EP3345680B2 - Roll crusher of cooler device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a roll crusher of a cooler apparatus for cooling down a high-temperature granular conveyed material, such as granular cement clinker, while conveying the granular conveyed material.
- a cement plant is equipped with a cooler apparatus that conveys high-temperature cement clinker produced through preheating, calcination, and firing in a conveying direction while cooling down the cement clinker.
- a cooler apparatus is a cooler disclosed by Patent Literature 1.
- clinker is conveyed through a cooling unit while being cooled down therein, and the clinker is discharged from the cooling unit at its discharge end.
- the cooler includes four rolls that are positioned near the discharge end and that extend orthogonally to the conveying direction. Among the four rolls, three rolls positioned at the discharge end side make normal rotation (i.e., forward rotation in the conveying direction).
- the fourth roll is a reversely rotating roll that makes reverse rotation. Massive clinker is sandwiched between the reversely rotating roll and its adjacent roll, and thereby compression-crushed.
- CN 104525310 A discloses a roll crusher according to the preamble of claim 1.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a roll crusher of a cooler apparatus, the roll crusher being capable of leveling out temporal changes in the roll load.
- the above object is achieved by a roll crusher of a cooler apparatus as laid down in claim 1.
- the plurality of crushing teeth of the at least one crushing ring are arranged such that they are shifted in the circumferential direction. Therefore, when the roll is rotated, the timing at which a crushing load exerted on the crushing ring whose crushing teeth are shifted in the circumferential direction becomes great, and the timing at which a crushing load exerted on the other crushing ring(s) becomes great, can be shifted relative to each other. This makes it possible to level out temporal changes in the load exerted on the load-reducing roll, and as a result, temporal changes in the load on the rotating unit can be leveled out.
- the plurality of crushing teeth may be arranged on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring at a predetermined pitch, such that the plurality of crushing teeth of each crushing ring are shifted by 1/n (where n is an integer of not less than 2) of the pitch in the circumferential direction toward one side relative to the plurality of crushing teeth of the crushing ring that is adjacent to the each crushing ring in an axial direction in which the axes extend.
- the crushing teeth are arranged in the axial direction to form teeth lines, and each teeth line is formed in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the one side. Accordingly, by rotating the load-reducing roll, the granular conveyed material in a massive form that has not been crushed and that remains on the roll can be passed in the axial direction toward one side. By passing the massive granular conveyed material in this manner, the remaining massive granular conveyed material can be brought into collision with another massive granular conveyed material, and thereby the massive granular conveyed materials can be crushed.
- the granular conveyed material remaining on the roll can be guided to a gap in which the granular conveyed material can be caught successfully.
- the granular conveyed material with a large grain diameter can be caught in the gap successfully.
- the load-reducing roll may include a shaft that extends in the axial direction and that is rotated about the axis of the load-reducing roll by the corresponding rotating unit.
- the shaft may include, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, one of an engaging piece and an engaged groove that extend in the axial direction and that are engageable with each other,
- Each of the plurality of crushing rings may include, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove, and when the engaging piece and the engaged groove engage with each other, the plurality of crushing rings may be externally attached to the shaft such that the plurality of crushing rings are non-displaceable relative to the shaft in the circumferential direction.
- the plurality of crushing rings may include a first crushing ring and a second crushing ring.
- the first crushing ring may include a first reference tooth that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth.
- the second crushing ring may include a second reference tooth that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth.
- the first reference tooth may be positioned on a line that connects between a center of the first crushing ring and a center of the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove.
- the second reference tooth may be disposed such that the second reference tooth is shifted relative to the first reference tooth in the circumferential direction by 360 / (n ⁇ N) degrees (where N is the number of teeth of the second crushing ring).
- the reversed second crushing ring can be used as a crushing ring whose crushing teeth are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the crushing teeth of the first crushing ring by 360 ⁇ (n - 1) / (n ⁇ N) degrees (i.e., as a crushing ring whose crushing teeth are shifted relative to the crushing teeth of the first crushing ring in the circumferential direction toward the one side by (n-1) / n of the pitch). Therefore, the number of types of molds for manufacturing the crushing rings can be made less than the number of types of crushing rings to be used, and thereby the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- the plurality of crushing teeth may include a high tooth and a low tooth, the high tooth being the crushing tooth with a first height, the low tooth being the crushing tooth with a second height lower than the first height.
- the granular conveyed material in a large massive form that cannot be caught with the high tooth can be caught and crushed with the low tooth. This makes it possible to lower the possibility that the granular conveyed material in a large massive form does not get caught between the rolls and remains on the rolls.
- high teeth forming portions in each of which a plurality of the high teeth are arranged in the circumferential direction, and low teeth forming portions, in each of which a plurality of the low teeth are arranged in the circumferential direction, may be present on an outer peripheral surface of the load-reducing roll, and the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions may be arranged in a staggered manner.
- the load-reducing roll may include a shaft that extends in an axial direction in which the axis of the load-reducing roll extends, the shaft being rotated about the axis by the corresponding rotating unit.
- the plurality of crushing teeth may be arranged on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring at the regular intervals at a predetermined pitch, such that the plurality of crushing teeth of each crushing ring are shifted by 1/2 of the pitch in the circumferential direction toward one side relative to the plurality of crushing teeth of the crushing ring that is adjacent to the each crushing ring in the axial direction.
- the shaft may include, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, one of an engaging piece and an engaged groove that extend in the axial direction and that are engageable with each other.
- Each of the plurality of crushing rings may include, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove, and when the engaging piece and the engaged groove engage with each other, the plurality of crushing rings may be externally attached to the shaft such that the plurality of crushing rings are non-displaceable relative to the shaft in the circumferential direction.
- the high teeth forming portions, in each of which at least two of the high teeth are arranged, and the low teeth forming portions, in each of which at least two of the low teeth are arranged, may be present on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring.
- the plurality of crushing rings may include a first crushing ring and a second crushing ring.
- the first crushing ring may include a first reference tooth that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth and that is positioned on a line that connects between a center of the first crushing ring and a center of the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove, and on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring, the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions may be arranged alternately in the circumferential direction with reference to the first reference tooth.
- the second crushing ring may include a second reference tooth that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth and that is disposed such that the second reference tooth is shifted relative to the first reference tooth in the circumferential direction toward the one side by 1/2 of the pitch, and on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring, the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions may be arranged alternately in the circumferential direction with reference to the second reference tooth.
- the first crushing ring and the second crushing ring may be formed such that each of the first crushing ring and the second crushing ring is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the axis.
- the first crushing ring and the second crushing ring in a normal orientation are externally attached to the shaft, and adjacently thereto, the first crushing ring and the second crushing ring in a reverse orientation are externally attached to the shaft; and this externally attaching process is repeated.
- the load-reducing roll can be manufactured, in which the crushing teeth are shifted by 1/2 of the pitch between every adjacent crushing rings, and the high teeth regions and the low teeth regions are arranged in a staggered manner. Even though four types of crushing rings are used in the manufacturing of the load-reducing roll, these crushing rings can be manufactured by using only two types of molds, and thereby the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- the plurality of rolls include at least two load-reducing rolls that are adjacent to each other.
- Each of the adjacent load-reducing rolls includes the crushing rings such that the shift amount by which the plurality of crushing teeth are shifted in the circumferential direction differs between the adjacent load-reducing rolls.
- the configuration according to the invention makes it possible to further level out temporal changes in the loads exerted on the load-reducing rolls, and as a result, temporal changes in the loads on the rotating units can be further leveled out.
- the present invention makes it possible to level out temporal changes in the roll load.
- cooler apparatus 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to the drawings.
- Directions mentioned in the description below are used for the sake of convenience of the description, but do not suggest that the orientation and the like of the components of the present invention are limited to such directions.
- the cooler apparatus 1 described below is merely one embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment below, and additions, deletions, and modifications can be made to the embodiment without departing from the present invention as defined by the claims.
- Cement is produced through the following steps: a raw meal grinding step of grinding cement raw meal containing limestone, clay, silica stone, iron, and so forth; a pyroprocessing step of firing the ground cement raw meal; and a finishing step that is the final step. These three steps are performed in a cement plant. In the pyroprocessing step, which is one of these three steps, the ground cement raw meal is fired and cooled down, and thereby granular cement clinker is produced.
- Fig. 1 shows a pyroprocessing facility 3 of the cement plant, and shows a part where the pyroprocessing step in cement manufacturing is performed.
- the pyroprocessing facility 3 performs preheating, calcination, and firing of the cement raw meal that has been ground in the raw meal grinding step, and cools down the granular cement clinker that is in a high-temperature state due to the firing.
- the pyroprocessing facility 3 includes a preheater 4, and the preheater 4 includes a plurality of cyclones 5.
- the cyclones 5 are arranged vertically in a staged manner. Each cyclone 5 causes exhaust gas therein to flow upward to the cyclone 5 of the upper stage (see dashed arrows in Fig. 1 ), separates cement raw meal fed therein by a swirl flow, and feeds the separated cement raw meal into the cyclone 5 of the lower stage (see solid arrows in Fig. 1 ).
- the cyclone 5 positioned immediately above the cyclone 5 of the lowermost stage feeds the cement raw meal into a precalciner 6.
- the precalciner 6 includes a burner. By heat from the burner and heat from exhaust gas described below, the precalciner 6 causes a reaction by which carbon dioxide is separated from the fed cement raw meal (i.e., calcination reaction).
- the cement raw meal subjected to the calcination reaction in the precalciner 6 is led to the cyclone 5 of the lowermost stage as described below, and the cement raw meal in the lowermost cyclone 5 is supplied to a rotary kiln 7.
- the rotary kiln 7 is formed in a horizontally long cylindrical shape, and is several tens of meters long or longer.
- the rotary kiln 7 is disposed such that it is slightly inclined downward from an inlet positioned at the cyclone 5 side toward an outlet positioned at the forward end side. Therefore, by rotating the rotary kiln 7 about its axis, the cement raw meal present at the inlet side is conveyed toward the outlet side.
- a combustor 8 is provided at the outlet of the rotary kiln 7. The combustor 8 generates a high-temperature flame, and fires the cement raw meal.
- the combustor 8 injects high-temperature combustion gas toward the inlet side, and the combustion gas injected by the combustor 8 flows in the rotary kiln 7 toward the inlet while firing the cement raw meal.
- the combustion gas that flows as high-temperature exhaust gas forms a jet flow.
- the jet flow flows upward in the precalciner 6 from the lower end of the precalciner 6 (see dashed arrows in Fig. 1 ), and causes the cement raw meal fed in the precalciner 6 to flow upward.
- the cement raw meal is heated to about 900°C by the exhaust gas and the burner, that is, the cement raw meal is calcined.
- the cement raw meal flowing upward flows together with the exhaust gas into the cyclone 5 of the lowermost stage, in which the exhaust gas and the cement raw meal that have flowed therein are separated from each other.
- the separated cement raw meal is supplied to the rotary kiln 7, and the separated exhaust gas is caused to flow upward to the cyclone 5 positioned immediately above the cyclone 5 of the lowermost stage.
- the exhaust gas flowing upward exchanges heat, in each cyclone 5, with the cement raw meal fed therein to heat the cement raw meal. Then, the exhaust gas is separated from the cement raw meal again.
- the separated exhaust gas flows further upward to the cyclone 5 positioned above to repeat the heat exchange. Then, the exhaust gas is discharged to the atmosphere from the cyclone 5 of the uppermost stage.
- the cement raw meal is fed therein at a position near the cyclone 5 of the uppermost stage; the fed cement raw meal is sufficiently preheated while exchanging heat with the exhaust gas, and moves downward to the cyclone 5 positioned immediately above the cyclone 5 of the lowermost stage; and then the cement raw meal is fed into the precalciner 6.
- the cement raw meal is calcined by the burner and the high-temperature gas. Thereafter, the cement raw meal is led to the cyclone 5 of the lowermost stage, in which the cement raw meal is separated from the exhaust gas and supplied to the rotary kiln 7.
- the supplied cement raw meal is conveyed toward the outlet side while being subjected to the firing in the rotary kiln 7.
- the cooler apparatus 1 is provided at the outlet of the rotary kiln 7, and the formed cement clinker is discharged from the outlet of the rotary kiln 7 to the cooler apparatus 1.
