EP3854481A1 - Druckplattenvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP3854481A1
EP3854481A1 EP20275021.2A EP20275021A EP3854481A1 EP 3854481 A1 EP3854481 A1 EP 3854481A1 EP 20275021 A EP20275021 A EP 20275021A EP 3854481 A1 EP3854481 A1 EP 3854481A1
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Dennis Duellman
Marian Ando
Andrzej Krol
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McCloskey International Ltd Canada
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
    • B02C2/00—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers
    • B02C2/02—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers eccentrically moved
    • B02C2/04—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers eccentrically moved with vertical axis
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
    • B02C2/00—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
    • B02C2/00—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers
    • B02C2/02—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers eccentrically moved
    • B02C2/04—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers eccentrically moved with vertical axis
    • B02C2/042—Moved by an eccentric weight
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
    • B02C2/00—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers
    • B02C2/02—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers eccentrically moved
    • B02C2/04—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers eccentrically moved with vertical axis
    • B02C2/045—Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers eccentrically moved with vertical axis and with bowl adjusting or controlling mechanisms

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  • Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to cone crushers and more specifically to a system for preventing the tendency of a cone crusher head to elevated and/or to rotate.
  • Cone crushers are typically used to crush large rocks into smaller rocks at quarries. They include a conical crushing head that gyrates with a central shaft, the gyration of which is caused by a rotating eccentric surrounding the shaft. A hardened mantle covers the crushing head to crush rocks between it and a hardened liner of the crusher bowl in a crushing zone.
  • the eccentric is driven by a diesel engine or electric motor power drive.
  • a cone head ball surface is typically mounted to the central shaft.
  • This ball surface carries downward thrust loads, which it passes on to a stationary socket and thrust bearings disposed below the ball surface and socket interface.
  • the thrust forces push the ball surface down on the stationary socket, creating friction that normally holds the shaft from rotating with the rotation of the eccentric.
  • the downward thrust forces are anything but constant as the mantle gyrates and rocks enter and exit the crushing chamber. Without constant and substantial friction between the ball, which is mounted to the central shaft, and the stationary socket, the shaft and the mantle mounted to it may tend to rotate, which may create problems with the operation of the crusher.
  • cone head lift Another drawback with some existing cone crushers is that, under particularly cold conditions, some cone crushers will exhibit what is called “cone head lift.” This phenomenon sometimes occurs during warm up of the crusher in cold weather, when the lubricating oil is especially viscous. Under these conditions, high internal fluid pressure may exceed the weight of the shaft and head, causing the head to lift. This can result in oil leakage and oil contamination, as well as damage to the oil seals.
  • This cone head lift can be addressed by keeping a relatively constant downward pressure on the shaft, preventing the lifting even when forces generated by the thickened oil exceed the weight of the shaft and head.
  • Coupled may mean that two or more elements are in direct physical or electrical contact. However, “coupled” may also mean that two or more elements are not in direct contact with each other, but yet still cooperate or interact with each other.
  • a phrase in the form "A/B” or in the form “A and/or B” means (A), (B), or (A and B).
  • a phrase in the form "at least one of A, B, and C” means (A), (B), (C), (A and B), (A and C), (B and C), or (A, B and C).
  • a phrase in the form "(A)B” means (B) or (AB) that is, A is an optional element.
  • the system may include a disc fixed to the frame, the disc having a substantially centrally-disposed opening. It may also include a plate mounted to the central shaft, with at least one spring disposed to exert an upward bias on the plate with respect to the central shaft. The plate and the disc are positioned against each other during at least some of the operations of the crusher so that the disc presses downwardly on the plate to exert a downward bias on the central shaft.
  • the plate may include a replaceable wear insert facing the disc that may be replaced when it is desired to change the configuration of the plate or when the wear insert becomes worn.
  • the system may include a housing fixed to the central shaft, with the at least one spring disposed within the housing.
  • an end cap may be fixed to the plate and slidably mounted to the housing, with the at least one spring disposed to exert a bias between the housing and the end cap.
  • Another aspect of the disclosure provides a process for maintaining downward pressure on the cone of a cone crusher having a stationary frame, a central shaft, and an eccentric that gyrates the central shaft with respect to the frame.
  • the improvement comprises the following steps, not necessarily in the order recited: selecting a pressure plate having an upwardly-facing surface including a removable wear insert; positioning at least one spring between the central shaft and the pressure plate; fixing a disc to the frame, the disc having a downwardly-facing surface and a centrally-disposed opening; and mounting the pressure plate to the central shaft such that the upwardly-facing surface of the pressure plate faces the downwardly-facing surface of the disc, the at least one spring exerting an upward bias on the pressure plate toward the disc, with the disc exerting a downward force on the pressure plate and the central shaft during at least a portion of the time the crusher is performing crushing operations.
  • This process may include the additional step of replacing the wear insert.
