Abstract: A roller crusher having two generally parallel rollers arranged to rotate in opposite directions, towards each other, and separated by a gap, where each roller has two ends. The roller crusher includes a flange attached to at least one of the ends of one of the rollers and a movement blocking arrangement structured and arranged to limit the gap between the rollers to a minimum gap of at least 45 mm. The roller crusher further includes at least one scraper positioned at an end of the roller with a flange. The scraper is positioned such that a minimum roller surface distance between each scraping surface of the at least one scraper and the outer surface of the roller is at least 70% of the minimum gap. A method for arrangement of a roller crusher is also provided.

Abstract: An example method for operating a plant, which has at least one assembly with a rotating surface that wears to an increasing extent during the operation of the plant, may involve evaluating a wear state of the rotating surface of the assembly. Based on the wear state of the rotating surface, a manner in which the plant is operated may be modified to prolong the running time of the assembly until, for instance, a next-scheduled service or maintenance interval. The modified manner of operating the plant may be adapted to the wear state of the rotating surface. Several examples of such modifications include changing a quantity of water sprayed onto material to be comminuted, changing a quantity of grinding additive added to material to be comminuted, and/or changing a contact pressure of a grinding roll of the assembly.

Abstract: A moveable shaft assembly including a frame, a first shaft, and a first drive assembly. The frame includes a first support wall and a second support wall opposite the first support wall. The first shaft includes a drive end and a support end and defining a first axis therebetween. The first shaft extends between the first support wall and the second support wall. The first drive assembly rotates the first shaft about the first axis, and the first drive assembly is coupled to the drive end of the first shaft. The first shaft and first drive assembly are moveable relative to the frame in response to a reaction force acting on the first shaft in a direction oblique or transverse to the first axis.

Abstract: In order to create a roller press, particularly for comminuting a bed of material, the roller press having two rollers separated from each other by a roller nip and using hydraulic cylinders to press the one roller against the oppositely situated roller over the material situated in the roller nip, the stress on the surface of the rollers to be reduced and their service life to be increased, it is proposed according to the invention that both rollers are designed as loose rollers that are displaceable transversely relative to the roller nip, the bearing housings of the rollers being supported on side parts of the machine frame by hydraulic cylinders that apply the roller compaction pressure.

Abstract: A roll press for the compression or compacting of granular products. Two detachable rolls separated by a roll gap are driven in opposite directions and mounted on shafts to rotate in a machine frame. The shafts of the mobile rolls are received in bearing housings arranged in a mobile manner in the machine frame. Two respective bearing housings of different rolls, arranged on one side of the rolls, are interconnected by at least one pressure cylinder having at least two working chambers. A method for centering mobile rolls in such a roll press. The at least two working chambers have a force effect acting in opposite directions, and are interconnected in such a way that a pressure medium can circulate between the chambers. In this way, the hydraulic system is positioned in a fixed manner on the machine frame, the rolls nonetheless being mounted in the machine frame in a floating manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller crusher having two generally parallel rotatable rollers separated by a gap, and a feeding arrangement for feeding material to the rollers. The roller crusher includes a base frame and a first and a second roller frame section, each of the first and second roller frames sections being pivotably connected to the base frame and arranged for carrying one of the rollers in bearings arranged at opposed ends of each roller. The roller crusher also includes at least one balancing cylinder extending between one of the roller frame sections and the base frame such that when the at least one balancing cylinder is activated, the interconnected roller frame sections will pivot relative to the base frame, thus adjusting the position of the rollers relative to the base frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller grinder comprising two rollers, each mounted on a separate shaft, a fixation means, a guide member, and a first and a second end member. A center of the guide member is rotatably attached to the fixation means in a position, which in a horizontal direction is located centrally between said rollers. Each end of the guide member is attached to a first end of the first and second end members, respectively, by means of a joint, such that both the guide member and the first and second end members can rotate around the joint, and the first and second end members, respectively, are rotatably attached at a second end to a respective one of the shafts.