- the cooler apparatus 1 is configured to cool down the cement clinker (high-temperature granular conveyed material) discharged from the rotary kiln 7 while conveying the cement clinker in a predetermined conveying direction.
- a fixed inclined grate 11 is disposed immediately under the outlet of the rotary kiln 7.
- the fixed inclined grate 11 is inclined downward in the conveying direction from the outlet side of the rotary kiln 7.
- the granular cement clinker discharged from the outlet of the rotary kiln 7 falls in the conveying direction in a manner to roll down on the fixed inclined grate 11.
- a plurality of cooling grate lines 13 are provided at the forward end of the fixed inclined grate 11 in the conveying direction.
- the cement clinker is deposited on the plurality of cooling grate lines 13 and forms a clinker bed 14.
- the cooling grate lines 13 are structures each extending in the conveying direction, and are arranged side by side adjacently to each other in a lateral direction orthogonal to the conveying direction (hereinafter, the lateral direction is also referred to as "the orthogonal direction").
- the clinker bed 14 lies on the plurality of cooling grate lines 13, such that the clinker bed 14 entirely covers the plurality of cooling grate lines 13 (see two-dot chain lines in Fig. 2 ).
- the cooling grate lines 13 configured as above include a truck that is not shown, and are movable toward one side and the other side in the conveying direction.
- the cooling grate lines 13 are moved and stopped repeatedly, and thereby the granular cement clinker is conveyed.
- Specific examples of the conveyance method include: a method in which all the cooling grate lines 13 arranged in the orthogonal direction are moved forward, and then non-adjacent cooling grate lines 13 are moved backward a plurality of times separately; and a method in which a cross bar extending in the orthogonal direction is provided above the cooling grate lines 13, and the cross bar is moved in the conveying direction to feed the clinker bed 14 in the conveying direction.
- the configuration for and the method of feeding the clinker bed 14 in the conveying direction are not limited to the above-described examples, but may be any configuration and method, so long as the clinker bed 14 can be fed in the conveying direction.
- the cement clinker conveyed in this manner falls downward from the forward end of the cooling grate lines 13.
- a roll crusher 15 is disposed immediately under the forward end of the cooling grate lines 13.
- the roll crusher 15 is intended for crushing the cement clinker falling from the forward end of the cooling grate lines 13 into finer pieces.
- the roll crusher 15 includes four load-reducing rolls (hereinafter, simply referred to as "rolls") 15a to 15d.
- the four rolls 15a to 15d are columnar rod-shaped components each extending in the orthogonal direction, and are rotatably supported by a bearing mechanism that is not shown, such that the four rolls 15a to 15d are rotatable about their respective central axes, which are rotational axes L1 to L4.
- the four rolls 15a to 15d are arranged side by side in the conveying direction, such that their respective rotational axes L1 to L4 are parallel to each other and are spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals.
- Each of the four rolls 15a to 15d is provided with a different rotating unit 17.
- the rotating units 17 are electric motors, and in accordance with commands inputted thereto, cause the corresponding rolls 15a to 15d to make normal rotation or reverse rotation.
- a controller 18 is connected to the rotating units 17.
- the controller 18 controls the motion of the rotating units 17, thereby rotating the four rolls 15a to 15d to crush massive cement clinker.
- the four rolls 15a to 15d are described in detail.
- the four rolls 15a to 15d are made up of two types of rolls. Specifically, the first and the third rolls from the downstream side in the conveying direction are first-type rolls, and the second and the fourth rolls from the downstream side in the conveying direction are second-type rolls.
- first and the third rolls from the downstream side in the conveying direction are first-type rolls
- second and the fourth rolls from the downstream side in the conveying direction are second-type rolls.
- first roll 15a which is the first roll serving as a first-type roll
- a second roll 15b which is the second roll
- a third roll 15c which is the third roll
- a fourth roll 15d which is the fourth roll
- the components of the third and the fourth rolls 15c and 15d are denoted by the same reference signs as those used for the components of the first and the second rolls 15a and 15b, and the description of the third and the fourth rolls 15c and 15d is omitted.
- the first roll 15a includes a first shaft 21 and a plurality of crushing rings 22 and 23.
- the first shaft 21 is a roughly columnar member extending in the orthogonal direction, and the vicinities of both end portions of the first shaft 21 are rotatably supported by the bearing mechanism that is not shown, such that the first shaft 21 is rotatable about the rotational axis L1.
- One end portion of the first shaft 21 is coupled to the rotating unit 17, and is driven by the rotating unit 17 to rotate about the rotational axis L1.
- Two keys 21a are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first shaft 21. Each of the two keys 21a, which are engaging pieces, protrudes radially outward and extends from one end to the other end of the first shaft 21.
- the two keys 21a are arranged such that they are separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction.
- two types of crushing rings that are crushing rings 22 and crushing rings 23 are externally attached alternately.
- the configurations of the two types of crushing rings 22 and 23, i.e., a first crushing ring 22 and a second crushing ring 23, are described.
- the first crushing ring 22 shown in Fig. 4 is a roughly cylindrical member extending in the orthogonal direction.
- the first crushing ring 22 includes two key grooves 22a formed in its inner peripheral surface.
- the key grooves 22a which are engaged grooves, have the same shape as that of the keys 21a of the first shaft 21, and extend from one end to the other end of the first crushing ring 22.
- the key grooves 22a are arranged such that they are separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction.
- the keys 21a fit in the key grooves 22a.
- the first crushing ring 22 is externally attached to the first shaft 21 in this manner so that the first crushing ring 22 will not rotate relative to the first shaft 21.
- a plurality of crushing teeth 24 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring 22.
- eighteen crushing teeth 24 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring 22, and the eighteen crushing teeth 24 are arranged at a regular pitch p1.
- Each of the crushing teeth 24 protrudes radially outward, and extends from one end to the other end of the first crushing ring 22 in the orthogonal direction.
- the plurality of crushing teeth 24 include crushing teeth 24 with different tooth depths.
- the plurality of crushing teeth 24 include three types of teeth with different tooth depths, i.e., six high teeth 24a, four medium-height teeth 24b, and eight low teeth 24c.
- the high teeth 24a have the greatest tooth depth.
- one high tooth 24a is positioned on an imaginary center plane PL11, which includes the central axis of the first crushing ring 22 (i.e., the rotational axis L1) and the center of one key groove 22a.
- the one high tooth 24a serves as a first reference tooth.
- the medium-height teeth 24b are lower than the high teeth 24a, but higher than the low teeth 24c.
- the tooth depth of the medium-height teeth 24b is less than the tooth depth of the high teeth 24a, but greater than the tooth depth of the low teeth 24c,
- four low teeth 24c are arranged side by side at the regular pitch p1.
- the low teeth 24c have the smallest tooth depth.
- a medium-height tooth 24b is disposed again, and a high tooth 24a is disposed next thereto.
- the high tooth 24a is positioned on the imaginary center plane PL11.
- first crushing ring 22 configured as above, two sets of three side-by-side high teeth 24a are arranged on the outer peripheral surface, and the three high teeth 24a in the side-by-side arrangement of each set form a first high teeth forming portion 25 (e.g., a shaded portion of the first roll 15a in Fig. 8 , which will be described below).
- first high teeth forming portion 25 e.g., a shaded portion of the first roll 15a in Fig. 8 , which will be described below.
- four low teeth 24c are arranged side by side, and the four low teeth 24c in the side-by-side arrangement on each side form a first low teeth forming portion 26.
- the first high teeth forming portions 25 and the first low teeth forming portions 26 are arranged alternately in this order toward the one side in the circumferential direction.
- the first crushing ring 22 having such a shape can be externally attached to the first shaft 21 when the first crushing ring 22 is in a normal orientation, in which the high teeth 24a adjacent to the first reference tooth 24d are positioned on the one side of the first reference tooth 24d in the circumferential direction.
- the first crushing ring 22 is rotationally symmetrical with respect to its central axis, and the key grooves 22a are arranged at respective positions that are separated by 180 degrees. Therefore, even when the first crushing ring 22 is in a reverse orientation, in which one side and the other side of the first crushing ring 22 are reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL11, the first crushing ring 22 can still be externally attached to the first shaft 21.
- the reverse orientation as shown in Fig. 5 , the position of the first reference tooth 24d in the circumferential direction does not change, but two high teeth 24a are arranged side by side on the other side of the first reference tooth 24d in the circumferential direction.
- the first high teeth forming portions 25 and the first low teeth forming portions 26 can be arranged alternately in this order toward the other side in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring 22 with reference to the first reference tooth 24d.
- the second crushing ring 23 shown in Fig. 6 is a roughly cylindrical member extending in the orthogonal direction, and has substantially the same configuration as that of the first crushing ring 22. That is, the second crushing ring 23 includes: two key grooves 23a, which are engaged grooves formed in the inner peripheral surface of the second crushing ring 23; and a plurality of crushing teeth 27 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring 23. Similar to the plurality of crushing teeth 24 of the first crushing ring 22, the plurality of crushing teeth 27 include crushing teeth 27 with different tooth depths. In the present embodiment, the plurality of crushing teeth 27 include three types of teeth with different tooth depths, i.e., six high teeth 27a, four medium-height teeth 27b, and eight low teeth 27c.
- the arrangement of the plurality of crushing teeth 27 is the same as the arrangement of the plurality of crushing teeth 24 of the first crushing ring 22.
- a second reference tooth 27e corresponds to the first reference tooth 24d.
- two high teeth 27a, a medium-height tooth 27b, four low teeth 27c, a medium-height tooth 27b, three high teeth 27a, a medium-height tooth 27b, four low teeth 27c, and a medium-height tooth 27b are arranged in this order on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring 23.
- the second crushing ring 23 is different from the first crushing ring 22 in the following points.
- a tooth bottom 27d formed between the second reference tooth 27e and the medium-height tooth 27b is positioned on an imaginary center plane PL12, which includes the central axis of the second crushing ring 23 and the center of one key groove 23a, and the second reference tooth 27e is disposed such that it is shifted relative to the imaginary center plane by 1/2 of the pitch p1. That is, the entire plurality of crushing teeth 27 are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the plurality of crushing teeth 24 of the first crushing ring 22 about the rotational axis L1 by 1/2 of the pitch p1.
- the three high teeth 27a in the side-by-side arrangement form a second high teeth forming portion 28, and the four low teeth 27c in the side-by-side arrangement form a second low teeth forming portion 29. That is, also on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring 23, such second high teeth forming portions 28 and second low teeth forming portions 29 are arranged alternately toward the one side in the circumferential direction with reference to the second reference tooth 27e.
- the second crushing ring 23 having such a shape can be externally attached to the first shaft 21 when the second crushing ring 23 is in a normal orientation, in which the high teeth 27a adjacent to the second reference tooth 27e are positioned on the one side of the second reference tooth 27e in the circumferential direction.
- the second crushing ring 23 is rotationally symmetrical with respect to its central axis, and similar to the first crushing ring 22, the key grooves 23a are arranged at respective positions that are separated by 180 degrees. Therefore, even when the second crushing ring 23 is in a reverse orientation, in which one side and the other side of the second crushing ring 23 are reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL12, the second crushing ring 23 can still be externally attached to the first shaft 21.
- the reverse orientation as shown in Fig. 7 , the position of the second reference tooth 27e is reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL12, and two high teeth 27a are arranged side by side on the other side of the second reference tooth 27e in the circumferential direction.
- the second high teeth forming portions 28 and the second low teeth forming portions 29 can be arranged alternately in this order toward the other side in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring 23 with reference to the second reference tooth 27e.
- These two types of crushing rings 22 and 23 configured as above are alternately and externally attached to the first shaft 21 in such a manner that the orientations of the respective crushing rings are varied between the normal orientation and the reverse orientation.
- the plurality of crushing rings 22 and 23 are externally attached to the first shaft 21 as shown in Fig. 8 .
- a first crushing ring 22 in the normal orientation is externally attached to the first shaft 21 at the other farthest end thereof, and a second crushing ring 23 in the normal orientation is externally attached to the first shaft 21 adjacently to the first crushing ring 22.
- the second crushing ring 23T in the normal orientation is disposed such that the second reference tooth 27e is shifted relative to the first reference tooth 24d of the first crushing ring 22T in the normal orientation by 1/2 of the pitch p1. That is, the second crushing ring 23T is externally attached to the first shaft 21 such that the entire plurality of crushing teeth 27 are shifted relative to the entire plurality of crushing teeth 24 of the first crushing ring 22 by 1/2 of the pitch p1.
