Concrete crushing is one of the most common stages of many constructions projects. There are several types of concrete crusher machines, each of them with its specific design and technical features. This article takes a closer look at the various designs of concrete crusher machines to help you understand which one would work best for your own projects.
The basic job of all concrete crushers(trituradoras de concreto) is to break down blocks of concrete waste into smaller pieces that are easier to handle. These smaller concrete chunks are much easier to transport or to dispose of. As very large blocks are impossible to break down to very small pieces in one go, the process needs to undergo several stages. Each of these stages requires a different design of concrete crusher.
First of all, the demolition process requires a device to break down very large blocks into smaller pieces. This is usually the job of a jaw crusher. A jaw crusher works like a giant human jaw, chewing on concrete slabs and turning them into smaller pieces. The design of a jaw crusher is simple and straightforward.
Next, there are cone crushers that take this job one step further. The design of a cone crusher features a concave area with a rotating spindle. Workers fill this device with concrete pieces by dropping them at the top of the machine. The machine crushes down these pieces into smaller ones. These smaller pieces fall through the cone and the crushing process goes on until they become as small as to pass through the chute and into a hopper. Cone crushers come in many sizes. Some of them are rather large, but there are also portable designs of cone crushers, suitable for smaller projects.
Then there are also impact crushers, with their specific design that uses impact force(fuerza de impacto) to break down concrete. This design has two variations: horizontal and vertical. Horizontal impact crushers hold the concrete in a special container. This machine features a series of hammers attached to a spinning rotor. These hammers hit the concrete to break it into smaller chunks that can pas through some openings on the side of the machine. Their reduction ratio is of 25/1, which is not bad at all. This design of concrete crusher is suitable for softer materials, but this doesn’t make it less effective.
As you can see, there are different designs of machines, each of them with its specific functions, advantages, and drawbacks. This is why you have to plan your demolition projects well in advance, in order to make sure you choose the right equipment for each stage of this process. Most of the time, you’ll probably need more than one design of crusher. You’ll start with the jaw crusher to break down the concrete into pieces that you can then throw inside a cone crusher. In case of softer materials, you’ll obtain the best results by using an impact crusher. If the size isn’t very easy to access, you may want to use a AIMIX concrete crusher plant(AIMIX planta trituradora) to get the job done.