Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation (PCC) engages in the design and manufacture of crushing machinery and replacement parts in the United States. The company manufactures size reduction equipment used primarily by electric utility companies to crush coal for use in coal-fired power generation plants ...
Also, some plants have coal crushers specifically designed to crush frozen coal before it gets to the conveyor system. And even if frozen coal gets onto the conveyor belts and slides down, coal hoppers in the plant have as many as 12 hours of unfrozen coal waiting to be fed to the boilers. All in all, these executives reported they did not know ...
When operating the crushers break the 5 feet to 6 feet frozen coal blocks into 3 to 4 inch chunks. Since installation of the crushers, safety has improved and overtime for breaking the frozen coal has been eliminated. In addition, the new crushers now allow the plant to operate at full design capacity.
