US 2013 0043335A1

(19) United States

(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2013/0043335 A1
Sutti et al. (43) Pub. Date: Feb. 21, 2013
(54) PITMAN OF A JAW CRUSHER, JAW BO2Cl2/00 (2006.01)
CRUSHER, CRUSHING PLANT AND B02C I/02 (2006.01)
CRUSHING METHOD (52) U.S. Cl. ........ 241/27; 241/291; 24.1/300; 241/198.1
(75) Inventors: Risto Sutti, Tampere (FI); Jari Jonkka,
Tampere (FI) (57) ABSTRACT
(73) Assignee: METSO MINERALS, INC., Helsinki A pitman of a jaw crusher comprising an upper part, which
COmr1Ses an upper Support1ng O1nt Or Support1ng the p1t
(FI) EEE SEE ing the pi
man in the body of the jaw crusher, and a lower part compris
(21) Appl. No.: 13/212,342 ing a lower Supporting point for Supporting the pitman in the
(22) Filed: Aug. 18, 2011 body of the jaw crusher through a toggle plate. The lower part
9 of the pitman comprises sidewalls and honeycomb structure
Publication Classification open to the crushing direction, which structure comprises one
or more cross-sectional Supports reaching from the first side
(51) Int. Cl. wall of the pitman to the second sidewall. A jaw crusher, a
B2C I/O (2006.01) crushing plant and a method for increasing crushing capacity
B2C 9/00 (2006.01) of mineral material.

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PITMAN OF AJAW CRUSHER, JAW the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher through a toggle
CRUSHER, CRUSHING PLANT AND plate, and the lower part of the pitman comprises sidewalls
CRUSHING METHOD and a honeycomb structure open to the crushing direction,
which structure comprises one or more cross-sectional Sup
FIELD OF THE INVENTION ports reaching from the first sidewall to the second sidewall.
0001. The invention relates to a pitman of a jaw crusher, a 0008 Preferably, the lower supporting point of the pitman
jaw crusher and a crushing plant and a crushing method, is arranged in the location of the cross-sectional Support of the
which are Suitable for crushing mineral material. honeycomb structure. Preferably, the lower supporting point
of the pitman is arranged in the location of the cross-sectional
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION support of the honeycomb structure in the vertical direction of
the pitman.
0002 The function of the jaw crusher is based on the force 0009 Preferably, the sidewalls of the pitman form the
pressing Stone, the jaw moving in respect of an eccentric shaft sidewalls of the honeycomb structure; and the honeycomb
moves back and forth regarding the fixed jaw. Movable jaws structure comprises one or more vertical Supports intersecting
i.e. pitmans of the jaw crushers have been produced in various with the cross-sectional Supports/supports for dividing the
different ways. A casted pitman is enclosed i.e. closed in its space between the sidewalls of the pitman vertically in parts.
cross-sectional profile. In the patent publication 0010 Preferably, the honeycomb structure comprises a
EP1049539B1, there is presented ajaw crusher with a pitman continuous back wall area to which the sidewalls, vertical
with closed cross-sectional profile. Supports and cross-sectional Supports are attached from their
0003. Manufacturing a pitman according to a closed pro back part.
file requires several different work phases. When casting, 0011 Preferably, the back wall area comprises a lower
cores are needed for manufacturing closed profile parts. The
moving of cores during casting has lead to differences in wall back wall area and an upper back wall area which join in the
thicknesses of the webs, because of which the wall thickness location of the cross-sectional Support and the back wall areas
of the castings have to be oversized, which adds to the cost are arranged parallel Such that the force directed in the pitman
and dynamic forces. It is difficult to check and correct casting by means of a toggle plate in a crushing event is substantially
and quality errors in an enclosed pitman. In an enclosed parallel with the direction of the back wall areas.
structured pitman, various exhaust openings are needed for 0012 Preferably, the front surface of the lower part com
removing the sand in the core. Sand removal through exhaust prises front edges of the sidewalls, Vertical Supports and
openings after the casting is laborious and time consuming. cross-sectional supports for receiving a wear part.