Abstract: A device for comminuting material, such as a roller press, includes rollers positioned adjacent to each other and forming a nip therebetween. One of the rollers may be moveable via an actuator, such as a cylinder or hydraulic cylinder. One or more first accumulators may be attached to the actuator so that fluid is moveable from the actuator to the one or more first accumulators when the rollers are rotated to comminute material passing through the nip. One or more second accumulators may be connected to the actuator as well so that fluid from the actuator may move to the one or more second accumulators when an uncrushable element passes through the nip. Preferably, the one or more second accumulators are configured such that fluid does not pass from the actuator to the one or more second accumulators unless an uncrushable element passes through the nip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transportable roller mill for reducing solids with a mill housing, a grinding pan, two grinding rollers, two swing lever units, a grinding pan drive and a gear for the grinding pan. It is further provided that the roller mil is arranged for transport and operation in a container. The swing lever units are respectively connected to the mill housing and supports extend from the connection regions of the swing lever units to the bottom of the container. Vibration dampers are provided between the container bottom and the supports. The invention further relates to a grinding installation.

Abstract: In this roller mill (3) with a vertical axis (1), the grinding rollers (5) are mounted via the grinding roller shafts (6) in bearing housings (7) which are equipped with rolling bearings and which are fastened outside the roller mill housing on concrete foundations (9). Between the bearing housings (7) of the grinding roller bearing arrangement and the concrete foundations (9) are situated so-called scissor lift tables (8) which, by means of an integrated hydropneumatic suspension, press the grinding rollers inside the roller mill housing onto the material for grinding situated on the grinding plate (3) and carry out the grinding process. Moreover, the scissor lift tables (8) have the function of stabilizing the grinding rollers (3) against tangential forces and of allowing only a pure vertical movement for the grinding rollers. This means that a tilting of the grinding rollers is effectively prevented by the scissor lift tables.

Abstract: In order to create a roller press, particularly for comminuting a bed of material, the roller press having two rollers separated from each other by a roller nip and using hydraulic cylinders to press the one roller against the oppositely situated roller over the material situated in the roller nip, the stress on the surface of the rollers to be reduced and their service life to be increased, it is proposed according to the invention that both rollers are designed as loose rollers that are displaceable transversely relative to the roller nip, the bearing housings of the rollers being supported on side parts of the machine frame by hydraulic cylinders that apply the roller compaction pressure.

Abstract: The roller grinding mill according to the invention for comminuting brittle grinding stock substantially comprises a. at least one grinding roller which co-operates with a counter-face in such a manner that the grinding stock is comminuted between the grinding roller and the counter-face and b. a pressing system for applying a force to the grinding stock via the grinding roller, the pressing system having the following components: b1. at least one hydropneumatic store and b2. at least one dual-articulation actuating cylinder which is connected to the hydropneumatic store and which has pistons and a housing, the dual-articulation actuating cylinder having two pistons and a housing which acts as a coupling rod.

Abstract: In the coarse and fine grinding of mineral and non-mineral materials, e.g. limestone, cement clinker, blast-furnace slag, old concrete or ashes, the grinding material, usually comprising new and recirculated stock, is fed as a defined and laterally bounded material layer (4) of predetermined thickness from a material feed container (3), belonging to the comminuting apparatus, by way of a roller-type or rotary-vane feeder (9), which is arranged at the outlet and can be changed in a stepless manner in respect of its rotational speed, onto the vertex of the laterally rimmed (45), driven, bottom roller (1), accelerated to the roller speed and transported continuously into the gap formed (5) with the upper roller (2), arranged in an offset manner above the driven roller (1), is subjected to hydropneumatic loading using specific compressive forces of 2 to 7.5 kN/mm and is then deagglomerated within the comminuting apparatus by a preferably high-speed rotary crusher (10).

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to simplify and to improve mounting of roller bearings in double roller machines, for example, roller presses for interparticle comminution of granular goods. The rollers and the bearing housing thereof are formed by means of slanting rollers and/or thermal roller longitudinal changes. The rollers are guided in a secure manner on the slide guides thereof. The invention is characterized in that the fixed bearing housing and the moveable bearing housing are connected together via a guide rod in each roller.

Abstract: In order to create a roller press, particularly for comminuting a bed of material, the roller press having two rollers separated from each other by a roller nip and using hydraulic cylinders to press the one roller against the oppositely situated roller over the material situated in the roller nip, the stress on the surface of the rollers to be reduced and their service life to be increased, it is proposed according to the invention that both rollers are designed as loose rollers that are displaceable transversely relative to the roller nip, the bearing housings of the rollers being supported on side parts of the machine frame by hydraulic cylinders that apply the roller compaction pressure.

