DROP WEIGHT CRUSHER

AIM:
To determine the crushing law of constants using drop weight crusher.
APPARATUS REQUIRED:
Drop weight crusher set up, sieves, samples etc.
PROCEDURE:
1. About 25 grams of the sample size 4+5 is taken in the crusing chamber.
2. The weight of the metallic block (weight to be dropped) and the height through which it
falls is determined.
3. The block is kept in position and the plunger is placed on the top to the feed.
4. The weight Is allowed to drop on the plunger. The sample in the chamber is reshuffled
after every 5 drops, so that the lower layers are also exposed to the impact.
5. The product is analyzed after 100 drops using he standard set of screens.
6. The crushed material is transferred to a sieve stack and mechanically agitated for 10
minutes.
7. The quantity of samples retained on each sieve is weighed and tabulation as shown in
the table. The screen analysis data is used to determine the volume mean diameter of the
product (Dp)
OBSERVATION
Quantity of feed sample = Tones
Feed size, Df = mm
Height through which weight falls, h = m
Weight of the drop, w = Tones
No.of Drops, n =

TABULATION:

3
SL. Mesh Size of Average Dpi Mass in Mass xi/Dpi
NO No. Aperture Particle size each Fraction
Da (mm) in each fraction (Xi)
fraction Dpi (gms)
(mm)

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FORMULAE REQUIRED:

1) Energy required for crushing

E=[nwgh] ÷ [m] kW hr/Ton

2) Volume surface mean diameter of the product

3]1/3
Dp=[1÷ ∑xi/Dpi

3) Work Index[Bond’s law constant)

Wi=[E] ÷[1/∫Dp-1/∫Df]

4) Rittinger’s constant
KR fc=[E] ÷[1/Dp-1/Df]

5) Kick’s Constant
KKfc=[E]÷1n(Df/Dp)

RESULT:
The crushing law constants are determined
Wi =_____________________
KRfc =_________________________________
Kkfc=__________________________________

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