0004. In known solutions, for reaching sufficient strength 0013 Preferably, a centering mechanism of the wear part
plenty of material is required in the lower part of the pitman. is attached in the intersections of the vertical Supports and
This increases the mass of the pitman, which increases cross-sectional Supports in the front Surface of the lower part.
dynamic forces. 0014. According to a second aspect of the invention, ajaw
0005. When the material to be crushed is located one crusher is implemented for crushing mineral material which
sidedly in the crushing chamber it is a question of one-sided jaw crusher comprises a pitman of ajaw crusher according to
crushing. In that case, momentary transformations are devel an embodiment of the invention.
oped in the pitman due to the one-sided strain, which trans 0015. According to a third aspect of the invention, a crush
formations distort the pitman. The transformations increase ing plant is implemented comprising a pitman of a jaw
power requirement and reduce crushing capacity. Addition crusher according to an embodiment of the invention or ajaw
ally, the material in the pitman is exposed to fatigue, espe crusher according to an embodiment of the invention.
cially in the area of the Supporting point of the toggle plate. 0016. According to a fourth aspect of the invention, a
0006. In some cases, the side plates of the body of the jaw method is implemented for increasing crushing capacity of
crusher are joined with each other by an intermediate rod in mineral material in ajaw crusher or in a crushing plant, which
the part between the ends of the body. A typical location for jaw crusher or crushing plant comprises a crushing chamber
the intermediate rod is in the location of the pitman. A hori and a pitman arranged in the crushing chamber, which pitman
Zontal hole for the intermediate rod leading from the first side comprises an upper part comprising an upper Supporting
of the body to the second side of the body is formed in the point for Supporting the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher,
pitman because of this. In the casting process, a core is placed and a lower part comprising a lower Supporting point for
in the hole for the intermediate rod, the sand of which core has Supporting the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher through
to be removed after casting. In cooling down, thermal stresses a toggle plate, and in the method, in a crushing event the
result in the hole for the intermediate rod that do not neces pitman is moved, the lower part of which pitman comprises
sarily entirely disappear in the thermal treatment. It is known sidewalls and a honeycomb structure open to the crushing
that the hole for the intermediate rod is non-machined and the direction, which structure comprises one or more cross-sec
hole with cast surface is sensitive to crack formation. The area tional Supports reaching from the first sidewall to the second
of the hole for the intermediate rod is a critical spot because of sidewall for dividing the space between the sidewalls hori
the peak stresses caused by the crushing force. Zontally in parts.
SUMMARY
0017 Preferably, the toggle plate comprised by the jaw
crusher is Supported in the lower Supporting point which is
0007 According to a first aspect of the invention, a pitman arranged in the location of the cross-sectional Support of the
of a jaw crusher is implemented, the pitman comprising an honeycomb structure.
upper part which comprises an upper Supporting point for 0018 Preferably, the toggle force directed at the pitman
Supporting the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher, and a through the toggle plate is conveyed into the crushing direc
lowerpart comprising a lower Supporting point for Supporting tion through the cross beam. Preferably, the toggle force
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directed at the pitman through the toggle plate is conveyed in strength-weakening stress peaks caused by crushing forces
the crushing process through the lower back wall area of the may be diminished in the structure. The hole for the interme
lower part. diate rod may be made entirely by machining, in which case
0019. According to a fifth aspect of the invention, there is the fatigue strength of the structure is better than in case of the
implemented a method according to which the lower part of non-machined Surface generated after casting. In that case
the pitman of the jaw crusher is manufactured by casting one may get rid of the residual tensions of the hole, as well.
without a core. Preferably, in the core-free manufacturing Additionally, the location of the hole for the intermediate rod
method of the pitman of the lower part, the hole for the may be better chosen when in a whole less residual tension
intermediate rod is manufactured by machining. Preferably, remains in the pitman than in the known pitman.