Abstract: In the design of a twin-roller machine, such as a roll press for comminuting a bed of granular material, with two rotatably mounted, counter rotationally driven rollers which are separated from each other by a roller nip, and which use hydraulic cylinders to provide a roller pressing force the hydraulic cylinders are arranged in such a manner that they act in each case both on the bearing housings of one roller and on the respectively opposite bearing housings of the other roller with a self-contained system of milling pressing forces being formed without a closed machine frame loaded by the roller pressing forces.

Abstract: A two-roll machine, in particular a roll press, for interparticle comminution of granular material with two rotatably mounted, counter-rotating driven rolls separated from one another by a roll gap. Drive journals of the roll's shaft-mounted gearboxes are shaft-mounted as step-down planetary gear units. A machine table with a table platen is arranged under each of the shaft-mounted gearboxes that can move back and forth parallel to the roll shaft in at least one direction, and three vertically and horizontally adjustable supporting rests arranged in a triangle are arranged on the table platen on which the respective shaft-mounted gearbox can be supported offset-free and aligned with the roll shaft drive journal during its installation and removal.

Abstract: A two-roll machine, in particular a roll press, for interparticle comminution of granular material with two rotatably mounted, counter-rotating driven rolls separated from one another by a roll gap. Drive journals of the roll's shaft-mounted gearboxes are shaft-mounted as step-down planetary gear units. A machine table with a table platen is arranged under each of the shaft-mounted gearboxes that can move back and forth parallel to the roll shaft in at least one direction, and three vertically and horizontally adjustable supporting rests arranged in a triangle are arranged on the table platen on which the respective shaft-mounted gearbox can be supported offset-free and aligned with the roll shaft drive journal during its installation and removal.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a roll crusher for a grate cooler for cooling hot bulk material, in particular hot cement clinker, comprising several parallel crusher rolls. Said rolls are driven in opposite directions and comprise respective rotatably mounted axle tube rolls, onto each of which a large number of crusher rings that can be connected to the axle tube can be pushed. According to the invention, the crusher rings are configured in such a way that crusher elements project from the cylindrical outer face of the crusher rings, said elements being uniformly distributed both over the periphery and over the width of the crusher rings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a safety system ensuring availability of a milling or crushing plant with a roller grinding mill, which is provided in a combined plant, more particularly for the mill drying of cement raw material. For bringing about an almost 100% redundancy, in particular six milling rollers are provided. The roller grinding mill is designed in such a way that 80% of the full milling capacity can be provided in four-roller operation.

Abstract: The material processing mill includes a pair of rolls that each preferably have a smooth outer surface, such that material particles passing through the nip defined between the rolls are formed into flakes. One of the rolls is shiftable relative to the other, and shifting of the one roll is controlled by a roll positioning mechanism that includes a pair of piston and cylinder assemblies and associated spring reliefs. The rolls are each powered by a separate drive, which preferably includes a motor drivingly connected to the respective roll by a cogged belt. The drive for the shiftable roll particularly includes a motor base having a shiftable carrier to which the motor is fixed. The drive further includes a belt tensioning device, preferably in the form of a turnbuckle, that adjustably fixes the motor to the shiftable roll. Thus, the motor normally shifts with the shiftable roll, but the tensioning device may be used to adjust the spacing between the motor and shiftable roll to vary the tension on the belt.

Abstract: The material processing mill includes a pair of rolls that each preferably have a smooth outer surface, such that material particles passing through the nip defined between the rolls are formed into flakes. One of the rolls is shiftable relative to the other, and shifting of the one roll is controlled by a roll positioning mechanism that includes a pair of piston and cylinder assemblies and associated spring reliefs. The rolls are each powered by a separate drive, which preferably includes a motor drivingly connected to the respective roll by a cogged belt. The drive for the shiftable roll particularly includes a motor base having a shiftable carrier to which the motor is fixed. The drive further includes a belt tensioning device, preferably in the form of a turnbuckle, that adjustably fixes the motor to the shiftable roll. Thus, the motor normally shifts with the shiftable roll, but the tensioning device may be used to adjust the spacing between the motor and shiftable roll to vary the tension on the belt.

Abstract: A roll crusher includes a crusher roll; a support for rotatably and radially shiftably supporting the crusher roll; a stationarily supported countermember cooperating with the crusher roll to define a crushing gap therewith; and a hydraulic setting system for radially displacing the crusher roll for varying the crushing gap. The hydraulic setting system includes a pressure source and a piston rod executing strokes and having an end coupled to the roll support for transmitting to the crusher roll setting forces derived from the pressure source. Further, an abutment device is provided for limiting the strokes of the piston rod to set a minimum magnitude of the crushing gap. The abutment device includes an actuating mechanism for placing the abutment device into a stroke-limiting state and into a piston rod-releasing state.

