Limestone Crushing Equipment: What Are Your Options?

　　Limestone, also known as blue stone, is primarily composed of calcium carbonate, offering high wear resistance and radiation resistance. Crushed into aggregate, it is widely used in construction, road building, municipal projects, bridges, concrete mixing plants, and many other fields.

What equipment is commonly used for crushing limestone?

　　1.Jaw Crusher

　　As a typical primary crushing equipment, the jaw crusher operates on the compression crushing principle. Its deep crushing chamber has no blind zones, and the flywheel system helps reduce vibration, ensuring smooth and reliable operation with low failure rates. The discharge gap can be adjusted via spacer plates to produce aggregates of various specifications.

　　2.Impact Crusher

　　Often used for secondary crushing of limestone, the impact crusher utilizes a high-speed rotor to throw materials against impact plates. Through repeated impact and collision between the hammers and impact plates, limestone breaks along its natural grain. It offers a large crushing ratio, high efficiency, and produces uniformly shaped cubic particles with low flake content.

　　3.Hammer Crusher

　　This crusher combines primary and secondary crushing in one stage, capable of crushing limestone directly below 25mm in size, achieving single-stage shaping. It features a simple process flow and relatively low investment cost.

　　4.Vertical Shaft Impact Crusher (Sand Maker)

　　Commonly used for fine crushing and shaping of limestone, it works on the "rock-on-rock" or "rock-on-iron" principle. The processed limestone exhibits excellent particle shape, uniform size, and good gradation, meeting high market demands.

Which Equipment is Best for Crushing Limestone?

　　Jaw crushers, impact crushers, hammer crushers, and vertical shaft impact crushers are all suitable for limestone processing, each with different emphases. The specific choice should be based on actual production requirements. Henan Shentu offers professional technical support and free customized limestone crushing solutions. Feel free to contact us for more information.