- the first high teeth forming portions 25 and the second high teeth forming portions 28 are basically arranged on the one side of the imaginary center plane PL11 and the one side of the imaginary center plane PL12, respectively, in the circumferential direction,
- first crushing ring 22 in the reverse orientation is externally attached to the first shaft 21, and a second crushing ring 23 in the reverse orientation is externally attached to the first shaft 21 adjacently to the first crushing ring 22.
- first high teeth forming portions 25 and the second high teeth forming portions 28 are basically arranged on the other side of the imaginary center plane PL11 and the other side of the imaginary center plane PL12, respectively, in the circumferential direction.
- first high teeth forming portions 25 and the second high teeth forming portions 28 of the two crushing rings 22R and 23R in the reverse orientation, and the first high teeth forming portions 25 and the second high teeth forming portions 28 of the crushing rings 22T and 23T in the normal orientation, are positioned at the opposite side to each other with respect to the imaginary center planes PL11 and PL12.
- the first roll 15a is formed by externally attaching the plurality of crushing rings 22T, 22R, 23T, and 23R to the first shaft 21 in this manner.
- the first high teeth forming portion 25 and the second high teeth forming portion 28 that are adjacent to each other form a high teeth forming portion 30H
- the first low teeth forming portion 26 and the second low teeth forming portion 29 that are adjacent to each other form a low teeth forming portion 30L.
- such high teeth forming portions 30H are arranged on the one side and the other side of the imaginary center planes PL11 and PL 12 alternately
- such low teeth forming portions 30L are arranged on the one side and the other side of the imaginary center planes PL11 and PL12 alternately.
- the high teeth forming portions 30H and the low teeth forming portions 30L are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the first roll 15a in a staggered manner.
- the second roll 15b is disposed adjacently to the first roll 15a in the conveying direction with a predetermined interval formed therebetween.
- the second roll 15b includes a second shaft 31 and a plurality of crushing rings 32 and 33.
- the second shaft 31 has the same shape as that of the first shaft 21. That is, the second shaft 31 is a columnar member extending in the orthogonal direction, and the vicinities of both end portions of the second shaft 31 are rotatably supported by the bearing mechanism that is not shown, such that the second shaft 31 is rotatable about the rotational axis L2.
- One end portion of the second shaft 31 is coupled to the rotating unit 17, and is driven by the rotating unit 17 to rotate about the rotational axis L2.
- Two keys 31a (engaging pieces) are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second shaft 31, and are arranged such that they are separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction.
- two types of crushing rings that are crushing rings 32 and crushing rings 33 are externally attached.
- a first crushing ring 32 shown in Fig. 9 is a roughly cylindrical member extending in the orthogonal direction.
- the first crushing ring 32 includes two key grooves 32a formed in its inner peripheral surface.
- the key grooves 32a which are engaged grooves, have the same shape as that of the keys 3 1a of the second shaft 31, and extend from one end to the other end of the first crushing ring 32.
- the key grooves 32a are arranged such that they are separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction.
- a plurality of crushing teeth 34 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring 32.
- eighteen crushing teeth 34 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring 32, and the eighteen crushing teeth 34 are arranged at a regular pitch p2.
- Each of the crushing teeth 34 protrudes radially outward, and extends from one end to the other end of the first crushing ring 32.
- the crushing teeth 34 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring 32 in such a manner that all the crushing teeth 34 have the same tooth depth.
- a first reference tooth 34a which is one of the plurality of crushing teeth 34, is positioned on an imaginary center plane PL21, which includes the central axis of the first crushing ring 32 (i.e., the rotational axis L2) and the center of one key groove 32a.
- the other crushing teeth 34 are arranged side by side on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring 32 at the regular pitch p2.
- the first crushing ring 32 thus configured is rotationally symmetrical with respect to its central axis.
- the first crushing ring 32 is externally attached to the second shaft 31, such that the first reference tooth 34a is positioned radially outward of one key 31a of the second shaft 31.
- a second crushing ring 33 shown in Fig. 10 is a roughly cylindrical member extending in the orthogonal direction, and has substantially the same configuration as that of the first crushing ring 32. That is, the second crushing ring 33 includes: two key grooves 33a (engaged grooves) formed in the inner peripheral surface of the second crushing ring 33; and a plurality of crushing teeth 35 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring 33. Similar to the first crushing ring 32, the plurality of crushing teeth 35 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring 33 in such a manner that all the crushing teeth 35 have the same tooth depth.
- the second crushing ring 33 includes a second reference tooth 35a, which is one of the plurality of crushing teeth 35 and which corresponds to the first reference tooth 34a.
- the second reference tooth 35a is disposed such that it is shifted relative to an imaginary center plane PL22, which includes the central axis of the second crushing ring 33 (i.e., the rotational axis L2) and the center of one key groove 33a, by 1/3 of the pitch p2.
- the entire plurality of teeth of the second crushing ring 33 are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the plurality of crushing teeth 34 of the first crushing ring 32 about the rotational axis L2 by 1/3 of the pitch p2.
- the second crushing ring 33 having such a shape can be externally attached to the second shaft 31 when the second crushing ring 33 is in a normal orientation, in which the second reference tooth 35a is positioned on the one side of the imaginary center plane PL22 in the circumferential direction.
- the second crushing ring 33 is rotationally symmetrical with respect to its central axis, and the key grooves 33a are arranged at respective positions that are separated by 180 degrees. Therefore, even when the second crushing ring 33 is in a reverse orientation, in which one side and the other side of the second crushing ring 33 are reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL22, the second crushing ring 33 can still be externally attached to the second shaft 31. By bringing the second crushing ring 33 into the reverse orientation, as shown in Fig.
- the position of the second reference tooth 35a is reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL22, and the second reference tooth 35a is disposed such that it is shifted relative to the imaginary center plane PL22 in the circumferential direction toward the other side by 1/3 of the pitch p2. That is, the entire plurality of crushing teeth 35 of the second crushing ring 33 are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the plurality of crushing teeth 34 of the first crushing ring 32 about the rotational axis L2 by 2/3 of the pitch p2.
- the second crushing ring 33 can be brought into a state where the entire plurality of crushing teeth 35 are shifted relative to the plurality of crushing teeth 34 of the first crushing ring 32 about the rotational axis L2 by 2/3 of the pitch p2.
- These two types of crushing rings 32 and 33 configured as above are externally attached to the second shaft 31 in such a manner that the crushing teeth 34 and 35 formed on the crushing rings 32 and 33 are arranged such that they are shifted relative to each other by 1/3 of the pitch p2.
- the plurality of crushing rings 32 and 33 are externally attached to the second shaft 31 as shown in Fig. 12 .
- a first crushing ring 32 is externally attached to the second shaft 31 at the other farthest end thereof, and the first reference tooth 34a is positioned radially outward of the key 31 a of the second shaft 31.
- a second crushing ring 33 in the normal orientation Adjacently to the first crushing ring 32, a second crushing ring 33 in the normal orientation is externally attached to the second shaft 31.
- the second crushing ring 33T in the normal orientation is disposed such that the second reference tooth 35a is shifted relative to the first reference tooth 34a of the first crushing ring 32 in the circumferential direction toward the one side by 1/3 of the pitch p2. That is, the second crushing ring 33T is externally attached to the second shaft 31 such that the entire plurality of crushing teeth 35 are shifted relative to the entire crushing teeth 34 of the first crushing ring 32 by 1/3 of the pitch p2.
- a second crushing ring 33 in the reverse orientation is externally attached to the second shaft 31.
- the second crushing ring 33R in the reverse orientation is disposed such that the second reference tooth 35a is shifted relative to the first reference tooth 34a of the first crushing ring 32 in the circumferential direction toward the other side by 1/3 of the pitch p2. That is, the second crushing ring 33R is externally attached to the second shaft 31 such that the entire plurality of crushing teeth 35 are shifted relative to the entire crushing teeth 34 of the first crushing ring 32 by 2/3 of the pitch p2. Still further, adjacently to the second crushing ring 33R in the reverse orientation, a first crushing ring 32, a second crushing ring 33T in the normal orientation, and a second crushing ring 33R in the reverse orientation are externally attached to the second shaft 31 in this order repeatedly. Thus, the second roll 15b is formed by externally attaching the plurality of crushing rings 32, 33T, and 33R to the second shaft 31 in this manner.
- teeth lines 36 are formed, each of which is formed by crushing teeth 34 and 35 that are adjacent to each other in the axial direction, i.e., the orthogonal direction. It should be noted that since the crushing teeth 34 adjacent to each other are arranged such that they are shifted relative to each other by 1/3 of the pitch p2, each teeth line 36 extends in the orthogonal direction in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the one side on the outer peripheral surface of the second roll 15b (see, for example, a shaded portion of the second roll 15b in Fig. 3 and Fig. 12 as one of the teeth lines 36).
- teeth lines are formed, each of which is formed by crushing teeth 24 and 27 that are adjacent to each other in the axial direction, i.e., the orthogonal direction, and that are arranged such that the crushing teeth 27 are shifted relative to the crushing teeth 24 in the circumferential direction toward the other side by 1/2 of the pitch p1.
- Each teeth line extends in the orthogonal direction in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the other side on the outer peripheral surface of the first roll 15a.
- the third roll 15c is configured in the same manner as the first roll 15a
- the fourth roll 15d is configured in the same manner as the second roll 15b.
- the four rolls 15a to 15d configured as above are arranged in the conveying direction at predetermined intervals. Gaps S1 to S3 are formed between the adjacent rolls 15a to 15d. Since the rolls 15a to 15d rotate and the crushing teeth 24, 27, 34, and 35 are formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls 15a to 15d, the widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 (i.e., the lengths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 in the conveying direction) change in accordance with the positions of the crushing teeth 24, 27, 34, and 35 relative to each other.
- the widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 are minimized (minimum widths), and when the tooth bottoms face each other, the widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 are maximized (maximum widths).
- the minimum widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 are set in accordance with a tolerable load amount exerted on each of the rolls 15a to 15d at the time of crushing, and the maximum widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 are set in accordance with a tolerable grain diameter of the cement clinker.
- the intervals between the adjacent rolls 15a to 15d and the tooth depths of the crushing teeth 24, 27, 34, and 35 are set in accordance with these minimum widths and maximum widths.
- Each of the four rolls 15a to 15d thus configured is driven by the corresponding rotating unit 17 to rotate.
- the controller 18 is capable of selecting the crushing mode between a normal mode and a high crushing ratio mode.
- the normal mode the first roll 15a rotates in the circumferential direction toward the other side
- the second to the fourth rolls 15b to 15d rotate in the circumferential direction toward the one side.
- the high crushing ratio mode the first and the third rolls 15a and 15c rotate in the circumferential direction toward the other side
- the second and the fourth rolls 15b and 15d rotate in the circumferential direction toward the one side.
- the four rolls 15a to 15d rotating in this manner receive the cement clinker falling from the forward end of the cooler apparatus 1, and crush the received cement clinker so that the cement clinker after being crushed will have a grain diameter that is less than or equal to the tolerable grain diameter.
- the second to the fourth rolls 15b to 15d feed the cement clinker falling thereon toward the first roll 15a.
- cement clinker having a grain diameter of less than or equal to the tolerable grain diameter falls through the gaps S2 and S3 of the second to the fourth rolls 15b to 15d, and large massive cement clinker having a large grain diameter is fed toward the first roll 15a.
- the first roll 15a rotates together with the second roll 15b such that the cement clinker on the first and the second rolls 15a and 15b gets caught between them (i.e., caught in the gap S1).
- the cement clinker is crushed as a result of getting caught between the first and the second rolls 15a and 15b.
- the large massive cement clinker turns into cement clinker having a grain diameter of less than or equal to the tolerable grain diameter, and the resulting cement clinker falls downward through the gap S1.
- the third roll 15c also rotates together with the fourth roll 15d such that the cement clinker on the third and the fourth rolls 15c and 15d gets caught between them (i.e., caught in the gap S3).
- the cement clinker is crushed as a result of getting caught between the third and the fourth rolls 15c and 15d.
- the roll crusher 15 performs the crushing at two positions, and thereby more cement clinker can be crushed and caused to fall downward.