Abstract: A cereal milling machine comprising a base frame (100) to be fixedly mounted on a mill floor and at least one removable roll pack consisting of a pair of rolls (2, 4) mounted in fixed and movable bearing housing (1, 5) respectively and rotatable to form a milling nip. The movable roll bearing housing (5) is pivotally attached at (6) to the fixed bearing housing (1), and an adjustable loading means comprises a handwheel (11) connected via a lever (12), a pneumatic cylinder (13), a lever (9), an eccentric pivot (10) and a top link (7), to the movable bearing housing (5) thus to provide fine adjustment of the milling gap. With this adjustment established the rolls may be thrown in and out of grinding relationship by expanding and contracting the pneumatic cylinder (13). Thus the roll pack combines the micro-adjustment of the milling gap with an engage/disengage mechanism by way of a single compact expandable link in the form of the cylinder (13), and the handwheel assembly (11).

Abstract: A chip destructuring and fissuring machine for destructuring wood chips or the like. The chip destructuring machine includes a support frame and two swing assemblies that provide parallel side-by-side squeeze rollers are swing-mounted on the frame to swing the rollers toward about a swing axis and away from one another between active and inactive positions. A drive motor having a drive shaft with a rotational axis aligned with the swing axis is mounted to the support frame, and drive assemblies couple the drive shaft to the rollers for rotating the rollers in opposite directions at the same rotational speed. Co-acting stops are mounted on the swing assemblies and are positioned to define a spacing between the rollers when they are in the active position for squeezing and destructuring of the chips. A biasing mechanism yieldingly urges the rollers toward one another into the active position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a comminution device suitable for use in a cooling apparatus for cooling crushable material. The device is located at a source for such crushable material and typically comprises at least two rolls in series, which are crushing rolls wherein material is crushed in a material crushing area located between said two crushing rolls. It is a advantageous feature of the device of the present invention in that the position of at least one of the crushing rolls is adjustable relative to the other crushing roll to thereby change the dimension of the material crushing area.

Abstract: A roll mill has a fixed roll journalled in stationary fixed bearings and a floating roll journalled in movable bearings enabling the floating roll to be pressed against the fixed roll under high pressure. An adjustable spacing arrangement is provided between the two bearings to enable a gap of selected width to be formed between the rolls. The spacing arrangement includes a pair of shaft-like distance members received and guided in associated bores of the fixed bearings for movement therealong. Free ends of the distance members extend outward of their bores and engage the opposing floating bearings to adjust the positions of the rolls as they wear so as to maintain the selected gap width. The free ends are retractable into the bores to allow the bearings to abut one another and thereby optimize the wear life of the rolls.

Abstract: The invention proposes a novel automatic product feed in which an analog signal is formed and at least one other digital signal which is adjustable independently of the analog signal is generated and used for the automatic product feed for supervising the product feed functions by a mechanical probe (8) in the product flow. In this way, all previously known controlling and regulating functions can be realized with a minimum of electronics or at the highest level of computer control as a function of the product feed or for optimizing the grinding conditions, possibly with externally initiated digital signals for various stage adjustments and with the use of very simple automatic component means. The invention further proposes a corresponding method for grinding with a milling roller mill (1).

Abstract: A utensil for crushing granular foods is disclosed. The utensil includes at least two crushing rolls which are mounted in side plates. At least the side plates are made from plastic. The side plates have side plate legs separated by a slot. Each side plate leg has a roll mounted thereon. The side plate legs are braced against one another to reduce a width of the slot. Each of the side plates is constructed in one piece and is disposed on a frame.

Abstract: The invention proposes a novel automatic product feed in which an analog signal is formed and at least one other digital signal which is adjustable independently of the analog signal is generated and used for the automatic product feed for supervising the product feed functions by a mechanical probe (8) in the product flow. In this way, all previously known controlling and regulating functions can be realized with a minimum of electronics or at the highest level of computer control as a function of the product feed or for optimizing the grinding conditions, possibly with externally initiated digital signals for various stage adjustments and with the use of very simple automatic component means. The invention further proposes a corresponding method for grinding with a milling roller mill (1).

