Service Tips Jaw Crusher Terminclogies ‘Throughout this instruction manual technical terms are used to describe the crusher its ‘components and its operation. These terms ate defined herein with the Intent of avoiding any confusion or misunderstanding, Feed: ‘The raw material tobe crushed such as the rocktype (limestone, basalt, granite etc} or ‘man-made materials such as concrete and asphalt. The feed size is typically denoted in terms of a size dstribution or based on an average top (maximum) size Product Size: ‘The size of the materalafterithar been ‘crushed, Similarly o the eed size the product sizeis typically denoted in terms of a sze dlistibution or based an an average top (rasirnumn size PUBLISHED BY METSO MINING. CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY INDIA E-MAIL tescindanersamesocon WEBSITE voimeiscccen C Series Jaw Crusher- Terminologies Capacity: ‘The output of the usher in tons per hour Maximum recommended feed size: Asa general guideline the maximum average recommended feed size should be about 20% of the feed opening depth. Such measures will ensure that any bridging events resulting from oversized feed are kept to 2 rinirmum, (A1 and A2) Feed opening: ‘The opening where the feed material is fed into the crusher. The feed opening hes two dimensions:a width anda depth. The feed opening depth iea critical dimension because it cictates the maximum feed size a given jaw crusher model can accept. “Sond your quasion to mettoindlanewsometeo.com Yur questons canbe the top four nent ase. metsonews Construction (8) Nip angle: Theangle between the fixed and moving jaws. Thenip angleis often referred toas the 'bite” angle ae wll (©) dows: The members that perform the crushing are ‘commonly referred to as jaws. The jaws consist cof astationary and moving jaw, and ‘depending on the madel each one of these ‘may consist of either 1 or 2 pieces. Different jew die profiles are avaiable for ciferent applications. {(D) Discharge setting: ‘The shortett distance bstween the bottom of the fixed and moving jaws as measured at the point where the jawsare at ther closest relationship during their work cycle (i2.the closed sidesetting or e3.s).The method in which the setting fs measured varies depending on thejaw die profile These differences are explained in detail in the (CRUSHER SETTING section, Dmetso “expec resus Al igh roserved