- the loads exerted on the crushing rings 22T, 22R, 23T, and 23R during the rotation of the first roll 15a and the third roll 15c are great at a time when the cement clinker is crushed by the crushing teeth 24 and 27, but the exerted loads are small at other times.
- the adjacent crushing teeth 24 and 27 are arranged such that they are shifted relative to each other in the circumferential direction by 1/2 of the pitch p1
- the timings at which the loads exerted on the crushing rings become great can be varied among the crushing rings 22T, 22R, 23T, and 23 R.
- each crushing ring 22 includes the crushing teeth 24a to 24c having different tooth depths from each other
- each crushing ring 23 includes the crushing teeth 27a to 27c having different tooth depths from each other. That is, not only the high teeth 24a but also the low teeth 24c are formed on each crushing ring 22, and not only the high teeth 27a but also the low teeth 27c are formed on each crushing ring 23. Accordingly, large massive cement clinker that cannot be caught and crushed with the high teeth 24a and 27a can be caught and crushed with the low teeth 24c and 27c. This makes it possible to lower the possibility that large massive cement clinker does not get caught between rolls and remains on the first roll 15a and the third roll 15c.
- the loads exerted on the crushing rings 22 and 23 reach their peaks when the high teeth 24a and 27a of the high teeth forming portion 30H crush the cement clinker.
- the high teeth forming portions 30H and the low teeth forming portions 30L are arranged in a staggered manner, and thereby the high teeth 24a and 27a of each of the first roll 15a and the third roll 15c are prevented from being adjacent to each other in the orthogonal direction. This makes it possible to level out temporal changes in the loads exerted on the first roll 15a and the third roll 15c, and as a result, temporal changes in the loads on the rotating units 17 can be leveled out.
- Each of the first roll 15a and the third roll 15c is manufactured in the following manner: externally attaching the first crushing ring 22 and the second crushing ring 23 in the normal orientation to the first shaft 21, and externally attaching the first crushing ring 22 and the second crushing ring 23 in the reverse orientation to the first shaft 21 adjacently to the first crushing ring 22 and the second crushing ring 23 in the normal orientation; and repeating this externally attaching process.
- each of the first roll 15a and the third roll 15c can be manufactured by using the two types of crushing rings, i.e., the crushing rings 22 and the crushing rings 23. Therefore, even though four types of crushing rings 22T, 22R, 23T, and 23R are used, these crushing rings can be manufactured by using only two types of molds, and thereby the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- each of the second roll 15b and the fourth roll 15d the crushing teeth 34 and 35 adjacent to each other are arranged such that they are shifted relative to each other in the circumferential direction by 1/3 of the pitch p2, and thereby the timings at which the loads exerted on the crushing rings become great can be varied among the crushing rings 32, 33T, and 33R during the rotation of the second roll 15b and the fourth roll 15d. That is, during the rotation, among the crushing rings 32, 33T, and 33R, the timings at which the loads are exerted thereon can be shifted relative to each other. This makes it possible to level out temporal changes in the loads exerted on the second roll 15b and the fourth roll 15d, and as a result, temporal changes in the loads on the rotating units 17 can be leveled out.
- the teeth lines 36 extend in the orthogonal direction in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the one side (see the shaded portion of the second roll 15b in Fig. 3 and Fig. 12 ). Therefore, by rotating the second roll 15b and the fourth roll 15d, large massive cement clinker that has not fallen through the gaps S1 to S3 and that remains on the rolls 15b and 15d can be passed in the orthogonal direction toward one side (e.g., toward the other end portion of the second shaft 31). By passing the cement clinker in this manner, the cement clinker can be brought into collision with other massive cement clinker, and thereby the massive cement clinker can be crushed.
- the massive cement clinker remaining on the rolls 15b and 15d can be guided to any of the gaps S1 to S3, in which the massive cement clinker can be caught successfully.
- the massive cement clinker can be caught in a gap between the rolls successfully.
- the crushing teeth 24 and 27 that are adjacent to each other in the orthogonal direction are arranged such that the crushing teeth 27 are shifted relative to the crushing teeth 24 in the circumferential direction toward the other side by 1/2 of the pitch p1, and the crushing teeth 24 and 27 that are shifted relative to each other in this manner form teeth lines.
- these teeth lines extend in the orthogonal direction in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the other side.
- Each of the second and the fourth rolls 15b and 15d is manufactured in the following manner: externally attaching the first crushing ring 32 to the second shaft 31, and externally attaching the second crushing ring 33T in the normal orientation and the second crushing ring 33R in the reverse orientation to the second shaft 31 in this order adjacently to the first crushing ring 32; and repeating this externally attaching process.
- each of the second roll 15b and the fourth roll 15d can be manufactured by using the two types of crushing rings, i.e., the crushing rings 32 and the crushing rings 33. Therefore, even though three types of crushing rings 32, 33T, and 33R are used, these crushing rings can be manufactured by using only two types of molds, and thereby the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- the first to the fourth rolls 15a to 15d are arranged in this order side by side such that, among the rolls 15a to 15d, the rolls adjacent to each other are different types of rolls.
- various portions can be butted with each other at the gaps S1 to S3 during the rotation of the first to the fourth rolls 15a to 15d.
- high teeth 24a and tooth bottoms can be butted with each other; low teeth 24c and crushing teeth 34 can be butted with each other; and low teeth 24c and tooth bottoms can be butted with each other.
- the four rolls 15a to 15d are arranged such that, among the rolls 15a to 15d, the rolls adjacent to each other are different types of rolls.
- all the four rolls 15a to 15d may be the same type of rolls.
- four rolls each having the same structure as the first roll 15a, or four rolls each having the same structure as the second roll 15b, may be adopted as the four rolls 15a to 15d.
- the rotation control mode of the four rolls 15a to 15d at the time of performing crushing is not limited to either the normal mode or the high crushing ratio mode mentioned above.
- the four rolls 15a to 15d may be rotated in a different rotation control mode.
- the adjacent crushing teeth 24 and 27 are shifted relative to each other, and the adjacent crushing teeth 34 and 35 are shifted relative to each other, by 1/2 or 1/3 of the pitch.
- the shift amount may be 1/4 of the pitch. That is, it will suffice if the adjacent crushing teeth 24 and 27 are shifted relative to each other, and the adjacent crushing teeth 34 and 35 are shifted relative to each other, by a shift amount of 1/n (n is an integer) of the pitch.
- the second reference tooth is disposed such that it is shifted relative to the first reference tooth in the circumferential direction by 360 / (n ⁇ N) degrees (where N is the number of teeth of the second crushing ring).
- the reversed second crushing ring can be used as a crushing ring whose crushing teeth are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the crushing teeth of the first crushing ring by 360 ⁇ (n - 1) / (n ⁇ N) degrees (i.e., as a crushing ring whose crushing teeth are shifted relative to the crushing teeth of the first crushing ring in the circumferential direction toward the one side by (n-1) / n of the pitch). Therefore, the number of types of molds for manufacturing the crushing rings can be made less than the number of types of crushing rings to be used, and thereby the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- the positions of the tooth top surfaces of the crushing teeth 24 are varied, and also, the positions of the tooth top surfaces of the crushing teeth 27 are varied, thereby varying the widths of the gaps S1 to S3.
- the widths of the gaps S1 to S3 may be varied by varying the positions of the tooth bottoms.
- the keys 21a and 31a are formed on the shafts 21 and 31, and the key grooves 22a, 23a, 32a, and 33a are formed in the crushing rings 22, 23, 32, and 33.
- the key grooves may be formed in the shafts, and the keys may be formed on the crushing rings.
- the plurality of crushing rings 22 and 23 are sequentially arranged, as an alternative, the plurality of crushing rings may include at least one crushing ring having crushing teeth that are arranged differently from the arrangement of the crushing teeth of the other crushing rings. Also in this case, the timing at which the load exerted on the at least one crushing ring becomes great can be shifted relative to the timings at which the loads exerted on the other crushing rings become great. Therefore, this alternative arrangement of the crushing rings is also useful for leveling out temporal load changes.
- the high teeth forming portions 30H and the low teeth forming portions 30L of each of the first roll 15a and the third roll 15c need not be arranged in a staggered manner, but may be arranged in a banded manner. Alternatively, the high teeth forming portions 30H and the low teeth forming portions 30L may be arranged at random.
Description
- The present invention relates to a roll crusher of a cooler apparatus for cooling down a high-temperature granular conveyed material, such as granular cement clinker, while conveying the granular conveyed material.
- A cement plant is equipped with a cooler apparatus that conveys high-temperature cement clinker produced through preheating, calcination, and firing in a conveying direction while cooling down the cement clinker. One example of such a cooler apparatus is a cooler disclosed by
Patent Literature 1. In the cooler ofPatent Literature 1, clinker is conveyed through a cooling unit while being cooled down therein, and the clinker is discharged from the cooling unit at its discharge end. The cooler includes four rolls that are positioned near the discharge end and that extend orthogonally to the conveying direction. Among the four rolls, three rolls positioned at the discharge end side make normal rotation (i.e., forward rotation in the conveying direction). The fourth roll is a reversely rotating roll that makes reverse rotation. Massive clinker is sandwiched between the reversely rotating roll and its adjacent roll, and thereby compression-crushed.CN 104525310 A discloses a roll crusher according to the preamble ofclaim 1. - PTL 1: Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application Publication No.
S61-295264 - In relation to the four rolls disclosed in
Patent Literature 1, it is conceivable to form a plurality of teeth on the outer peripheral surfaces of the four rolls in order to crush the clinker more efficiently. By rotating such rolls, the clinker discharged from the discharge end is crushed with the teeth. In such a configuration, when the clinker is crushed with the teeth, loads are exerted on the rolls. When the clinker is crushed with the teeth at multiple positions on the rolls at the same time, the loads on the rolls increase extremely only in a particular period. For this reason, a rotating machine capable of rotating the rolls even when great loads are exerted on the rolls, i.e., a rotating unit such as an electric motor capable of generating great driving force, is required. The external dimensions and power consumption of such a rotating unit capable of generating great driving force are great. Therefore, in order to reduce the size and power consumption of the rotating unit, it is desired to suppress the roll load from increasing extremely only in a particular period. - In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a roll crusher of a cooler apparatus, the roll crusher being capable of leveling out temporal changes in the roll load.
- According to the present invention, the above object is achieved by a roll crusher of a cooler apparatus as laid down in
claim 1. - According to the present invention, the plurality of crushing teeth of the at least one crushing ring are arranged such that they are shifted in the circumferential direction. Therefore, when the roll is rotated, the timing at which a crushing load exerted on the crushing ring whose crushing teeth are shifted in the circumferential direction becomes great, and the timing at which a crushing load exerted on the other crushing ring(s) becomes great, can be shifted relative to each other. This makes it possible to level out temporal changes in the load exerted on the load-reducing roll, and as a result, temporal changes in the load on the rotating unit can be leveled out.
- In the above invention, the plurality of crushing teeth may be arranged on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring at a predetermined pitch, such that the plurality of crushing teeth of each crushing ring are shifted by 1/n (where n is an integer of not less than 2) of the pitch in the circumferential direction toward one side relative to the plurality of crushing teeth of the crushing ring that is adjacent to the each crushing ring in an axial direction in which the axes extend.
- According to the above configuration, the crushing teeth are arranged in the axial direction to form teeth lines, and each teeth line is formed in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the one side. Accordingly, by rotating the load-reducing roll, the granular conveyed material in a massive form that has not been crushed and that remains on the roll can be passed in the axial direction toward one side. By passing the massive granular conveyed material in this manner, the remaining massive granular conveyed material can be brought into collision with another massive granular conveyed material, and thereby the massive granular conveyed materials can be crushed. Also, by thus passing the granular conveyed material, the granular conveyed material remaining on the roll can be guided to a gap in which the granular conveyed material can be caught successfully. Thus, even the granular conveyed material with a large grain diameter can be caught in the gap successfully.