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is a process and a machine for the fine grinding of materials such as cement clinker. To improve the energy efficiency of the operation, by performing a systematic grinding, without resorting to excessively high pressures or excessively substantial recycling rates, there is used a mill composed of a rotating path and a roller capable of rolling on the path, exerting on the material by means of the roller an average pressure between 10 and 40 MPa and, on each turn of the path, the material is moved transversely on the latter over a distance which is a fraction of the width of the path.

Abstract: A crusher having a pair of spaced rollers mounted on shafts. One of the rollers is moveable with respect to the other roller and the movement is by a pair of screw jacks in conjunction with a pair of toggle assemblies. The moveable roller is supported by moveable bearing housings at ends of its shaft. The toggle assemblies apply a force to the moveable bearing housings to slide each moveable bearing housing along a bearing support and a track located on each side of the crusher. Each roller comprises a pair of roll hubs mounted on the shaft, an expansion ring and a roll shell. Roll wedges are located between the expansion ring and the roll hubs and the roll wedges are drawn together by bolts to provide a radially outward force on the expansion ring which holds the roll shell in place.

Abstract: In a milling apparatus for milling granular material into milled particles, a roll mill includes a pair of rolls which are rotatably arranged in facing relation to each other. At least one of the rolls is movable toward and away from the other. A gap adjusting unit is associated with the at least one roll for moving the same toward and away from the other roll to adjust a gap between the rolls thereby adjusting a milling degree of the milled particles. A measuring unit is arranged downstream of the roll mill and is connected to the gap adjusting unit thereof for measuring the milling degree of the milled particles. The gap adjusting unit is operative in response to an output signal from the measuring unit to move the at least one roll toward and away from the other roll, thereby automatically adjusting the milling degree of the milled particles. A milling system is provided which includes at least two roll mills described above.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material bed roller mill with a fixed roller and a floating roller which between them form a grinding gap and a hydraulic-pneumatic spring system which presses the floating roller in the direction of the fixed roller and contains at least one hydraulic working cylinder and a working pneumatic spring which cooperates therewith for each side of the floating roller. The spring container of each working pneumatic spring is divided by two movable pistons into a central gas filling chamber and two opposing hydraulic fluid chambers, and a stroke measuring device is associated with one piston for the preliminary filling pressure of the hydraulic fluid. In this way it is possible to reset the grinding force during operation by means of the hydraulic pressure with the same pneumatic spring characteristic on both sides of the floating roller.

Abstract: An improved sugar cane mill having a mill housing with a pair of spaced apart frames fixed to the ground, a feed roller, a top roller and a discharge roller extending between the frames in a spaced apart relationship. The mill has a trash plate disposed and extending between the feed roller and discharge roller. The feed roller is independently loaded with constant pressure imparting means and is movable up and down substantially linearly along with the trash plate mounted thereon responsive to change in feed and the trash plate orientation with respect to confronting top roller surface is maintained at all positions of the feed roller.

Abstract: The invention relates to a roller mill with two rollers driven in opposite directions, in which the two gear driven cases are connected directly to one another by a torque support containing a flexible member.

Abstract: The machine has an inlet, multiple processing mechanisms for performing multiple feed material processing operations and a discharge mechanism disposed in flow communication with discharge sides of the respective processing mechanisms. The processing mechanisms include a hammermill, a sheller, and a roller mill. The machine also includes apparatus for selecting between which of the mechanisms is to be used. The apparatus comprises first and second diverter structures. The first diverter structure at its infeed side is disposed in communication with the machine inlet and at its discharge side is disposed in communication with an infeed side of the hammermill. The second diverter structure at its infeed side is disposed in communication with the discharge side of the first diverter structure and at its discharge side is disposed in communication with respective infeed sides of the sheller and roller mill.

Abstract: The two feed rolls of a roll refiner comprising at least four rolls for processing viscous materials, such as chocolate masses, are regulated with respect to their rotational speeds by means of a suitable regulating system. The two feed rolls rotate in a fixed speed ratio to each other at speeds determined by the prevailing operating conditions. The particle size and/or the output quantity of the processed material may be held constant by this regulation.

Abstract: A roller mill, in which the milling rollers are pressed together with high pressures, has a fluidic device for imparting the respective pressure. This fluidic device comprises piston-cylinder units and a pressure line for the fluid. In order to obtain a skewing of at least one roller in dependency upon the pressure exerted by the fluidic device, pressure sensitive means are interposed between the pressure line and a displacing device for the skewing angle. In this way, a pressure signal may be transferred to a converter for converting the pressure into a corresponding displacement stroke. Preferably, at least one roller has a basic camber or crown which corresponds to a pressure within a lower range of the occurring pressures.

