of impact crushers. This reduces the operational and maintenance costs associated with crushing high-hardness materials. Can be paired with mobile units for direct deployment at mining sites. Capable of processing large raw ore blocks without prior manual crushing.

Standard Suitable Materials: Medium to low hardness ores

Limestone, shale, dolomite, marble, gypsum, phosphate rock, coal gangue, calcite, sandstone, etc.
Reasons for suitability: High crushing efficiency. Uniform output particle size after primary crushing. Can directly feed into subsequent medium and fine crushing equipment. Long maintenance intervals due to reduced jaw plate wear. Mobile configurations can adapt to diverse site requirements such as aggregate plants and cement raw material processing facilities. Requires no foundation construction, enabling rapid commissioning.

Large-sized materials: Bulky waste or oversized ore

Mountain blast boulders, river pebbles, mine tailings blocks, etc.
Suitability rationale: Mobile crushing plants can be paired with large jaw crushers. Feed size up to 1800mm. Equipped with reinforced hydraulic systems and thickened jaw plates. Capable of forcibly squeezing and crushing oversized materials. Eliminates the need for secondary crushing.

High-moisture materials

muddy limestone, wet coal gangue, muddy limestone, post-rain raw ore
Suitability rationale: Jaw crushers feature a V-shaped crushing chamber. Discharge openings are adjustable for varying materials. Wet, sticky materials are less prone to clogging or adhesion. Certain models can be fitted with anti-adhesion liners and vibrating cleaning devices, thereby reducing equipment blockage risks.

Special materials: construction waste

Concrete blocks, bricks, demolition debris, reinforced concrete, rubble, road resurfacing waste, etc.
Suitability rationale: The compression crushing mechanism exhibits high tolerance to contaminants. Metal inclusions do not cause equipment jamming. Mobile crushing stations incorporate integrated feeders and screening equipment, enabling on-site rebar separation. Coarse crushing directly produces sub-base material, substantially reducing transportation costs for bulky construction waste.

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