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Frozen Coal Crackers

Frozen Coal Crackers

Pennsylvania Crusher Frozen Coal Crackers solve unloading problems in rotary car dump operations through quick size reduction, faster unloading, reduced damage and hopper jams, and less downtime and labor requirements.

Features

Pennsylvania Crusher Frozen Coal Crackers solve unloading problems in rotary car dump operations where frozen lumps as large as four feet thick are not uncommon, creating serious jam-ups in hoppers, conveying systems and transfer points. Frozen coal chunks even cause unloading problems at plants located in warm weather areas if the rail cars have originated in or passed through freezing, wet weather.

Our Frozen Coal Cracker eliminates many problems in this process:

• Coal is unloaded at rotary car dump stations from rail cars or from stockpile storage into the "cracker" via open-throated hoppers without using grates over the dump hopper
• Cracker has low profile, enabling it to fit into any space
• Cracker has extremely wide feed opening so that large frozen chunks can enter the chamber
• Cracker reduces large frozen chunks completely and feeds a minus 6" to 8" output size to conveyors

Benefits:

• Quick size reduction of frozen coal to enable normal feed rates
• Faster unloading of unit trains for reduced or eliminated demurrage changes
• Elimination of damage caused by large unfrozen lumps
• Elimination of hopper jams and damage to conveyor belts
• Elimination or severe reduction of expensive yard equipment
• Reduced downtime during changeovers
• Less labor required during operation
• More damage protection through spring-loaded toggle mechanism that allows breaker plate to retreat when uncrushable material enters chamber