The Stag jaw crusher shown in Figure below, has a fixed jaw and a moving jaw pivoted atthe top with the crushing faces formed of manganese steel. Since the maximum movement of the jaw is at the bottom, there is little tendency for the machine to clog, though some uncrushed material may fall through and have to be returned to the crusher. The maximum pressure is exerted on the large material which is introduced at the top. The machine is usually protected so that it is not damaged if lumps of metal inadvertently enter, by making one of the toggle plates in the driving mechanism relatively weak so that, if any large stresses are set up, this is the first part to fail. Easy renewal of the damaged part is then possible.
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Typical cross-section of Stag jaw crusher
Stag crushers are made with jaw widths varying from about 150 mm to 1.0 m and the running speed is about 4 Hz (240 rpm) with the smaller machines running at the higher speeds. The speed of operation should not be so high that a large quantity of fines is produced as a result of material being repeatedly crushed because it cannot escape sufficiently quickly. The angle of nip, the angle between the jaws, is usually about 30◦.
Because the crushing action is intermittent, the loading on the machine is uneven and the crusher therefore incorporates a heavy flywheel. The power requirements of the crusher depend upon size and capacity and vary from 7 to about 70 kW, the latter figure corresponding to a feed rate of 10 kg/s.