the hole for the intermediate rod is machined in a discretion 0025. In the solution of the pitman, strength advantage is
ary location for controlling the strength and the residual ten achieved when the force of the toggle plate is received on a
sions. The location of the hole for the intermediate rod may be nearly parallel plate flange (lower and upper back wall area)
chosen more freely than in a known hole manufacturing which continues above the joint point to a Sufficient distance
method by casting. for minimizing bending and pulling tensions. The pitman
0020. According to some embodiments, the upper part of may be made lighter as the known pitman by a honeycomb
the pitman comprises a backwards open cross-sectional pro structure continuing above the joint point of the toggle plate.
file above the honeycomb structure of the lower part. Prefer According to some embodiments, the openness of the cross
ably, the backwards open cross-sectional profile comprises sectional profile of the pitman is changed in a strength-wise
vertical webs between the sidewalls in addition to the side Sufficient distance from the joint point between the toggle
walls of the pitman. plate and the pitman. The desired loading level of the crusher/
0021. According to some embodiments, the upper part of pitman and the life spanas well as the fixing points of the wear
the pitman comprises above the honeycomb structure of the parts define the dimensions of the pitman which further define
lower part a honeycomb structure like the honeycomb struc the size of the distance. In some embodiments, the fixing
ture of the lower part which is open from the front surface of point is taken from Such a distance from the joint point in
the upper part of the pitman. which point the height of the web is 80-90% of the maximum
0022. A cross-sectional Support arranged in the honey height of the web. The height of the web is measured as a
comb structure reduces or removes bending of the pitman and perpendicular distance from the front surface of the lower part
the wear part compared with a known pitman, which has of the pitman to the outer curve of the web. Additionally, the
poorer horizontal rigidity. The cross-sectional supports elimi lower part of the pitman is a firm honeycomb structure, to the
nate bending and distortion horizontally. The cross-sectional connection areas of which strength-increasing roundings are
Support may reduce Support span which is in the pitman in the made.
back of the wear part. The pressing work in a crushing event 0026 Various embodiments of the present invention are or
is better focused in breaking the stone and not in the transfor have been illustrated with reference to one or some aspects of
mation (elasticity) of the pitman. Thus the stone may be the invention. It is clear to person skilled in the art that any
crushed with Smaller stroke count and Smaller stroke length. embodiment of an aspect of the invention may be applied in
The capacity of the crusher and the crushing plant may be the same aspect and other aspects either by itself or in con
increased because the mineral material is crushed and does nection with various other embodiments.
not stay waiting for a new stroke. Crushing work done by a
smaller stroke also affects other components of the crusher SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
which may be lightened if needed. If needed, the mass of the 0027. The invention will be described, by way of example
flywheel and the counterweight of the crusher may be
reduced. The power source may be smaller in power, as well. only, with reference to the accompanying schematic draw
The amount of the energy engaged in the flywheel may be ings, in which:
reduced. The environment is less burdened because of sav 0028 FIG. 1 presents from side a crushing plant suitable
ings in material and energy. If a known amount of material is for crushing mineral material;
used the structure may be made more durable and more rigid. 0029 FIGS. 2 and 3 present a first pitman of ajaw crusher,
0023 The quality of manufacturing the pitman may be the cross-sectional profile of which is open backwards in the
improved. There are less work phases and the manufacturing upper part of the pitman and, in the Support area of the toggle
may be speeded up. When casting no cores (web) are needed plate, the pitman comprises a forwards open honeycomb
which cause differences in wall thickness and additional Structure:
costs. In manufacturing the pitman less material is needed 0030 FIG. 4 presents a cross section of the pitman pre
which reduces the mass of the pitman. Weight may also be sented in FIGS. 2 and 3; and
reduced by machining the edges of the webs because the 0031 FIGS. 5 and 6 present a second pitman of a jaw
machining Surface has significantly higher fatigue strength crusher, the cross-sectional profile of which is open forwards
than the casting Surface. The casting is more easily done. In in the upper part of the pitman and in the area of the Support
the manufacturing, a considerably better end quality may be ing point of the toggle plate, the pitman comprises a forwards
achieved and the wall thicknesses are easily checked and the open honeycomb structure.