- In the above invention, the load-reducing roll may include a shaft that extends in the axial direction and that is rotated about the axis of the load-reducing roll by the corresponding rotating unit. The shaft may include, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, one of an engaging piece and an engaged groove that extend in the axial direction and that are engageable with each other, Each of the plurality of crushing rings may include, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove, and when the engaging piece and the engaged groove engage with each other, the plurality of crushing rings may be externally attached to the shaft such that the plurality of crushing rings are non-displaceable relative to the shaft in the circumferential direction. The plurality of crushing rings may include a first crushing ring and a second crushing ring. The first crushing ring may include a first reference tooth that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth. The second crushing ring may include a second reference tooth that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth. The first reference tooth may be positioned on a line that connects between a center of the first crushing ring and a center of the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove. The second reference tooth may be disposed such that the second reference tooth is shifted relative to the first reference tooth in the circumferential direction by 360 / (n × N) degrees (where N is the number of teeth of the second crushing ring).
- According to above configuration, by reversing the second crushing ring, the reversed second crushing ring can be used as a crushing ring whose crushing teeth are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the crushing teeth of the first crushing ring by 360 × (n - 1) / (n × N) degrees (i.e., as a crushing ring whose crushing teeth are shifted relative to the crushing teeth of the first crushing ring in the circumferential direction toward the one side by (n-1) / n of the pitch). Therefore, the number of types of molds for manufacturing the crushing rings can be made less than the number of types of crushing rings to be used, and thereby the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- In the above invention, the plurality of crushing teeth may include a high tooth and a low tooth, the high tooth being the crushing tooth with a first height, the low tooth being the crushing tooth with a second height lower than the first height.
- According to the above configuration, since the low tooth is formed, the granular conveyed material in a large massive form that cannot be caught with the high tooth can be caught and crushed with the low tooth. This makes it possible to lower the possibility that the granular conveyed material in a large massive form does not get caught between the rolls and remains on the rolls.
- In the above invention, high teeth forming portions, in each of which a plurality of the high teeth are arranged in the circumferential direction, and low teeth forming portions, in each of which a plurality of the low teeth are arranged in the circumferential direction, may be present on an outer peripheral surface of the load-reducing roll, and the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions may be arranged in a staggered manner.
- According to the above configuration, at the time of crushing, since the low teeth and the high teeth are arranged alternately in the axial direction between the rolls, temporal changes in the load exerted on the load-reducing roll can be leveled out, and as a result, temporal changes in the load on the rotating unit can be leveled out.
- In the above invention, the load-reducing roll may include a shaft that extends in an axial direction in which the axis of the load-reducing roll extends, the shaft being rotated about the axis by the corresponding rotating unit. The plurality of crushing teeth may be arranged on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring at the regular intervals at a predetermined pitch, such that the plurality of crushing teeth of each crushing ring are shifted by 1/2 of the pitch in the circumferential direction toward one side relative to the plurality of crushing teeth of the crushing ring that is adjacent to the each crushing ring in the axial direction. The shaft may include, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, one of an engaging piece and an engaged groove that extend in the axial direction and that are engageable with each other. Each of the plurality of crushing rings may include, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove, and when the engaging piece and the engaged groove engage with each other, the plurality of crushing rings may be externally attached to the shaft such that the plurality of crushing rings are non-displaceable relative to the shaft in the circumferential direction. The high teeth forming portions, in each of which at least two of the high teeth are arranged, and the low teeth forming portions, in each of which at least two of the low teeth are arranged, may be present on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring. The plurality of crushing rings may include a first crushing ring and a second crushing ring. The first crushing ring may include a first reference tooth that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth and that is positioned on a line that connects between a center of the first crushing ring and a center of the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove, and on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring, the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions may be arranged alternately in the circumferential direction with reference to the first reference tooth. The second crushing ring may include a second reference tooth that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth and that is disposed such that the second reference tooth is shifted relative to the first reference tooth in the circumferential direction toward the one side by 1/2 of the pitch, and on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring, the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions may be arranged alternately in the circumferential direction with reference to the second reference tooth. The first crushing ring and the second crushing ring may be formed such that each of the first crushing ring and the second crushing ring is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the axis.
- According to the above configuration, the first crushing ring and the second crushing ring in a normal orientation are externally attached to the shaft, and adjacently thereto, the first crushing ring and the second crushing ring in a reverse orientation are externally attached to the shaft; and this externally attaching process is repeated. In this manner, the load-reducing roll can be manufactured, in which the crushing teeth are shifted by 1/2 of the pitch between every adjacent crushing rings, and the high teeth regions and the low teeth regions are arranged in a staggered manner. Even though four types of crushing rings are used in the manufacturing of the load-reducing roll, these crushing rings can be manufactured by using only two types of molds, and thereby the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- The plurality of rolls include at least two load-reducing rolls that are adjacent to each other. Each of the adjacent load-reducing rolls includes the crushing rings such that the shift amount by which the plurality of crushing teeth are shifted in the circumferential direction differs between the adjacent load-reducing rolls.
- The configuration according to the invention makes it possible to further level out temporal changes in the loads exerted on the load-reducing rolls, and as a result, temporal changes in the loads on the rotating units can be further leveled out.
- The present invention makes it possible to level out temporal changes in the roll load.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a cement plant equipped with a cooler apparatus according to the present invention. -
Fig. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of the cooler apparatus ofFig. 1 . -
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a roll crusher of the cooler apparatus ofFig. 2 . -
Fig. 4 is a front view showing a first crushing ring of a first roll ofFig. 3 . -
Fig. 5 is a front view showing part of the first crushing ring of the first roll ofFig. 3 . -
Fig. 6 is a front view showing a second crushing ring of the first roll ofFig. 3 . -
Fig. 7 is a front view showing part of the second crushing ring of the first roll ofFig. 4 . -
Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view showing part of the first roll ofFig. 3 in an enlarged manner. -
Fig. 9 is a front view showing a first crushing ring of a second roll ofFig. 3 . -
Fig. 10 is a front view showing a second crushing ring of the second roll ofFig. 3 . -
Fig. 11 is a front view showing part of the second crushing ring of the second roll ofFig. 3 . -
Fig. 12 is an enlarged perspective view showing part of the second roll ofFig. 3 in an enlarged manner. - Hereinafter, a
cooler apparatus 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to the drawings. Directions mentioned in the description below are used for the sake of convenience of the description, but do not suggest that the orientation and the like of the components of the present invention are limited to such directions. Thecooler apparatus 1 described below is merely one embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment below, and additions, deletions, and modifications can be made to the embodiment without departing from the present invention as defined by the claims. - Cement is produced through the following steps: a raw meal grinding step of grinding cement raw meal containing limestone, clay, silica stone, iron, and so forth; a pyroprocessing step of firing the ground cement raw meal; and a finishing step that is the final step. These three steps are performed in a cement plant. In the pyroprocessing step, which is one of these three steps, the ground cement raw meal is fired and cooled down, and thereby granular cement clinker is produced.
Fig. 1 shows apyroprocessing facility 3 of the cement plant, and shows a part where the pyroprocessing step in cement manufacturing is performed. Thepyroprocessing facility 3 performs preheating, calcination, and firing of the cement raw meal that has been ground in the raw meal grinding step, and cools down the granular cement clinker that is in a high-temperature state due to the firing. - The part where the pyroprocessing step is performed is hereinafter described in further detail. The
pyroprocessing facility 3 includes apreheater 4, and thepreheater 4 includes a plurality ofcyclones 5. Thecyclones 5 are arranged vertically in a staged manner. Eachcyclone 5 causes exhaust gas therein to flow upward to thecyclone 5 of the upper stage (see dashed arrows inFig. 1 ), separates cement raw meal fed therein by a swirl flow, and feeds the separated cement raw meal into thecyclone 5 of the lower stage (see solid arrows inFig. 1 ). Thecyclone 5 positioned immediately above thecyclone 5 of the lowermost stage feeds the cement raw meal into aprecalciner 6. Theprecalciner 6 includes a burner. By heat from the burner and heat from exhaust gas described below, theprecalciner 6 causes a reaction by which carbon dioxide is separated from the fed cement raw meal (i.e., calcination reaction). The cement raw meal subjected to the calcination reaction in theprecalciner 6 is led to thecyclone 5 of the lowermost stage as described below, and the cement raw meal in thelowermost cyclone 5 is supplied to arotary kiln 7. - The
rotary kiln 7 is formed in a horizontally long cylindrical shape, and is several tens of meters long or longer. Therotary kiln 7 is disposed such that it is slightly inclined downward from an inlet positioned at thecyclone 5 side toward an outlet positioned at the forward end side. Therefore, by rotating therotary kiln 7 about its axis, the cement raw meal present at the inlet side is conveyed toward the outlet side. Acombustor 8 is provided at the outlet of therotary kiln 7. Thecombustor 8 generates a high-temperature flame, and fires the cement raw meal. - Also, the
combustor 8 injects high-temperature combustion gas toward the inlet side, and the combustion gas injected by thecombustor 8 flows in therotary kiln 7 toward the inlet while firing the cement raw meal. The combustion gas that flows as high-temperature exhaust gas forms a jet flow. The jet flow flows upward in theprecalciner 6 from the lower end of the precalciner 6 (see dashed arrows inFig. 1 ), and causes the cement raw meal fed in theprecalciner 6 to flow upward. The cement raw meal is heated to about 900°C by the exhaust gas and the burner, that is, the cement raw meal is calcined. The cement raw meal flowing upward flows together with the exhaust gas into thecyclone 5 of the lowermost stage, in which the exhaust gas and the cement raw meal that have flowed therein are separated from each other. The separated cement raw meal is supplied to therotary kiln 7, and the separated exhaust gas is caused to flow upward to thecyclone 5 positioned immediately above thecyclone 5 of the lowermost stage. The exhaust gas flowing upward exchanges heat, in eachcyclone 5, with the cement raw meal fed therein to heat the cement raw meal. Then, the exhaust gas is separated from the cement raw meal again. The separated exhaust gas flows further upward to thecyclone 5 positioned above to repeat the heat exchange. Then, the exhaust gas is discharged to the atmosphere from thecyclone 5 of the uppermost stage. - In the
pyroprocessing facility 3 configured as above, the cement raw meal is fed therein at a position near thecyclone 5 of the uppermost stage; the fed cement raw meal is sufficiently preheated while exchanging heat with the exhaust gas, and moves downward to thecyclone 5 positioned immediately above thecyclone 5 of the lowermost stage; and then the cement raw meal is fed into theprecalciner 6. In theprecalciner 6, the cement raw meal is calcined by the burner and the high-temperature gas. Thereafter, the cement raw meal is led to thecyclone 5 of the lowermost stage, in which the cement raw meal is separated from the exhaust gas and supplied to therotary kiln 7. The supplied cement raw meal is conveyed toward the outlet side while being subjected to the firing in therotary kiln 7. As a result of performing the preheating, calcination, and firing in this manner, the cement clinker is formed. Thecooler apparatus 1 is provided at the outlet of therotary kiln 7, and the formed cement clinker is discharged from the outlet of therotary kiln 7 to thecooler apparatus 1. - The
cooler apparatus 1 is configured to cool down the cement clinker (high-temperature granular conveyed material) discharged from therotary kiln 7 while conveying the cement clinker in a predetermined conveying direction. A fixed inclined grate 11 is disposed immediately under the outlet of therotary kiln 7. The fixed inclined grate 11 is inclined downward in the conveying direction from the outlet side of therotary kiln 7. The granular cement clinker discharged from the outlet of therotary kiln 7 falls in the conveying direction in a manner to roll down on the fixed inclined grate 11. At the forward end of the fixed inclined grate 11 in the conveying direction, a plurality ofcooling grate lines 13 are provided. The cement clinker is deposited on the plurality ofcooling grate lines 13 and forms aclinker bed 14. Thecooling grate lines 13 are structures each extending in the conveying direction, and are arranged side by side adjacently to each other in a lateral direction orthogonal to the conveying direction (hereinafter, the lateral direction is also referred to as "the orthogonal direction"). Theclinker bed 14 lies on the plurality ofcooling grate lines 13, such that theclinker bed 14 entirely covers the plurality of cooling grate lines 13 (see two-dot chain lines inFig. 2 ). - The