Abstract: For use in a grain feed system at a grain processing plant, the preferred and illustrated embodiment discloses a pneumatically powered control system connected to a gate in the grain processing apparatus to open the gate and further discloses a pneumatically operated grain processing apparatus. The control system responds to the presence of grain. As the grain flows through the processing equipment, the gate and processing apparatus are maintained in an operative state. On sensing the absence of grain, the sensor triggers signals which close the hopper supply system for grain and disables the grain processing equipment.

Abstract: Mill roller controlling apparatus including a mill roller, a pair of support hydraulic ram assemblies supporting each end of the mill roller and an auxiliary hydraulic ram assembly to which each of the support ram assemblies are connected in closed hydraulic circuit. The apparatus is characterized by the provision of control means such as a gas accumulator which maintains constant pressure in the auxiliary ram assembly whereby on movement of the cylinder or piston of the auxiliary ram assembly, each end of the mill roller will move upwardly or downwardly in unison.

Abstract: Crushing apparatus employs a pair of rotatable crusher drums mounted to rotate about vertical axes to crush material such as mineral ore, fed through a gap between the drums by means such as scraper-chain conveyor. The drums are mounted on pivoting rocker arms which are adjustable to vary the crushing gap. The drums are hollow and are driven in opposite directions by hydraulic drive motors located inside the drums. Conveniently, the hydraulic motors have rotors connected to radial flanges inside the drums and stators fixed to the rocker arms.

Abstract: In the case of overloading of a gyratory crusher the manometer 14 detects a mean effective pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the cylinder 7 greater than a first limiting value, which causes the opening of the maximum pressure valve 18. The hydraulic fluid then flows into the hydraulic accumulator 22, previously filled with a gas at a pressure substantially equal to the said first limiting value. When the overloading is terminated, the maximum pressure valve 18 re-closes and the hydraulic fluid returns by the return branch 24 into the pressure chamber of the cylinder 7. In the case of very substantial overloading capable of damaging the apparatus, the manometer 26 causes the opening of the safety valve 29.

Abstract: A device for normally maintaining a predetermined, set spacing between two associated flaking rollers of a flaking mill and for allowing the two rollers to spread apart from one another if unflakable material of a size larger than the predetermined, set spacing between the two rollers is fed therebetween. A hydraulic piston having a manually adjustable stop is mounted between the two rollers so as to maintain a predetermined, set spacing between the two rollers. A gas piston is associated with the hydraulic piston to act as a shock absorber if any unflakable material of a size larger than the predetermined, set spacing between the two rollers is fed therebetween to allow the two rollers to spread apart. The gas piston is preloaded to a pressure substantially greater than the pressure normally required to flake the material being fed between the two rollers.

Abstract: A conventional rolling or crushing mill is provided with a fixed roller and an adjustable roller carried in a pivotable support to allow adjustment of the size of a nip formed between the rollers. Adjustment of the nip dimension is accomplished by operatively connecting the pivotable support between an upper and a lower threaded nut carried on a pivotably mounted threaded rod. Between the connection between the pivotable roller support and the lower nut is a hydraulically actuated cylinder into which is introduced a hydraulic fluid at a selected pressure from a supply to maintain the support against the upper nut under pressure and thereby maintain the adjustable roller under a like pressure during the crushing operation. If a foreign object becomes engaged in the nip, whereby the crushing pressure is exceeded, the size of the nip increases forcing fluid from the cylinder and into an accumulator connected in the supply so as to allow the foreign object to pass without unduly damaging the rollers.

Abstract: Grinding rolls are provided on a support, each having opposite axial ends provided with respective trunnions. Open-and-shut journals are provided on the support for the respective trunnions. A displacing arrangement is engageable with the trunnions of each grinding roll and pivotable between a first end position in which the trunnions of a respective grinding roll are located in their associated journals, and a second end position in which the grinding roll and the trunnions thereof are laterally displaced relative to the first position and supported by the displacing arrangement.

Abstract: A roll crusher incorporates gas hydraulic springs to maintain the desired spacing between the crushing rolls and to provide overload protection. Featured are separate hydraulic means for backing off and then reapplying the hydraulic springs by altering their overall lengths so that roll spacing can be readily adjusted.