There are numerous ways to crush a rock. Depending on your industry, location, and project specifications, the equipment you use and how it crushes that rock is frequently unique, particularly regarding product size.
The degree to which material is reduced through primary, secondary, and tertiary crushing stages can vary depending on the material, like aggregate, concrete, and asphalt, and the various output sizes required.
Primary crushing is the first stage of material reduction. Sometimes, it is the only stage required to produce the desired product for a job. Depending on the configuration, primary crushing will take larger material that was excavated, blasted, or reclaimed and process it through a crusher to produce various product sizes.
For many aggregate producers, a closed-circuit portable crusher plant with scalping and screening abilities may be all that is required to produce the desired product. However, when a wider range of products is desired, and certain materials like concrete and asphalt are being processed, it can be advantageous to rely on secondary and tertiary crushing stages.
Secondary crushing, as the name suggests, is the second stage of material processing after initial reduction. At this point, the material will pass through a second impactor or a cone crusher, which are both effective at breaking down this type of material.
To achieve finer levels of material reduction, tertiary crushing stages are available. In addition to secondary crushing, these stages are frequently laid out using an open-circuit portable crusher plant system in which processed material is screened and conveyed from one crusher to the next.
These additional crushing stages beyond the primary can add significant value to a crushing operation. Multiple sizes of the product are produced, and the flow and processing of material in an open-circuit crushing layout is often streamlined to increase output compared to a closed-circuit crushing layout.
IMS Engineering offers a range of high-quality and reliable specialist solutions for crusher plants at competitive prices.
Our complete range of solutions is manufactured and supplied by world-leading brands for guaranteed efficiency. This includes equipment like horizontal-shaft impactors, jaw crushers, and cone crushers critical for any stage of crushing for a comprehensive portfolio of closed-circuit and open-circuit portable crusher plants.
With more than 60 years of experience and partnering with leading brands of specialist equipment, IMS Engineering is an industry leader and the ideal partner for your comminution mining company.
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