cooling grate lines 13 configured as above include a truck that is not shown, and are movable toward one side and the other side in the conveying direction. Thecooling grate lines 13 are moved and stopped repeatedly, and thereby the granular cement clinker is conveyed. Specific examples of the conveyance method include: a method in which all thecooling grate lines 13 arranged in the orthogonal direction are moved forward, and then non-adjacent coolinggrate lines 13 are moved backward a plurality of times separately; and a method in which a cross bar extending in the orthogonal direction is provided above thecooling grate lines 13, and the cross bar is moved in the conveying direction to feed theclinker bed 14 in the conveying direction. It should be noted that the configuration for and the method of feeding theclinker bed 14 in the conveying direction are not limited to the above-described examples, but may be any configuration and method, so long as theclinker bed 14 can be fed in the conveying direction. The cement clinker conveyed in this manner falls downward from the forward end of the cooling grate lines 13. Aroll crusher 15 is disposed immediately under the forward end of the cooling grate lines 13. - As shown in
Fig. 3 , theroll crusher 15 is intended for crushing the cement clinker falling from the forward end of thecooling grate lines 13 into finer pieces. Theroll crusher 15 includes four load-reducing rolls (hereinafter, simply referred to as "rolls") 15a to 15d. The fourrolls 15a to 15d are columnar rod-shaped components each extending in the orthogonal direction, and are rotatably supported by a bearing mechanism that is not shown, such that the fourrolls 15a to 15d are rotatable about their respective central axes, which are rotational axes L1 to L4. The fourrolls 15a to 15d are arranged side by side in the conveying direction, such that their respective rotational axes L1 to L4 are parallel to each other and are spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals. Each of the fourrolls 15a to 15d is provided with a differentrotating unit 17. The rotatingunits 17 are electric motors, and in accordance with commands inputted thereto, cause the correspondingrolls 15a to 15d to make normal rotation or reverse rotation. Acontroller 18 is connected to the rotatingunits 17. Thecontroller 18 controls the motion of therotating units 17, thereby rotating the fourrolls 15a to 15d to crush massive cement clinker. Hereinafter, the fourrolls 15a to 15d are described in detail. - The four
rolls 15a to 15d are made up of two types of rolls. Specifically, the first and the third rolls from the downstream side in the conveying direction are first-type rolls, and the second and the fourth rolls from the downstream side in the conveying direction are second-type rolls. Hereinafter, the configuration of afirst roll 15a, which is the first roll serving as a first-type roll, is described with reference toFig. 4 to Fig. 8 , and then the configuration of asecond roll 15b, which is the second roll, is described with reference toFig. 9 to Fig. 12 . The configuration of athird roll 15c, which is the third roll, and the configuration of afourth roll 15d, which is the fourth roll, are the same as the configuration of thefirst roll 15a and the configuration of thesecond roll 15b, respectively. Therefore, the components of the third and thefourth rolls second rolls fourth rolls - The
first roll 15a includes afirst shaft 21 and a plurality of crushingrings first shaft 21 is a roughly columnar member extending in the orthogonal direction, and the vicinities of both end portions of thefirst shaft 21 are rotatably supported by the bearing mechanism that is not shown, such that thefirst shaft 21 is rotatable about the rotational axis L1. One end portion of thefirst shaft 21 is coupled to the rotatingunit 17, and is driven by the rotatingunit 17 to rotate about the rotational axis L1. Twokeys 21a are formed on the outer peripheral surface of thefirst shaft 21. Each of the twokeys 21a, which are engaging pieces, protrudes radially outward and extends from one end to the other end of thefirst shaft 21. The twokeys 21a are arranged such that they are separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction. On the outer peripheral surface of thefirst shaft 21 having such a shape, two types of crushing rings that are crushingrings 22 and crushingrings 23 are externally attached alternately. Hereinafter, the configurations of the two types of crushingrings ring 22 and a second crushingring 23, are described. - The first crushing
ring 22 shown inFig. 4 is a roughly cylindrical member extending in the orthogonal direction. The first crushingring 22 includes twokey grooves 22a formed in its inner peripheral surface. Thekey grooves 22a, which are engaged grooves, have the same shape as that of thekeys 21a of thefirst shaft 21, and extend from one end to the other end of the first crushingring 22. Thekey grooves 22a are arranged such that they are separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction. When the first crushingring 22 is externally attached to thefirst shaft 21, thekeys 21a fit in thekey grooves 22a. The first crushingring 22 is externally attached to thefirst shaft 21 in this manner so that the first crushingring 22 will not rotate relative to thefirst shaft 21. A plurality of crushingteeth 24 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 22. In the present embodiment, eighteen crushingteeth 24 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 22, and the eighteen crushingteeth 24 are arranged at a regular pitch p1. Each of the crushingteeth 24 protrudes radially outward, and extends from one end to the other end of the first crushingring 22 in the orthogonal direction. The plurality of crushingteeth 24 include crushingteeth 24 with different tooth depths. In the present embodiment, the plurality of crushingteeth 24 include three types of teeth with different tooth depths, i.e., sixhigh teeth 24a, four medium-height teeth 24b, and eightlow teeth 24c. - Among the three types of teeth, the
high teeth 24a have the greatest tooth depth. Among the sixhigh teeth 24a, onehigh tooth 24a is positioned on an imaginary center plane PL11, which includes the central axis of the first crushing ring 22 (i.e., the rotational axis L1) and the center of onekey groove 22a. The onehigh tooth 24a serves as a first reference tooth. On the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 22, on one side with reference to thefirst reference tooth 24d ofFig. 4 in the circumferential direction, twohigh teeth 24a are arranged, and a medium-height tooth 24b is disposed next thereto. The medium-height teeth 24b are lower than thehigh teeth 24a, but higher than thelow teeth 24c. That is, the tooth depth of the medium-height teeth 24b is less than the tooth depth of thehigh teeth 24a, but greater than the tooth depth of thelow teeth 24c, In addition, adjacently on the one side of the medium-height tooth 24b in the circumferential direction, fourlow teeth 24c are arranged side by side at the regular pitch p1. Among the three types of teeth, thelow teeth 24c have the smallest tooth depth. Adjacently on the one side of the fourlow teeth 24c in the circumferential direction, a medium-height tooth 24b is disposed again, and ahigh tooth 24a is disposed next thereto. Thehigh tooth 24a is positioned on the imaginary center plane PL11. Subsequently, on the one side of thehigh tooth 24a in the circumferential direction, twohigh teeth 24a are arranged side by side at the regular pitch p1. Further subsequently, a medium-height tooth 24b, fourlow teeth 24c, and a medium-height tooth 24b are arranged in this order at the regular pitch p1. - In the first crushing
ring 22 configured as above, two sets of three side-by-sidehigh teeth 24a are arranged on the outer peripheral surface, and the threehigh teeth 24a in the side-by-side arrangement of each set form a first high teeth forming portion 25 (e.g., a shaded portion of thefirst roll 15a inFig. 8 , which will be described below). Between the two first highteeth forming portions 25, on each of the one side and the other side in the circumferential direction, fourlow teeth 24c are arranged side by side, and the fourlow teeth 24c in the side-by-side arrangement on each side form a first lowteeth forming portion 26. Accordingly, on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 22, the first highteeth forming portions 25 and the first lowteeth forming portions 26 are arranged alternately in this order toward the one side in the circumferential direction. The first crushingring 22 having such a shape can be externally attached to thefirst shaft 21 when the first crushingring 22 is in a normal orientation, in which thehigh teeth 24a adjacent to thefirst reference tooth 24d are positioned on the one side of thefirst reference tooth 24d in the circumferential direction. - The first crushing
ring 22 is rotationally symmetrical with respect to its central axis, and thekey grooves 22a are arranged at respective positions that are separated by 180 degrees. Therefore, even when the first crushingring 22 is in a reverse orientation, in which one side and the other side of the first crushingring 22 are reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL11, the first crushingring 22 can still be externally attached to thefirst shaft 21. In the reverse orientation, as shown inFig. 5 , the position of thefirst reference tooth 24d in the circumferential direction does not change, but twohigh teeth 24a are arranged side by side on the other side of thefirst reference tooth 24d in the circumferential direction. Thus, by reversing the right side and the left side of the first crushingring 22 with respect to the imaginary center plane PL11, the first highteeth forming portions 25 and the first lowteeth forming portions 26 can be arranged alternately in this order toward the other side in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 22 with reference to thefirst reference tooth 24d. - The second crushing
ring 23 shown inFig. 6 is a roughly cylindrical member extending in the orthogonal direction, and has substantially the same configuration as that of the first crushingring 22. That is, the second crushingring 23 includes: twokey grooves 23a, which are engaged grooves formed in the inner peripheral surface of the second crushingring 23; and a plurality of crushingteeth 27 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushingring 23. Similar to the plurality of crushingteeth 24 of the first crushingring 22, the plurality of crushingteeth 27 include crushingteeth 27 with different tooth depths. In the present embodiment, the plurality of crushingteeth 27 include three types of teeth with different tooth depths, i.e., sixhigh teeth 27a, four medium-height teeth 27b, and eightlow teeth 27c. The arrangement of the plurality of crushingteeth 27 is the same as the arrangement of the plurality of crushingteeth 24 of the first crushingring 22. Asecond reference tooth 27e corresponds to thefirst reference tooth 24d. On the one side of thesecond reference tooth 27e in the circumferential direction, twohigh teeth 27a, a medium-height tooth 27b, fourlow teeth 27c, a medium-height tooth 27b, threehigh teeth 27a, a medium-height tooth 27b, fourlow teeth 27c, and a medium-height tooth 27b are arranged in this order on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushingring 23. The second crushingring 23 is different from the first crushingring 22 in the following points. In the second crushingring 23, atooth bottom 27d formed between thesecond reference tooth 27e and the medium-height tooth 27b is positioned on an imaginary center plane PL12, which includes the central axis of the second crushingring 23 and the center of onekey groove 23a, and thesecond reference tooth 27e is disposed such that it is shifted relative to the imaginary center plane by 1/2 of the pitch p1. That is, the entire plurality of crushingteeth 27 are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the plurality of crushingteeth 24 of the first crushingring 22 about the rotational axis L1 by 1/2 of the pitch p1. - In the second crushing
ring 23 formed as above, similar to the first crushingring 22, the threehigh teeth 27a in the side-by-side arrangement form a second highteeth forming portion 28, and the fourlow teeth 27c in the side-by-side arrangement form a second lowteeth forming portion 29. That is, also on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushingring 23, such second highteeth forming portions 28 and second lowteeth forming portions 29 are arranged alternately toward the one side in the circumferential direction with reference to thesecond reference tooth 27e. The second crushingring 23 having such a shape can be externally attached to thefirst shaft 21 when the second crushingring 23 is in a normal orientation, in which thehigh teeth 27a adjacent to thesecond reference tooth 27e are positioned on the one side of thesecond reference tooth 27e in the circumferential direction. - The second crushing
ring 23 is rotationally symmetrical with respect to its central axis, and similar to the first crushingring 22, thekey grooves 23a are arranged at respective positions that are separated by 180 degrees. Therefore, even when the second crushingring 23 is in a reverse orientation, in which one side and the other side of the second crushingring 23 are reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL12, the second crushingring 23 can still be externally attached to thefirst shaft 21. In the reverse orientation, as shown inFig. 7 , the position of thesecond reference tooth 27e is reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL12, and twohigh teeth 27a are arranged side by side on the other side of thesecond reference tooth 27e in the circumferential direction. Thus, by reversing the second crushingring 23 with respect to the imaginary center plane PL12, the second highteeth forming portions 28 and the second lowteeth forming portions 29 can be arranged alternately in this order toward the other side in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushingring 23 with reference to thesecond reference tooth 27e. - These two types of crushing
rings first shaft 21 in such a manner that the orientations of the respective crushing rings are varied between the normal orientation and the reverse orientation. Specifically, the plurality of crushingrings first shaft 21 as shown inFig. 8 . A first crushingring 22 in the normal orientation is externally attached to thefirst shaft 21 at the other farthest end thereof, and a second crushingring 23 in the normal orientation is externally attached to thefirst shaft 21 adjacently to the first crushingring 22. As a result, the secondcrushing ring 23T in the normal orientation is disposed such that thesecond reference tooth 27e is shifted relative to thefirst reference tooth 24d of the first crushingring 22T in the normal orientation by 1/2 of the pitch p1. That is, the secondcrushing ring 23T is externally attached to thefirst shaft 21 such that the entire plurality of crushingteeth 27 are shifted relative to the entire plurality of crushingteeth 24 of the first crushingring 22 by 1/2 of the pitch p1. When the two crushingrings first shaft 21 in this manner, the first highteeth forming portions 25 and the second highteeth forming portions 28 are basically arranged on the one side of the imaginary center plane PL11 and the one side of the imaginary center plane PL12, respectively, in the circumferential direction, - Further, adjacently to the two crushing
