Rock crushing is a big industry in India. The crushed rocks and aggregates are used in construction of residential, commercial, as well as government projects. The construction industry in India is expected to reach US $1.4 Tn by 2025. The more this industry grows, the more demand is raised for crushed rocks and aggregates. Thus, setting up a rock crushing plant is a favourable business opportunity.
Setting up a rock crushing plant requires a lot of groundwork to be done beforehand. Right from deciding where to set up the plant to the final output size of aggregates, everything is predefined. A rock crushing plant consists of a variety of machines like feeders, screeners, crushers, separators and conveyors. The process is quite simple. A vibrating feeder feeds big rocks into the crusher which crushes them into smaller pieces. These pieces are then further sent for secondary crushing via conveyors. After the secondary crushing, the smaller pieces are then sent to the vibrating screen plant where the required final products are separated.
There are few factors that should be considered to help plan the design of a rock crushing plant:
- Primary Crusher Site
First and foremost, it is important to decide the site of the primary crusher on the mining field. The closer your primary crusher is to the excavation point, the better it is. This saves a lot of effort in transporting raw material and processed material to and from the primary crusher. The proximity of primary crusher to the pit area will also reduce the need to added equipment like conveyors and transportation vehicles and decrease the need of added manual labor.
- Finished Product Requirement
It is vital to decide beforehand what kind of finished product your plant is planning to churn out. Whether you are producing bigger size aggregates or finer aggregates, it will play a considerable role in deciding the kind of equipment that will be needed at the rock crushing plant. Many crushing and screening stations will need to be positioned with respect to the amount of crushing that needs to be accomplished. This also mean added conveyors, transportation units, manual labor and power requirements.
- Type of Material To Be Crushed
TO understand which type of crushers to employ in your rock crushing plant, it is important to figure out which type of material you will be crushing. If you are going to be dealing with hard, abrasive flaky material are generally difficult to crush.
- Volume of Production
The final output volume is always decided before starting any crushing business. These help figure out sales projections. How many tons of finished product you plan to produce per hour per day will directly impact the kind of equipment you’d need to meet those goals. In any case, daily output volume of production needs to be decided early on.
- Pollution
Any kind of crushing will definitely give way to a lot of pollution- air, noise, water.
A lot of dust will be generated from rock crushing equipment. Also, exhaust from transportation vehicles and diesel operated machinery will also add to the air pollution. It is necessary to take premeditative steps to reduce air emissions from the rock crushing site to comply with the Environment Protection Regulations. A lot of noise is also generated by crushers and motors, which should be maintained under the permissible noise pollution limits. Necessary provisions should be made to eliminate and reduce solid waste at the site of crushing. Setting up a rock crushing business comes with a laundry list of challenges.
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