How a Bell Impact Crusher Works and Some Common Uses

If one needs to reduce a relatively soft material such as a clove of garlic, to smaller particles, the steady application of a minimal amount of pressure between two surfaces is all that will be required. Even in the garden, when encountering a large and unwanted rock, it should be a comparatively simple matter to reduce it to a mixture of small stones and rock dust with a few measured blows from a sledgehammer. On an industrial scale however, where it may be required to pulverise hundreds of tonnes of material daily and on an on-going basis, something a lot more powerful than a couple of strong men with hammers will be necessary. In practice, this is a typical task for an impact crusher such as those made by the giant, global equipment manufacturer, Bell. Continue reading →