rings ring 22 in the reverse orientation is externally attached to thefirst shaft 21, and a second crushingring 23 in the reverse orientation is externally attached to thefirst shaft 21 adjacently to the first crushingring 22. When these two crushingrings first shaft 21 in this manner, the first highteeth forming portions 25 and the second highteeth forming portions 28 are basically arranged on the other side of the imaginary center plane PL11 and the other side of the imaginary center plane PL12, respectively, in the circumferential direction. That is, the first highteeth forming portions 25 and the second highteeth forming portions 28 of the two crushingrings teeth forming portions 25 and the second highteeth forming portions 28 of the crushingrings - Further, adjacently to the two crushing
rings rings first shaft 21 in this order. In addition, adjacently to the two crushingrings rings first shaft 21 in this order. Thus, thefirst roll 15a is formed by externally attaching the plurality of crushingrings first shaft 21 in this manner. - On the outer peripheral surface of the
first roll 15a configured in this manner, the first highteeth forming portion 25 and the second highteeth forming portion 28 that are adjacent to each other form a highteeth forming portion 30H, and the first lowteeth forming portion 26 and the second lowteeth forming portion 29 that are adjacent to each other form a lowteeth forming portion 30L. When seen in the orthogonal direction, such highteeth forming portions 30H are arranged on the one side and the other side of the imaginary center planes PL11 and PL 12 alternately, and also, such lowteeth forming portions 30L are arranged on the one side and the other side of the imaginary center planes PL11 and PL12 alternately. In this manner, the highteeth forming portions 30H and the lowteeth forming portions 30L are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of thefirst roll 15a in a staggered manner. Thesecond roll 15b is disposed adjacently to thefirst roll 15a in the conveying direction with a predetermined interval formed therebetween. - The
second roll 15b includes asecond shaft 31 and a plurality of crushingrings second shaft 31 has the same shape as that of thefirst shaft 21. That is, thesecond shaft 31 is a columnar member extending in the orthogonal direction, and the vicinities of both end portions of thesecond shaft 31 are rotatably supported by the bearing mechanism that is not shown, such that thesecond shaft 31 is rotatable about the rotational axis L2. One end portion of thesecond shaft 31 is coupled to the rotatingunit 17, and is driven by the rotatingunit 17 to rotate about the rotational axis L2. Twokeys 31a (engaging pieces) are formed on the outer peripheral surface of thesecond shaft 31, and are arranged such that they are separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction. On the outer peripheral surface of thesecond shaft 31 having such a shape, two types of crushing rings that are crushingrings 32 and crushingrings 33 are externally attached. - A first crushing
ring 32 shown inFig. 9 is a roughly cylindrical member extending in the orthogonal direction. The first crushingring 32 includes twokey grooves 32a formed in its inner peripheral surface. Thekey grooves 32a, which are engaged grooves, have the same shape as that of thekeys 3 1a of thesecond shaft 31, and extend from one end to the other end of the first crushingring 32. Thekey grooves 32a are arranged such that they are separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction. When the first crushingring 32 is externally attached to thesecond shaft 31, thekeys 31a fit in thekey grooves 32a. The first crushingring 32 is externally attached to thesecond shaft 31 in this manner so that the first crushingring 32 will not rotate relative to thesecond shaft 31. A plurality of crushingteeth 34 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 32. In the present embodiment, eighteen crushingteeth 34 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 32, and the eighteen crushingteeth 34 are arranged at a regular pitch p2. Each of the crushingteeth 34 protrudes radially outward, and extends from one end to the other end of the first crushingring 32. The crushingteeth 34 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 32 in such a manner that all the crushingteeth 34 have the same tooth depth. - To be more specific, a
first reference tooth 34a, which is one of the plurality of crushingteeth 34, is positioned on an imaginary center plane PL21, which includes the central axis of the first crushing ring 32 (i.e., the rotational axis L2) and the center of onekey groove 32a. With reference to thefirst reference tooth 34a, the other crushingteeth 34 are arranged side by side on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushingring 32 at the regular pitch p2. The first crushingring 32 thus configured is rotationally symmetrical with respect to its central axis. The first crushingring 32 is externally attached to thesecond shaft 31, such that thefirst reference tooth 34a is positioned radially outward of one key 31a of thesecond shaft 31. - A second crushing
ring 33 shown inFig. 10 is a roughly cylindrical member extending in the orthogonal direction, and has substantially the same configuration as that of the first crushingring 32. That is, the second crushingring 33 includes: twokey grooves 33a (engaged grooves) formed in the inner peripheral surface of the second crushingring 33; and a plurality of crushingteeth 35 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushingring 33. Similar to the first crushingring 32, the plurality of crushingteeth 35 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushingring 33 in such a manner that all the crushingteeth 35 have the same tooth depth. In the present embodiment, eighteen crushingteeth 35 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushingring 33, and the eighteen crushingteeth 35 are arranged at the regular pitch p2. The second crushingring 33 includes asecond reference tooth 35a, which is one of the plurality of crushingteeth 35 and which corresponds to thefirst reference tooth 34a. Thesecond reference tooth 35a is disposed such that it is shifted relative to an imaginary center plane PL22, which includes the central axis of the second crushing ring 33 (i.e., the rotational axis L2) and the center of onekey groove 33a, by 1/3 of the pitch p2. That is, the entire plurality of teeth of the second crushingring 33 are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the plurality of crushingteeth 34 of the first crushingring 32 about the rotational axis L2 by 1/3 of the pitch p2. The second crushingring 33 having such a shape can be externally attached to thesecond shaft 31 when the second crushingring 33 is in a normal orientation, in which thesecond reference tooth 35a is positioned on the one side of the imaginary center plane PL22 in the circumferential direction. - The second crushing
ring 33 is rotationally symmetrical with respect to its central axis, and thekey grooves 33a are arranged at respective positions that are separated by 180 degrees. Therefore, even when the second crushingring 33 is in a reverse orientation, in which one side and the other side of the second crushingring 33 are reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL22, the second crushingring 33 can still be externally attached to thesecond shaft 31. By bringing the second crushingring 33 into the reverse orientation, as shown inFig. 11 , the position of thesecond reference tooth 35a is reversed with respect to the imaginary center plane PL22, and thesecond reference tooth 35a is disposed such that it is shifted relative to the imaginary center plane PL22 in the circumferential direction toward the other side by 1/3 of the pitch p2. That is, the entire plurality of crushingteeth 35 of the second crushingring 33 are arranged such that they are shifted relative to the plurality of crushingteeth 34 of the first crushingring 32 about the rotational axis L2 by 2/3 of the pitch p2. Thus, by reversing the second crushingring 33 with respect to the imaginary center plane PL22, the second crushingring 33 can be brought into a state where the entire plurality of crushingteeth 35 are shifted relative to the plurality of crushingteeth 34 of the first crushingring 32 about the rotational axis L2 by 2/3 of the pitch p2. - These two types of crushing
rings second shaft 31 in such a manner that the crushingteeth rings second shaft 31 as shown inFig. 12 . A first crushingring 32 is externally attached to thesecond shaft 31 at the other farthest end thereof, and thefirst reference tooth 34a is positioned radially outward of the key 31 a of thesecond shaft 31. - Adjacently to the first crushing
ring 32, a second crushingring 33 in the normal orientation is externally attached to thesecond shaft 31. The secondcrushing ring 33T in the normal orientation is disposed such that thesecond reference tooth 35a is shifted relative to thefirst reference tooth 34a of the first crushingring 32 in the circumferential direction toward the one side by 1/3 of the pitch p2. That is, the secondcrushing ring 33T is externally attached to thesecond shaft 31 such that the entire plurality of crushingteeth 35 are shifted relative to the entire crushingteeth 34 of the first crushingring 32 by 1/3 of the pitch p2. Further, adjacently to the secondcrushing ring 33T in the normal orientation, a second crushingring 33 in the reverse orientation is externally attached to thesecond shaft 31. The secondcrushing ring 33R in the reverse orientation is disposed such that thesecond reference tooth 35a is shifted relative to thefirst reference tooth 34a of the first crushingring 32 in the circumferential direction toward the other side by 1/3 of the pitch p2. That is, the secondcrushing ring 33R is externally attached to thesecond shaft 31 such that the entire plurality of crushingteeth 35 are shifted relative to the entire crushingteeth 34 of the first crushingring 32 by 2/3 of the pitch p2. Still further, adjacently to the secondcrushing ring 33R in the reverse orientation, a first crushingring 32, a secondcrushing ring 33T in the normal orientation, and a secondcrushing ring 33R in the reverse orientation are externally attached to thesecond shaft 31 in this order repeatedly. Thus, thesecond roll 15b is formed by externally attaching the plurality of crushingrings second shaft 31 in this manner. - On the outer peripheral surface of the
second roll 15b configured in this manner,teeth lines 36 are formed, each of which is formed by crushingteeth teeth 34 adjacent to each other are arranged such that they are shifted relative to each other by 1/3 of the pitch p2, eachteeth line 36 extends in the orthogonal direction in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the one side on the outer peripheral surface of thesecond roll 15b (see, for example, a shaded portion of thesecond roll 15b inFig. 3 andFig. 12 as one of the teeth lines 36). It should be noted that, also on thefirst roll 15a disposed adjacently to thesecond roll 15b, teeth lines are formed, each of which is formed by crushingteeth teeth 27 are shifted relative to the crushingteeth 24 in the circumferential direction toward the other side by 1/2 of the pitch p1. Each teeth line extends in the orthogonal direction in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the other side on the outer peripheral surface of thefirst roll 15a. - It should be noted that, as previously mentioned, the
third roll 15c is configured in the same manner as thefirst roll 15a, and thefourth roll 15d is configured in the same manner as thesecond roll 15b. - As previously mentioned, the four
rolls 15a to 15d configured as above are arranged in the conveying direction at predetermined intervals. Gaps S1 to S3 are formed between theadjacent rolls 15a to 15d. Since therolls 15a to 15d rotate and the crushingteeth rolls 15a to 15d, the widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 (i.e., the lengths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 in the conveying direction) change in accordance with the positions of the crushingteeth high teeth teeth rolls 15a to 15d at the time of crushing will increase. On the other hand, by increasing the widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3, the loads exerted on therolls 15a to 15d at the time of crushing can be reduced, but the cement clinker discharged downward will have a large grain diameter. In consideration of these, the minimum widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 are set in accordance with a tolerable load amount exerted on each of therolls 15a to 15d at the time of crushing, and the maximum widths of the respective gaps S1 to S3 are set in accordance with a tolerable grain diameter of the cement clinker. In addition, the intervals between theadjacent rolls 15a to 15d and the tooth depths of the crushingteeth - Each of the four
rolls 15a to 15d thus configured is driven by the corresponding rotatingunit 17 to rotate. For example, thecontroller 18 is capable of selecting the crushing mode between a normal mode and a high crushing ratio mode. In the normal mode, thefirst roll 15a rotates in the circumferential direction toward the other side, and the second to thefourth rolls 15b to 15d rotate in the circumferential direction toward the one side. In the high crushing ratio mode, the first and thethird rolls fourth rolls rolls 15a to 15d rotating in this manner receive the cement clinker falling from the forward end of thecooler apparatus 1, and crush the received cement clinker so that the cement clinker after being crushed will have a grain diameter that is less than or equal to the tolerable grain diameter. - To be more specific, in the normal mode, the second to the
fourth rolls 15b to 15d feed the cement clinker falling thereon toward thefirst roll 15a. At the time, cement clinker having a grain diameter of less than or equal to the tolerable grain diameter falls through the gaps S2 and S3 of the second to thefourth rolls 15b to 15d, and large massive cement clinker having a large grain diameter is fed toward thefirst roll 15a. Thefirst roll 15a rotates together with thesecond roll 15b such that the cement clinker on the first and thesecond rolls second rolls - On the other hand, in the high crushing ratio mode, the
third roll 15c also rotates together with thefourth roll 15d such that the cement clinker on the third and thefourth rolls fourth rolls roll crusher 15 performs the crushing at two positions, and thereby more cement clinker can be crushed and caused to fall downward. - In the
first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c of theroll crusher 15 configured as above, the loads exerted on the crushingrings first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c are great at a time when the cement clinker is crushed by the crushingteeth first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c, since the adjacent crushingteeth first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c, the timings at which the loads exerted on the crushing rings become great can be varied among the crushingrings rings first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c, and as a result, temporal changes in the loads on therotating units 17 can be leveled out. - In the
