Investigation on Kinetic Features of Multi-Liners in
Coupler Plane of Single Toggle Jaw Crusher
Cao Jinxi, Qin Zhiyu, Wang Guopeng, Rong Xingfu, Yang Shichun
College of Mechanical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
cjinxi@163.com
Abstract- A jaw crusher is a kind of size reduction machine
which is widely used in mineral, aggregates and metallurgy fields.
The performance of jaw crusher is mainly determined by the
kinetic characteristic of the liner during the crushing process.
The practical kinetic characteristic of the liners which are located
in certain domain of the coupler plane are computed and
discussed. Based on those computing results and analysis for the
points chosen from the liners paralleling coupler plane, unique
swing features and kinematics arguments are determined in
order to build the kinetic characteristic arguments. The job is
helpful for a design of new prototype of this kind of machine on
optimizing the frame, designing the chamber and recognizing the
crushing character.
Keywords - jaw crusher, liners, kinetic features, kinematics
arguments
I. INTRODUCTION
The performance of a jaw crusher is mainly determined by
the kinetic characteristic of the liner during the crushing
process. The liner motion is not in translation, but complex
swing one [1]. Features and analysis of liner motion is a
necessary foundation for better jaw crusher design
In previous researches much attention has focused on an
analysis of the straight-line along the direction of the couple
of the fourbar crank-rocker [2][3][4][5] or the designed liner
in a stereotypy jaw crusher[6] based on a fourbar crank-rocker
model, the results of which cannot reflect the kinetic
characteristic and the variation trend of optimizing points
which should be used in a crushing interface. With those
kinds of traditional designing ways the kinetic characteristic
of any points in the coupler plane and the correlation among
those characteristic can not be fully described.
In this paper, a certain domain, called the liner domain, of
the coupler plane is chosen to discuss the kinetic
characteristic of a liner or a crushing interface in the domain.
Based on the computation and the analysis of the practical
kinetic characteristic of the points along a liner paralleling to
the direction of coupler line, some kinematics arguments are
determined in order to build some kinetic characteristic
arguments for the computing, analyzing and designing. The
job is helpful for a design of new prototype of this kind of
machine on optimizing a frame, designing a chamber and
recognizing a crushing character.
II. CHOOSING THE POINTS ON LINERS FOR COMPUTING
A liner of jaw crusher is an interface for analyzing the
crushing force, on which the crushing force occurs, in other
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words, the directly contact and the interaction between the
material and the liner occur there. So the interface has great
effect on the crushing feature of jaw crusher. The liner is one
of the curves in the cross-section of the couple plane, which is
also given a definition as one of the coupler curves in a
fourbar crank-rocker model. Since different positions of
liners in the coupler plane have different moving features, the
motion of points along the liners in the computing domain is
quite different from that of them in the straight-line coupler of
the simple fourbar crank-rocker model. Therefore, it is
necessary to consider motion differences caused by different
liner positions and their motion features to select a coupler
curve as the swing liner with good crushing character.
Based on the fourbar crank-rocker model, the system
sketch of jaw crusher for calculating is shown in Fig. 1. The
global static coordinate is XOY and the dynamic coordinate is
UCV. Although a real shape and position of a fixed working
liner is usually determined by a suspension point of the jaw
crusher, computation of a liner will be done on the one of
chosen curves in the liner domain. Thus with different
position on the liner, each computing point on it liners will
arrive at the limit position at different time. On a traditional
designing way, the limit position is usually determined by the
horizontal motion distance which is simply used as a
designing factor or parameter to describe a moving feature of
the liner. However it is well known that a practical crushing
force exerted on fractured material is in the normal direction
of the liner. The normal direction of each point in the liner
changes in one operation cycle. So a distance between the
limit positions in normal direction of those points is quite
different from that of the displacement of horizontal motion.
In order to describe the kinetic characteristic of the points
in the liner domain, the single toggle jaw crusher PE400*600
is taken as example to compute and analyze the distributed
kinetic characteristic. The calculation parameters of the
PE400×600 are shown in Table I.
In order to illustrate the motion of the points in liner
domain, it is needed to define the liner domain. Some planes
paralleling to the BC are selected and each plane is divided
into 20 equal parts. In the U direction, 7 evenly distributed
points are selected from the-300 to 300 and in the V direction
21 evenly distributed points are selected from -200 to 1800.
So there are 21 points selected to be calculate in the V
direction for a certain U. With the points for computing and
the liner domain chosen as above mentioned, computing
results are shown in the follows.
 mm U
1600

1400

1200
V
1000

800

Y
600

400

200

Fig. 1 Jaw crusher sketch 0

TABLE I
PE400*600 JAW CRUSHER CALCULATION PARAMETERS (mm) -200
r l k a b N(rpm)
-400
12.0 1085.0 455.0 45.3 815.7 300
Where r is crank AB, l is the coupler BC, k is the rocker -600
-400 -200 0 200 400 600 800 mm
CO, a and b are X and Y component of the A point and N the X
rotation speed of the crank. Fig. 2 Calculation paths of different points
III. MOVEMENT COMPUTATION AND FEATURE ANALYSIS The path of the points in liner domain is shown in Fig. 2. It
OF POINTS is shown in Fig. 2 that the path of any point is a closed curve
The mechanism of the jaw crusher is shown in Fig. 1. that is analogous to an ellipse. The path of different point is
Given the rotation direction of the crank AB is clockwise. different, and the variation of the shape has a certain law.
It is shown in equation 9 that the point with the same V
Where θ ≤ 90 and
D

