Single disc or double disc: which coal crusher do you need?

A 5 No. coal crusher (coal disintegrator) reduces coal lumps to fine particles below 2 mm, the size needed for charging coke ovens and firing boilers. Mild steel hammers mounted on a rotating disc strike the coal until it is fine enough to leave the machine. The single disc body is 12 mm fabricated steel and the double disc 16 mm, both with manganese steel top and side liner plates, and both have replaceable hammers.

The difference is capacity. The Single Disc crusher has one disc with 6 hammers, takes lumps up to 150 mm and crushes 8 to 12 tons per hour with an 80–120 HP motor. The Double Disc crusher has two discs with 12 hammers, takes lumps up to 200 mm and crushes 20 to 25 tons per hour with a 150–180 HP motor. Choose the single disc for moderate throughput and a smaller motor, and the double disc for large coke oven batteries, bigger boilers and briquetting plants.

Single disc and double disc side by side
Specification Single Disc Double Disc
Capacity8–12 TPH20–25 TPH
Motor80–120 HP150–180 HP
Max feed size150 mm200 mm
Output sizeBelow 2 mmBelow 2 mm
Hammers6 (mild steel)12 (mild steel)
Body12 mm steel16 mm steel
Lead timeOften in stock; custom 3–4 weeksMade to order, 4–5 weeks
5 No. single disc coal crusher

Coal Disintegrator

Coal Crusher (5 No.)Single Disc

One disc with six mild steel hammers crushes coal lumps up to 150 mm to below 2 mm. Suited to coke oven plants and thermal power units with moderate throughput.

  • 80 - 120 HP Motor
  • Output < 2mm
  • 8 - 12 TPH
  • 6 Hammers
View Single Disc
5 No. double disc coal crusher

High Capacity Disintegrator

Coal Crusher (5 No.)Double Disc

Two discs with twelve mild steel hammers crush lumps up to 200 mm to below 2 mm at up to 25 tons per hour. Built for large coke oven batteries, FBC boilers and briquetting plants.

  • 150 - 180 HP Motor
  • Output < 2mm
  • 20 - 25 TPH
  • 12 Hammers
View Double Disc

Coal crusher spare and wear parts

We make the wear parts for every crusher we build, to the same drawings as the machine, so a replacement fits without cutting or machining on site. Each part below says which model it is for.

Mild steel coal crusher hammer, a replaceable wear part

Crusher hammers

Mild steel hammers, changed through the side access door without dismantling the rotor. Inspect every 300 hours and turn the faces once the edges round off.

Fits6 per single disc · 12 per double disc

Manganese steel top liner jaw plates for a coal crusher, stacked

Manganese Steel Top Liner Jaw Plate

Jaw plates that line the crushing chamber and take the wear instead of the body. Bolted in, so a worn plate is swapped without cutting.

FitsBoth models

Single disc coal crusher rotor fitted with an EN-8 shaft

Single disc rotor

A balanced disc carrying six hammer positions, fitted to a machined EN-8 shaft. Supplied as a complete assembly or as the bare disc.

FitsCoal Crusher (5 No.) Single Disc

Double disc coal crusher rotor assembly on its shaft

Double disc rotor

Two discs fitted with 12 mild steel hammers, on one machined shaft, balanced as a set so the machine runs true at speed.

FitsCoal Crusher (5 No.) Double Disc

Coal crusher's driving arrangement: motor, gear box and coupling on a base frame

Driving arrangement

Motor, gear box, flexible coupling and fabricated base frame, supplied as a matched set and aligned to the crusher shaft.

FitsDouble disc, 150 - 180 HP

Also made to order: side liner plates, bearing housings, V-belt drives and hopper sections. Tell us the machine and we will quote the part.

Ordering a spare

  1. Name the machine, and roughly when it was supplied if it is ours.
  2. Send the old part's size, or a photo of it beside a tape measure.
  3. We quote the part, made to the same drawings as the machine.
Ask for a spare part quote

Not sure which model fits your plant?

Tell us your coal type, feed size and required TPH.

Call Now Request Quote