Types of Jaw Crushers & Applications

THAT POPULAR AND RELIABLE workhorse of the crusher family, the jaw crusher, has been developed in a variety of forms that probably out rivals the variations of the gyratory crushing principle. Several different types of motion have been devised, and a great deal of mechanical ingenuity has been displayed in the design of mechanisms to generate these motions.

Despite the infinite variety oí details, however, most oí the jaw crushers in popular usage today have actions which closely approximate or exactIy duplicate one oí the three types to be discussed.

These are:

1. The Blake-type crusher.
2. The Dodge-type crusher.
3. The single-toggle type crusher.