component has the same velocity component in the U

− mn + ( mn) 2 − (n 2 + 1)(m 2 − 1) direction, i.e., the U component has no effect on the velocity
sin θ =
n2 + 1 (1) component in the U direction. The variation of the velocity
cosθ = m + n sinθ (2) component in U direction relative to the angle parameter ij is
a 2 + b 2 + r 2 + l 2 − k 2 − 2r ( a sin ϕ + b cos ϕ ) shown in Fig. 3. It is obvious that the amplitude of the
m=
2l (b − r cos ϕ ) (3) velocity variation is minimal for the points at the suspending
a − r sin ϕ point zone. The variation of the initial phase has a certain law.
n=
b − r cos ϕ (4)
Given the position of any point in coordinate UCV is (u, v)
and in coordinate XOY is (x, y) mm/s
800
Then
x = u cosθ + (l − v) sin θ + a − r sin ϕ (5) 600
velocity

y = u sin θ + (l − v) cos θ + b − r cos ϕ (6) 400

And the velocity of the points can be express as following
200
equations:
ª dθ dθ º 0
v X = «(l − v )cosθ − r cos ϕ − u sin θ ω O

¬ dϕ d ϕ »¼ (7)
0 60 120 180 240 300 360
-200
ª dθ dθ º V
vY = «(l − v )sin θ + r sin ϕ + u sin θ ω -400
¬ dϕ dϕ »¼ (8)
ª dθ º -600
ϕ
vU = «(l − v) − r cos(ϕ + θ )»ω
¬ dϕ ¼ (9) -800
ª dθ º Fig. 3 Velocity component in U direction
vV = «u + r sin(ϕ + θ )»ω
¬ dω ¼ (10)
dθ r ª ( a + l sin θ ) cos ϕ + (l cos θ − b) sin ϕ º
=
dϕ l «¬ a − r sin ϕ + (b − r cos ϕ ) sin θ »
¼ (11)

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600
500
U 1.0
400

ellipticity
300 0.8
200
100 0.6
velocity
0
0 60 120 180 240 300 360 O
-100 0.4
-200 ϕ U
-300
0.2
-400
-500
0.0
-600
Fig. 4 Velocity component in V direction
0 400 800 1200 1600 mm
V
It is shown in equation 10 that the point with the same U Fig. 6 The ellipticity of the points in the liner scope plane
component has the same velocity component in the V The ration between the longest axis and the shortest axis of
direction. In other words the V component has no effect on single path is called ellipticity that can reflect the basic feature
the velocity component in the V direction. The variation of the closed curves. The ellipticity of the points in the liner
the velocity component in V direction relative to the angle domain is shown in Fig. 6. The ellipticity of the point having
parameter ij is shown in Fig. 4. It is obvious that the the same U component got the maximal value in the
amplitude of the velocity variation is decreasing with the suspending point zone.
decreasing U component. The variation of the initial phase
has a certain law. B. Critical Value of the Motion during the Crushing
Process
IV. KINETIC CHARACTERISTIC ARGUMENT OF POINTS IN The start points in the U direction during the close and the
LINER DOMAIN
open process in one operation cycle is shown in Fig. 7. It can
Taking the points in the liner domain as a distribution be seen that the start of the close process is not simultaneous.
whole, the analysis to the kinetic characteristic of the points However, the calculation indicates that the start of close
and its variation are carried out. The common feature and process of the point with the same V component is
variation law is shown in the following simultaneous.

A. Feature Argument of the Motion Path C. Distance in the U and V Direction

It is shown in Fig. 2 that the path of the points is analogous
to the ellipse. In order to describe the feature of the path, the
maximal distance between two dots on single path is called
the long axis, and the angel between the long axis and the X
axis is called the gradient.
The path gradient of point in the liner scope plane is shown
in Fig. 5. It is shown that path gradient of the points in the
The distance of points in the U direction during one
crushing cycle is shown in Fig. 8. It is obviously that the
points having the same V component have the same close and
open distance, i.e., the distance in the U direction has no
relationship with the U component.
O

suspending point has the same value. For the points having 350
ϕ
the same U component, the gradient is gradually increasing at
300
lower part of liner, and after the maximal value the gradient is start of open process
gradually decreasing with the increasing of the V component. 250
o

100
200
80
150
60
angle

40 100
U
20
50 start of open process
0
0 400 800 1200 1600 mm 0
-20
0 400 800 1200 1600 mm
V
-40 V
Fig. 7 The start of the close and the open process in the U direction
-60
-80
-100

Fig. 5 Paths gradient of the points in the liner domain

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Fig. 9 Upward and downward distances in the V direction of the points in
the liner scope plane
The upward and the downward distances in the V direction
of the points in the liner scope plane are shown in Fig. 9. The
result shows that the points with the same U component have
the same distance in the V direction. The distance in V
direction is decreasing with the decreasing of U component,
which will relive the liner wear.
V. CONCLUSIONS
A certain domain of the coupler plane and some points in it
are chosen to discuss the kinetic characteristic of the crushing
interface or the liner. Based on the computation and the
analysis of the practical kinetic characteristic of the points in
the liner domain, some traditional motion parameters and
some kinetic arguments are calculated. According to the
requirement for the squeezing motion of different zone in the
crushing chamber, the chamber geometry can be improved.
The required squeezing motion of the particles in different
chamber position is the function of its property, and this will
be the job of the next step.

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