Automated process control system of Jaw crusher production

Rocks go through a series of crushing stages to produce the final aggregate size which suit customer’s needs. Aggregate crushers suffer from many problems in reality that affect its production processes badly and may lead to its stoppage. These problems could be unchangeable feed rate, hidden steel part between rocks and wastage from storing final aggregate stockpile on the ground. The purpose of this research is to develop an automated control system for Jaw crusher production process as a solution for the real specified problems to get more productive aggregate production. First a 3D model which mimic exactly the real crushing plant was built to test the proposed system. Then a C++ code was programmed to control the proposed system components such as motor, sensors and LCD screens. Thereafter, the aggregate flow simulation program (AggFlow) is utilized to simulate the proposed system results. Cost analysis calculations were performed to explore the impact of proposed system on the production process cost and time. Finally, the results confirmed that the proposed system enhance and increase the crusher production process. As it shows increase in the crusher automatic control, the net profit and the feed rate while decrease in the final product waste.

Production Capacity Requirements Planning Using The Capacity Method Requirement Planning

PT. ABC is a company engaged in the manufacture of Dolomite Fertilizer. The number of requests is greater than the amount of production. Due to fluctuations in the number of requests that tend to increase, this occurs due to a lack of capacity at the workstation. Therefore, it is necessary to calculate the capacity requirements planning analysis for each work station to know the company's capacity needs. The research aims to identify the shortage/excess production capacity and provide proposals for the balance of production capacity at PT. A B C. Production capacity research was conducted using the Capacity Requirement Planning (CRP) method. Results and Discussion, comparison of available capacity and required capacity (load) are as follows, work station jaw crusher available capacity 36.74 hours/week while required capacity (load) 36 hours/week, work station bucket elevator available capacity 36, 74 hours/week while the required capacity (load) is 14.4 hours/week, work station ball mill available capacity is 36.74 hours/week while the required capacity (load) is 45.6 hours/week, and work station silo flour the available capacity is 36.74 hours/week while the required capacity (load) is 51.59 hours/week. In conclusion, two stations experience excess capacity, namely the jaw crusher work station with an excess capacity of 0.74 hours/week and the bucket elevator work station with an excess capacity of 22.34 hours/week. The other two work stations experienced a lack of capacity, namely the ball mill work station with a capacity shortage of 22.34 hours/week and the silo flour work station with a capacity shortage of 14.85 hours/week. Efforts to balance capacity by scheduling overtime and adding equipment (machinery) to work centers that lack capacity, so that the company's production targets are achieved.

THE EFFECT OF THE WEAR DEGREE OF WORKING ELEMENTS IN A JAW CRUSHER ON THE OPERATING EFFECTIVENESS OF A TWO-STAGE GRANITE GRINDING SYSTEM

The article presents an analysis of the influence of the wear degree of working elements in a jaw crusher on the crushing process and on the quality of the crushed material. The evaluation of the operating effectiveness of a technological system comprising two crushers was based on the quality indicator of the crushed product, i.e. on the share of irregular grains for a fraction with a mean grain size of 31.5/63 mm at each of the two stages of crushing. The wear degree was monitored by performing microscopic observations of the plates in the fixed jaw and by measuring the critical geometric characteristics of the crusher, e.g., tooth height, jaw size, and discharge opening size, during the entire service life of the crusher.

Shape Characterizing of Aggregates Produced through Different Crushing Techniques

The aggregate shape properties produced from the different crushing techniques influence the performance properties of the asphalt mixtures. The objective of this study was to classify the aggregates into spherical, flat, elongated and flat, and elongated shapes, collected from impact crusher and jaw crusher of two sources, and to calculate the shape parameters, such as aspect ratio, shape factor, form factor, sphericity, roundness, and angularity index. In addition, this study also investigated the effects of this classification on the Marshall stability and volumetric properties of asphalt mixtures prepared from the respective shape of aggregates. The results showed that the aggregate of different fractions (passing 37.5 mm and retained on 4.75 mm) produced from the jaw crusher of Margalla quarry showed better shape parameters. The spherical aggregates collected from all crushers showed 20–30% higher Marshall stability of the blends by improving the mechanical and volumetric properties of the asphalt mixtures.

Integer Structural Synthesis of Multiloop Lever Mechanisms with Multiple Joints for Different Areas of Mechanical Engineering

The article considers the problem of structural synthesis of various lever mechanisms with multiple joints. Structural synthesis of multi-link mechanisms, on the one hand, is the primary and most difficult, due to the large number of options for structural solutions and, on the other hand, it is the most important design stage. To solve the problem under study, a theorem of integer structural synthesis of multi-loop kinematic chains with multiple joints is proposed. On the basis of the theorem the entire finite sets of structural solutions for directed synthesis are determined at the level of inventions of various working multi-loop lever mechanisms with multiple joints of different multiplicity. An algorithm for the structural synthesis of multi-loop lever mechanisms of a given mobility with a variety of multiple joints is proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is confirmed by examples of its application for an integer structural synthesis of a manipulator gripper, a jaw crusher, a rectilinear-guiding articulated lifting mechanism of the manipulator and a universal multi-point articulated clamping device, as well as by the results of experimental studies of their operating models.