crushing rolls
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rolls which break material by pressure continuously maintained between
the faces of two revolving metal cylinders, with axes parallel to each
other and separated by a space equal in size to that of the required
finished product; used as fines crushers or for low reduction primary
crushing of material of a friable and low-abrasive nature.
- Sledging
rolls employ a combination of impact, shear and pressure. They have at
intervals round the rolls, rows of teeth of varying length which grip
the rock and feed it into the crushing chamber, also acting as picks to
break the larger lumps; the optimum type of feed is stratified friable
rock.
Also: roll crushers