  • Yet another aspect of the disclosure provides a process for maintaining downward pressure on the cone of a cone crusher having a stationary frame, a central shaft, a first and a second thrust bearing surface mounted to the central shaft that absorb at least some downward thrust during crushing operations, and a rotating eccentric that gyrates the central shaft with respect to the frame.
  • the improvement includes the following steps, not necessarily in the order recited: mounting a housing to the central shaft; positioning at least one spring adjacent the housing; slidably mounting an end cap to the housing such that the at least one spring is disposed between the housing and the end cap; fixing a disc to the frame, the disc having a substantially centrally-disposed opening; selecting a plate having an upwardly-facing surface including a removable wear insert; and mounting the plate to the end cap such that the disc is disposed between the plate and central shaft and the at least one spring biases the plate toward the disc so that the disc and the plate exert a downward force on the central shaft, and the plate gyrates with the central shaft and with respect to the disc.
  • This last process may also include the step of replacing the wear insert.
  • Crusher 10 is largely conventional, except for the pressure plate apparatus, generally indicated at 12, at the bottom of the crusher.
  • Fig. 1 shows that cone crushers include a cone head 13 and a cone head ball surface 14, which is mounted to a central shaft 16.
  • Ball surface 14 is disposed immediately above and rests against a stationary socket 18, which is mounted indirectly to the central shaft.
  • a mantle 20 is mounted to the top of central shaft 16, which gyrates due to the action of a surrounding, rotating eccentric 22.
  • the action of the gyrating mantle 20 moving toward a stationary bowl liner 22 breaks down rocks that enter a crushing zone 24 extending between the mantle and the liner. All of the foregoing components are mounted within a stationary crusher frame 26.
  • pressure plate apparatus 12 is provided. This relatively constant pressure is effected by providing a constant downward force on central shaft 16 using at least one spring, the operation of which will be explained as this description continues.
  • Fig. 1 shows a typical position of a pressure plate 38 in pressure plate apparatus 12.
  • pressure plate 38 is fastened to an end cap 52 by a nut 34, which is threaded on to threads 32 at the bottom of the end cap.
  • a cotter pin or bolt 33 ensures that nut 34 is retained in position on end cap 52.
  • Pressure plate 38 may be generally circular in configuration.
  • Thrust washer disc 40 is also generally circular in configuration as shown best in Figs. 2A-B and 7-9 , and includes a substantially centrally-disposed opening 43 that may be generally circular in shape and may be said to have a first diameter.
  • Pressure plate 38 may be said to have a second diameter, which may be larger than the first diameter of the thrust washer disc central opening 43.
  • the outer periphery of thrust washer disc 40 includes a flange 42 that is bolted via bolt holes 44 to frame 26.
  • the substantially centrally-disposed opening of the disc may not be generally circular and it is not necessary that the second diameter of the pressure plate be larger than the first diameter of the disc opening. As shown in Figs.
  • thrust washer disc 40 also typically includes lubrication openings 47 to facilitate lubrication between disc 40 and pressure plate 38.
  • An appropriate pattern of channels may be provided in in the downwardly-facing surface 41 of disc 40 and/or in the upwardly-facing surface 37 of pressure plate 38 to spread lubrication over the interface between the disc and the pressure plate.
  • FIGs. 1 , 2A-B and 13 show pressure plate 38 at one side of thrust washer disc 40. Given that central shaft 16 is always off to one side of center, these figures illustrate a typical relative disposition of pressure plate 38 and thrust washer disc 40.
  • Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate that pressure plate 38 includes a raised portion 45 with an internally splined region 46.
  • a complementing splined region 50 in end cap 52 is shown best in Figs. 5 and 6 .
  • End cap 52 also includes a raised annular shoulder 54 and a broad platform 56.
  • Platform 56 may be multi-sided, with sides 58, as shown best in Fig. 5 .
  • Lubrication holes 55 may be positioned in platform 56 to facilitate lubrication of the interface between shoulder 54 and the adjacent bearing, to be described below.
  • a housing 60 shown best in Figs. 11 and 12 , may also be included, with at least one spring being disposed between the housing and the end cap. It is possible that a plurality of springs may be disposed in aligned holes spaced around the housing but in the depicted embodiment a plurality of slightly conically-shaped so-called Belleville washers or springs 62 are positioned in the housing. With a plurality of Belleville springs 62 included, the springs form a stack. As shown in Figs. 2A-C , in the preferred embodiment, springs 62 include pairs of springs mounted in alternating dispositions to provide the appropriate amount of bias. A circular spacer 63 may be disposed above the Belleville springs 62 and below platform 56 of end cap 52.
  • housing 60 may be generally cylindrical but with many features designed to retain various components and fit within and between other components of pressure plate apparatus 12.
  • housing 60 includes a cylindrical passage 64 designed to receive the raised portion 45 of pressure plate 38 as well as the central extension 50 of end cap 52.
  • a bushing or bearing 65 may be provided in the inner periphery of cylindrical passage 64.
  • the housing also includes an annular gap 66 designed to receive and retain Belleville springs 62. Annular gap 66 does not extend entirely through housing 60 so that the springs bottom out in the housing.