weight of the pitman optimized. The openness makes it easy
to check and fix casting defects. Casting defects may be DETAILED DESCRIPTION
removed by grinding from the web edges which are critical in
tension. Sand cleaning holes are not needed and the sand 0032. In the following description like reference signs
removal phase is left out. denote like parts. It should be realized that the presented
0024 Holes formed in the structure because of casting figures are not in Scale as a whole, and they serve merely to
may be avoided by an open structure of the pitman. Thus illustrate the embodiments of the invention.
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0033. In FIG. 1, there is presented a processing apparatus by the new structure of the pitman. A cross-sectional Support
of mineral material, a crushing plant 200 comprising a jaw 15 may be formed in the pitman in cross direction of the
crusher 100. In the crushing plant 200, there is a feeder 103 pitman (in the width direction of the crushing chamber),
for feeding material into the jaw crusher 100 and a belt con which is preferably horizontal, when areas Supporting the
veyor 106 for transferring crushed material further from the wearing plate from back in cross direction may be formed in
crushing plant. the pitman in addition to the vertical Supports.
0034. The belt conveyor 106 presented in FIG. 1 com 0041. In FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the cross-sectional profile of the
prises a belt 107 arranged to proceed around at least one drum pitman is open backwards in the upper part of the pitman and
108. The crushing plant 200 also comprises a power source open forwards in the area of the supporting point 5 of the
and a control centre 105. The power source may be for toggle plate. In the area of the Supporting point 5 of the toggle
instance a diesel or electric motor, which provides energy to plate, the lower part of the pitman comprises a honeycomb
be used by process units and hydraulic circuits. structure open forwards. The honeycomb structure vertically
0035. The feeder 103, the crusher 100, the power source comprises sidewalls 13 and vertical supports 14 of the pitman,
105 and the conveyor 106 are attached to the body 101 of the which vertically divide the space between the sidewalls in
crushing plant, which in this embodiment also comprises a parts. The honeycomb structure additionally comprises one
track platform 102 for moving the crushing plant 200. The or more cross-sectional supports 15, which intersect with the
crushing plant may also be totally or partly wheel-based or vertical support/supports 14 and horizontally divide the pro
movable by legs. Alternatively, it may be movable/towable file of the lower part 4 in parts, which profile is open forwards
for instance with help of a truck or some other exterior power (open in the crushing direction). There may be one or more
SOUC. Vertical Supports, in the examples in figures there are two
0036 Mineral material may be for instance quarried stone Vertical Supports. The cross-sectional Support 15 improves
or it may be asphalt or decommissioning waste such as con the sideward rigidity of the vertical supports when the support
crete, or brick etc. In addition to the foregoing, the crushing span of the Supports diminishes. In the examples of the fig
plant may be a fixed crushing plant. ures, the honeycomb structure comprises six compartments
0037. The embodiments of the pitman 1, 1' of the jaw divided by two vertical Supports and one cross-sectional Sup
crusher 100, presented with help of FIGS. 2-6, may be used port in the middle. A centering mechanism 16 of the wear
for instance in the crushing station 200 in FIG.1. The crush part, such as a wedge, is attached in the intersections of the
ing station 200 and the jaw crusher 100 are configured to Vertical Supports and cross-sectional Supports in the front
receive the pitman 1, 1', which can be lighter than the known surface 9 of the lower part 4.
pitmans, when an increase in strength caused by the stiffening 0042. In crushing, the sideward forces coming across to
of the pitman structure is taken into account. The power used the pitman 1 from the wear part and the forces distorting the
by the crusher per the amount of crushed mineral material pitman are received in the object rigidity-wise better than the
may be smaller than with known applications because in the known one, the wear part stays better in position sideward and
crushing event, less energy is used in the transformation of the the transformation caused by the crushing process in the
pitman. On the other hand, a greater crushing Volume may be whole pitman and the vertical Supports may be reduced. Thus
achieved with the same crushing power because a greaterpart the crushing energy is better focused in the crushing mineral
of drive power may be focused in crushing mineral material. material and the life span of the pitman increases.
