WRITTEN BY TUOMAS TAKALO
With large, cumbersome rocks, heavy machinery, dust, and noise to contend with, safety must be a top priority for quarry managers at the critical primary crushing stage of the aggregate production process. Blockages caused by single oversized rocks or coarse or uneven material becoming jammed together interrupt the flow of material and therefore have a knock-on effect on later processing stages like secondary and fine crushing.
How to keep your site personnel safe?
Remote-controlled rock-breaker equipment such as the Metso rock breaker offers a safer way to deal with this kind of problem. First of all, it removes the need for personnel to be in close proximity to the primary crushing equipment; instead, they can control the rock breaker from a safe distance using the radio-based remote control system while still maintaining visual contact with the blockage.
By minimizing exposure to noise and dust and the potential risk of being struck by debris, using a rock breaker significantly improves the health, safety, ergonomics, and comfort of the primary crushing station as a working environment. What’s more, rock breakers are far more accurate than potentially dangerous manual methods with their inherent safety risks, meaning that the material feed can be back up and running again as quickly as possible – with your site personnel safe and sound.