  • One or more venting openings 68 may be provided in annular gap 66.
  • housing 60 Also included in housing 60 are a plurality of bolt holes 70 evenly positioned around the periphery of the housing, provided with shoulders 72 to support the heads of bolts 74 that extend therethrough. As seen in Figs. 2A-C , bolts 74 serve to mount housing 60 the central shaft 16, which, again, gyrates from side to side with the rotation of eccentric 22 but should not rotate. As shown in Fig. 11 , flat segments 76 in housing 60 receive the flattened edges 58 of end cap 52 (see Fig. 5 ) to ensure that the housing does not rotate with respect to the adjacent components.
  • a shallow oil pan 78 is provided in the bottom of the crusher below the pressure plate apparatus 12. Oil pan 78 will tend to collect lubricating oil as it drains from radial bearing 28 and an eccentric bearing 80 before draining through a drainage port (not shown) and returning to a lubricating oil reservoir (not shown). Oil flowing into pan 78 ensures that the sliding surfaces between the upper surface of pressure plate 38 and the lower surface of thrust washer disc 40 are fully lubricated and sufficiently cooled while shaft 16 gyrates from side to side and the pressure plate and thrust washer disc surfaces are sliding across each other.
  • This relatively constant pressure between ball surface 14 and socket 18 also minimizes and normally prevents any cone head lift, resulting from overly-viscous lubricating oil during start up in cold conditions.
  • the cone head ball surface and the stationary socket may sometimes be referred to herein as a first and a second thrust-bearing surface.
  • the upwardly-facing surface 37 of pressure plate 38 may be designed to extend downwardly. It may even take a slightly generally convex configuration with respect to central shaft 16. In other instances (not shown) the entire pressure plate may be downwardly-extending or in some cases downwardly convex. If a radiused curvature is used for the upwardly-facing surface of pressure plate 38, a typical radius would be about 71 inches, although this will depend on the dimensions of the crusher and the pressure plate system.
  • downwardly-facing surface 41 of thrust washer disc 40 may also be downwardly-extending or, in some cases, downwardly convex.
  • surfaces 37 and 41 will be complementing in their downward extension or if convex, in their convex configuration. In many instances, this complementing degree of downward extension or convex-ness might be precisely the same.
  • any debris that is disposed between thrust washer disc 40 and the pressure plate will tend to move radially outwardly until it drops off the outer periphery of the pressure plate. This phenomenon will tend to reduce or eliminate the possibility of the pressure plate and thrust washer disc overheating due to the presence of such debris.
  • the degree of downward extension of the upwardly-facing surface 37 of pressure plate 38 and the downwardly-facing surface 41 of thrust washer disc 40 will vary depending up the particular application. However, as shown in Fig. 13 , it has been determined that an inclination of about 4.5 degrees is ideal, with a range being something in the neighborhood of 1-10 degrees.
  • end cap 152 has an upper portion 153 that extends upwardly into the central shaft 116, which may include a bushing or bearing 167.
  • end cap 152 includes features on both the top and bottom of broad platform 156 that provide increased stability to the end cap as it moves up and down with the action of springs 162.
  • Raised annular shoulder 154 continues to provide stability below platform 156 of the end cap; however, in this embodiment upper portion 153 provides an additional guide surface in central shaft 116 to ensure that end cap 152 does not tilt to one side or the other as it moves up and down.
  • lubrication grooves 190 and 192 extend axially along annular shoulder 154 and upper portion 153, respectively, via lubricating holes 155 and interconnecting lubrication channels (not shown).
  • Fig. 16 depicts a third embodiment of the pressure plate system. Because most of the features of this variation are identical or substantially the same as the earlier embodiments, the entire crusher has not been show. As with embodiment 110, because even the pressure plate system 212 of this second alternative embodiment is largely the same as the prior embodiment 12, corresponding numbers in the 200 series will be used.
  • the curvature and configuration of upwardly-facing surface 237 of pressure plate 238 may be modified by using a flat pressure plate 238 and mounting to it a wear liner 239.
  • the wear liner 239 may take a wide variety of configurations.
  • the depicted wear liner 239 is shown to be upwardly concave, although it might alternatively be flat or upwardly convex. In any event, use of a wear liner 239 facilitates replacement when a change of configuration is desired or if upwardly-facing surface 237 becomes excessively worn.
  • a disc 240 formed of cast iron has been found to be particularly appropriate when a bronze wear liner 239 is utilized.

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US20160325287A1 (en) * 2014-01-13 2016-11-10 Metso Minerals, Inc. A crusher, mineral material crushing plant and method for handling a thrust bearing in a crusher

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US20060102760A1 (en) * 2004-11-15 2006-05-18 Johnson Crushers International Clutch for rock crusher
US20160325287A1 (en) * 2014-01-13 2016-11-10 Metso Minerals, Inc. A crusher, mineral material crushing plant and method for handling a thrust bearing in a crusher

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