0038. In FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, there is presented a pitman 1 0043 Preferably, the sidewall 13, the vertical support 14
open in two directions, which is preferably manufactured by and the cross-sectional Support 15 are ribs or walls commenc
casting. The upper part 2 of the pitman comprises an upper ing forward from the back wall areas 17 and 18 connecting the
Supporting point 3 for Supporting the pitman in the body of the sidewalls 13 of the lower part of the pitman. The lower back
jaw crusher through an eccentric shaft (not presented in figs.). wall area 17 is arranged behind the lower compartments of the
The first supporting point 3 defines a hole which reaches from honeycomb structure. The upperback wall area 18 is arranged
the side of the pitman to the other. The lower part 4 of the behind the upper compartments of the honeycomb structure.
pitman comprises a lower Supporting point 5 for Supporting The lower back wall area 17 continues uniformly onto the
the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher through a toggle upper back wall area 18 in the area of the supporting point 5
plate (not presented in figS.). There is arranged a Supporting of the toggle plate (in the area of the second Supporting point
groove 6 in the lower supporting point 5. The force and of the jaw crusher). Preferably, both back wall areas 17, 18 are
direction of the toggle plate are presented in FIG. 4 by an arranged parallel with the direction of the toggle plate. In that
arrow 30. case, there are forces formed in the direction of the back walls
0039. In an example, the wear part which is aimed to be in the back walls 17, 18, which has been illustrated with help
fixed in front of the pitman is two-part (not presented in figs.) of the arrows drawn in the cross-section of FIG. 4. In the
but one-part and multi-part wear parts may be used, as well. presented structure, the back wall areas 17, 18 have been
The upper wear part is fixed in the front surface 8 of the front designed to receive compression and/or pulling and not bend
wall 7 of the upper part of the pitman and the lower wear part ing. This increases the life span of the pitman and the wall
is fixed in the front surface 9 of the lower part of the pitman thickness of the pitman may be reduced in the lower part.
below the upperwear part. The pitman1 comprises first fixing 0044 Preferably, the foremost point of the sidewalls, ver
means 10 in the upper part of the front surface 8 of the upper tical Supports and horizontal Supports forms a part of the front
part for fixing wear parts, second fixing means 11 between the surface 9 of the lower part of the pitman for supporting the
front surfaces of the upper and lower part and third fixing back surface of the wear part.
means 12 below the front surface of the lower part. Holes, 0045. The pitman 1 may comprise a hole 19 for the inter
among others, are arranged as fixing means for fixing wedges. mediate rod in the upper part 2 but it is not necessary. FIG. 3
0040. The support of the wearing plate to be fixed in the presents the pitman 1 from back, the upper part of which
side of the crushing chamber in the pitman may be improved pitman comprises a backwards open structure where the area
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between the sidewalls 13 is divided in vertical compartments between the sidewalls in parts. The honeycomb structure
by vertical webs 20 fixed in the front wall 7. The vertical webs additionally comprises one or more cross-sectional Supports
20 are connected with each other with horizontal supports 21, 15, which intersect with the vertical support/supports 14' and
the web height of which from the front wall is only a part of horizontally divide the profile of the upper part 2, which
the height of the sidewalls and vertical webs. profile is open forwards (open in the crushing direction).