first roll 15a and the third roll 13c, each crushingring 22 includes the crushingteeth 24a to 24c having different tooth depths from each other, and each crushingring 23 includes the crushingteeth 27a to 27c having different tooth depths from each other. That is, not only thehigh teeth 24a but also thelow teeth 24c are formed on each crushingring 22, and not only thehigh teeth 27a but also thelow teeth 27c are formed on each crushingring 23. Accordingly, large massive cement clinker that cannot be caught and crushed with thehigh teeth low teeth first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c. - Moreover, in the
first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c, the loads exerted on the crushing rings 22 and 23 reach their peaks when thehigh teeth teeth forming portion 30H crush the cement clinker. On the outer peripheral surface of each of thefirst roll 15a and thethird roll 15c, the highteeth forming portions 30H and the lowteeth forming portions 30L are arranged in a staggered manner, and thereby thehigh teeth first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c are prevented from being adjacent to each other in the orthogonal direction. This makes it possible to level out temporal changes in the loads exerted on thefirst roll 15a and thethird roll 15c, and as a result, temporal changes in the loads on therotating units 17 can be leveled out. - Each of the
first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c is manufactured in the following manner: externally attaching the first crushingring 22 and the second crushingring 23 in the normal orientation to thefirst shaft 21, and externally attaching the first crushingring 22 and the second crushingring 23 in the reverse orientation to thefirst shaft 21 adjacently to the first crushingring 22 and the second crushingring 23 in the normal orientation; and repeating this externally attaching process. Thus, each of thefirst roll 15a and thethird roll 15c can be manufactured by using the two types of crushing rings, i.e., the crushingrings 22 and the crushing rings 23. Therefore, even though four types of crushingrings - Also in each of the
second roll 15b and thefourth roll 15d, the crushingteeth rings second roll 15b and thefourth roll 15d. That is, during the rotation, among the crushingrings second roll 15b and thefourth roll 15d, and as a result, temporal changes in the loads on therotating units 17 can be leveled out. - On the outer peripheral surface of each of the
second roll 15b and thefourth roll 15d, the teeth lines 36 extend in the orthogonal direction in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the one side (see the shaded portion of thesecond roll 15b inFig. 3 andFig. 12 ). Therefore, by rotating thesecond roll 15b and thefourth roll 15d, large massive cement clinker that has not fallen through the gaps S1 to S3 and that remains on therolls rolls - It should be noted that, also in the
first roll 15a, the crushingteeth teeth 27 are shifted relative to the crushingteeth 24 in the circumferential direction toward the other side by 1/2 of the pitch p1, and the crushingteeth first roll 15a, these teeth lines extend in the orthogonal direction in a manner to twist in the circumferential direction toward the other side. Therefore, by rotating thefirst roll 15a in the circumferential direction toward the other side, large massive cement clinker that remains on theroll 15a can be passed in the orthogonal direction toward the one side by the teeth lines, and thus the teeth lines of thefirst roll 15a exert the same advantageous effects as those exerted by the teeth lines 36 of the second and thefourth rolls - Each of the second and the
fourth rolls ring 32 to thesecond shaft 31, and externally attaching the secondcrushing ring 33T in the normal orientation and the secondcrushing ring 33R in the reverse orientation to thesecond shaft 31 in this order adjacently to the first crushingring 32; and repeating this externally attaching process. Thus, each of thesecond roll 15b and thefourth roll 15d can be manufactured by using the two types of crushing rings, i.e., the crushingrings 32 and the crushing rings 33. Therefore, even though three types of crushingrings - In the
roll crusher 15 of thecooler apparatus 1, the first to thefourth rolls 15a to 15d are arranged in this order side by side such that, among therolls 15a to 15d, the rolls adjacent to each other are different types of rolls. With such arrangement, various portions can be butted with each other at the gaps S1 to S3 during the rotation of the first to thefourth rolls 15a to 15d. For example,high teeth 24a and tooth bottoms can be butted with each other;low teeth 24c and crushingteeth 34 can be butted with each other; andlow teeth 24c and tooth bottoms can be butted with each other. This makes it possible to further level out temporal changes in the magnitudes of the loads exerted on the crushing rings 22, 23, 32, and 33, and as a result, temporal changes in the loads on therotating units 17 can be leveled out. - In the
cooler apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the fourrolls 15a to 15d are arranged such that, among therolls 15a to 15d, the rolls adjacent to each other are different types of rolls. However, as an alternative, all the fourrolls 15a to 15d may be the same type of rolls. For example, four rolls each having the same structure as thefirst roll 15a, or four rolls each having the same structure as thesecond roll 15b, may be adopted as the fourrolls 15a to 15d. The rotation control mode of the fourrolls 15a to 15d at the time of performing crushing is not limited to either the normal mode or the high crushing ratio mode mentioned above. The fourrolls 15a to 15d may be rotated in a different rotation control mode. - The adjacent crushing
teeth teeth teeth teeth - Further, in the present embodiment, in each of the
first roll 15a and thethird roll 15c, the positions of the tooth top surfaces of the crushingteeth 24 are varied, and also, the positions of the tooth top surfaces of the crushingteeth 27 are varied, thereby varying the widths of the gaps S1 to S3. However, as an alternative, the widths of the gaps S1 to S3 may be varied by varying the positions of the tooth bottoms. In therolls 15a to 15d, thekeys shafts key grooves - Although the plurality of crushing
rings - The high
teeth forming portions 30H and the lowteeth forming portions 30L of each of thefirst roll 15a and thethird roll 15c need not be arranged in a staggered manner, but may be arranged in a banded manner. Alternatively, the highteeth forming portions 30H and the lowteeth forming portions 30L may be arranged at random. -
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- cooler apparatus
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- roll crusher
- 15a
- first roll
- 15b
- second roll
- 15c
- third roll
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- fourth roll
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- rotating unit
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- first shaft
- 21a
- key
- 22
- first crushing ring
- 22a
- key groove
- 23
- second crushing ring
- 23a
- key groove
- 24
- crushing teeth
- 24a
- high teeth
- 24c
- low teeth
- 24d
- first reference tooth
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- first high teeth forming portion
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- first low teeth forming portion
- 27
- crushing teeth
- 27a
- high teeth
- 27c
- low teeth
- 27e
- second reference tooth
- 28
- second high teeth forming portion
- 29
- second low teeth forming portion
- 30H
- high teeth forming portion
- 30L
- low teeth forming portion
- 31
- second shaft
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- key
- 32
- first crushing ring
- 32a
- key groove
- 33
- second crushing ring
- 33a
- key groove
- 34
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- first reference tooth
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Claims (6)
- A roll crusher of a cooler apparatus (1) for cooling down a granular conveyed material while conveying the granular conveyed material, the roll crusher being configured to crush the granular conveyed material, the roll crusher comprising:a plurality of rolls (15) arranged side by side in a conveying direction such that a gap is formed between the rolls, the plurality of rolls being rotated about respective axes thereof by corresponding rotating units (17) to crush the granular conveyed material, the axes being parallel to each other and orthogonal to the conveying direction, wherein at least one of the plurality of rolls is a load-reducing roll, the load-reducing roll includes a plurality of crushing rings (22, 23), each of the plurality of crushing rings includes a plurality of crushing teeth (24, 27) arranged on an outer peripheral surface thereof, the plurality of crushing teeth being arranged at regular intervals in a circumferential direction, andthe plurality of crushing teeth of each of the plurality of crushing rings on the load-reducing roll are arranged such that the plurality of crushing teeth are shifted by a same shift amount in the circumferential direction relative to the plurality of crushing teeth of the crushing ring that is adjacent to the each crushing ring,wherein the plurality of rolls (15) include at least two of the load-reducing rolls that are adjacent to each other, characterised in thateach of the adjacent load-reducing rolls includes the crushing rings (22) such that a the shift amount by which the plurality of crushing teeth (24) are shifted in the circumferential direction differs between the adjacent load-reducing rolls.
- The roll crusher of the cooler apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the plurality of crushing teeth (24, 27) are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring (22, 23) at a predetermined pitch, such that the plurality of crushing teeth of each crushing ring are shifted by 1/n (where n is an integer of not less than 2) of the pitch in the circumferential direction toward one side relative to the plurality of crushing teeth of the crushing ring that is adjacent to the each crushing ring in an axial direction in which the axes extend. - The roll crusher of the cooler apparatus according to claim 2, whereinthe load-reducing roll (15) includes a shaft (21) that extends in the axial direction and that is rotated about the axis of the load-reducing roll by the corresponding rotating unit (17),the shaft includes, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, one of an engaging piece (21a) and an engaged groove that extend in the axial direction and that are engageable with each other,each of the plurality of crushing rings (22, 23) includes, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove (22a, 23a), and when the engaging piece and the engaged groove engage with each other, the plurality of crushing rings are externally attached to the shaft such that the plurality of crushing rings are non-displaceable relative to the shaft in the circumferential direction,the plurality of crushing rings include a first crushing ring (22) and a second crushing ring (23),the first crushing ring includes a first reference tooth (24d) that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth,the second crushing ring includes a second reference tooth (27e) that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth,the first reference tooth is positioned on a line that connects between a center of the first crushing ring and a center of the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove, andthe second reference tooth is disposed such that the second reference tooth is shifted relative to the first reference tooth in the circumferential direction by 360 / (n * N) degrees (where N is the number of teeth of the second crushing ring).
- The roll crusher of the cooler apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the plurality of crushing teeth (24, 27) include a high tooth (24a, 27a) and a low tooth (24c, 27c), the high tooth being the crushing tooth with a first height, the low tooth being the crushing tooth with a second height lower than the first height. - The roll crusher of the cooler apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
high teeth forming portions (25, 28), in each of which a plurality of the high teeth (24a, 27a) are arranged in the circumferential direction, and low teeth forming portions (26, 29), in each of which a plurality of the low teeth (24c, 27c) are arranged in the circumferential direction, are present on an outer peripheral surface of the load-reducing roil (15), and the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions are arranged in a staggered manner. - The roll crusher of the cooler apparatus according to claim 5, whereinthe load-reducing roll (15) includes a shaft (21) that extends in an axial direction in which the axis of the load-reducing roll extends, the shaft being rotated about the axis by the corresponding rotating unit (17),the plurality of crushing teeth (24, 27) are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring (22, 23) at the regular intervals at a predetermined pitch, such that the plurality of crushing teeth of each crushing ring are shifted by 1/2 of the pitch in the circumferential direction toward one side relative to the plurality of crushing teeth of the crushing ring that is adjacent to the each crushing ring in the axial direction, the shaft includes, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, one of an engaging piece (21a) and an engaged groove that extend in the axial direction and that are engageable with each other,each of the plurality of crushing rings (22, 23) includes, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove (22a, 23a), and when the engaging piece and the engaged groove engage with each other, the plurality of crushing rings are externally attached to the shaft such that the plurality of crushing rings are non-displaceable relative to the shaft in the circumferential direction,the high teeth forming portions (25, 28), in each of which at least two of the high teeth (24a, 27a) are arranged, and the low teeth forming portions (26, 29), in each of which at least two of the low teeth (24c, 27c) are arranged, are present on the outer peripheral surface of each crushing ring,the plurality of crushing rings include a first crushing ring (22) and a second crushing ring (23),the first crushing ring includes a first reference tooth (24d) that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth and that is positioned on a line that connects between a center of the first crushing ring and a center of the other of the engaging piece and the engaged groove, and on the outer peripheral surface of the first crushing ring, the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction with reference to the first reference tooth,the second crushing ring includes a second reference tooth (27e) that is one of the plurality of crushing teeth and that is disposed such that the second reference tooth is shifted relative to the first reference tooth in the circumferential direction toward the one side by 1/2 of the pitch, and on the outer peripheral surface of the second crushing ring, the high teeth forming portions and the low teeth forming portions are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction with reference to the second reference tooth, andthe first crushing ring and the second crushing ring are formed such that each of the first crushing ring and the second crushing ring is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the axis.
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