Crusher Machine
A crusher is a machine designed to reduce large rocks into smaller rocks, gravel, or rock dust.
Crushers may be used to reduce the size, or change the form, of waste materials so they can be more easily disposed of or recycled, or to reduce the size of a solid mix of raw materials (as in rock ore), so that pieces of different composition can be differentiated. Crushing is the process of transferring a force amplified by mechanical advantage through a material made of molecules that bond together more strongly, and resist deformation more, than those in the material being crushed do. Crushing devices hold material between two parallel or tangent solid surfaces, and apply sufficient force to bring the surfaces together to generate enough energy within the material being crushed so that its molecules separate from (fracturing), or change alignment in relation to (deformation), each other. The earliest crushers were hand-held stones, where the weight of the stone provided a boost to muscle power, used against a stone anvil. Querns and mortars are types of these crushing devices.
What is a Ball Mill?
A ball mill is a type of grinding mill, purposed similarly to the sag mill or other mining crushers. These machines are used to grind or mix metals or raw materials for further processing. Various materials are placed into the mill drum and rotated with the mined materials that are to be crushed. The ball mill contains materials meant for crushing and grinding, such as balls of ceramic, small rocks, or balls made from stainless steel. The internal device of the ball mill grinds material into powder-like substances, and can rotate continuously for optimal grinding and refinery production.