0046. In FIG.4, the crushing power directed at the pitman There may be one or more vertical Supports, in the examples
is illustrated with the arrow F. The uniform back wall area 17, in figures there are two vertical Supports. The cross-sectional
18 and the cross-sectional support 15 transfer the crushing support 15 improves the sideward rigidity of the vertical
force as steadily as possible to the toggle plate, which in a Supports. In the examples of the figures, the honeycomb struc
normal crushing event receives the most of the crushing force ture comprises six compartments which are divided by two
(does not receive everything because a part of it is divided to Vertical Supports and one cross-sectional Support in the
the bearing of the upper end). The lower back wall area 17 is middle. A centering mechanism 16" of the wear part, for
a particularly important wall because when crushing fine example a wedge, is attached in the intersections of the Ver
material the crushing force increases considerably below. A tical Supports and cross-sectional Supports. In the upper part,
typical angle for the direction 30 of the toggle plate is the sidewall 13, the vertical supports 14' and the cross-sec
approximately 45 degrees regarding the front surface 9 of the tional support 15' are ribs or walls commencing forward from
pitman, and the range on various settings and in various the back wall 17" of the upper part of the pitman.
movement positions (min-max) of the pitman is approxi 0.052 The pitman 1, 1" may be manufactured, instead of
mately 5-10 degrees. casting or additionally, by welding or by a corresponding
0047. The openness of the cross-sectional profile of the method, where an object is attached to another object by using
pitman 1 is changed in a strength-wise Sufficient distance at least partial melting of the material of the object, using
(circle and reference number 31) from the joint point (arrow additive or without additive.
and reference number 30) between the toggle plate and the 0053. The foregoing description has provided non-limit
pitman. The desired loading level and the life span as well as ing examples of some embodiments of the invention. It is
the fixing points of the wear parts define the dimensions of the however clear to a person skilled in the art that the invention
pitman, which further define the size of the distance. In an is not restricted to details of the embodiments presented
embodiment, the fixing point is taken from Such a distance above, but that it can be implemented using equivalent means.
from the joint point in which point the heighth of the web 13, 0054 Furthermore, some of the features of the above
20 is 80-90% of the maximum height Hofthe web 13, 20. The disclosed embodiments may be used to advantage without the
height of the web 13, 20 is measured as a perpendicular corresponding use of other features. As such, the foregoing
distance from the front surface 9 of the lower part of the description shall be considered as merely illustrative of the
pitman to the outer curve of the web 13, 20. principles of the present invention, and not in limitation
0048. In the open profile of the pitman 1, the critical points thereof. Hence, the scope of the invention is only restricted by
of tensions are located in the free edges 31, 31' of the webs the appended patent claims.
(walls 13) of the pitman. Because the lower free edge 31 is 1. A pitman of a jaw crusher, the pitman comprising an
located within such a distance from the joint point where the upper part, which comprises an upper Supporting point for
height of the web is as great as possible, the tensions directed Supporting the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher, and a
to the edge 31 may be achieved smaller. lower part, comprising a lower Supporting point for Support
0049. The honeycomb structure reduces the support spans ing the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher through a toggle
of the jaws (wear parts) and reduces vertical and cross-sec plate, wherein the lower part of the pitman comprises side
tional bending transformations of the pitman and thus Sup walls and a honeycomb structure open in the crushing direc
ports the wear parts even more than before. Because the tion, which structure comprises one or more cross-sectional
energy being used is not spent in the bending transformations supports reaching from the first sidewall of the pitman to the
but in the crushing event itself the efficiency of crushing is second sidewall.
improved. 2. The pitman according to claim 1, wherein the lower
0050 FIGS. 5 and 6 present a second pitman 1" of a jaw Supporting point of the pitman is arranged in the location of
crusher, the cross-sectional profile of which is open forwards the cross-sectional Support of the honeycomb structure.
in the upper part 2 of the pitman. In the area of the Supporting 3. The pitman according to claim 1, wherein the sidewalls
point 5 of the toggle plate, the pitman 1' comprises a honey of the pitman form the sidewalls of the honeycomb structure:
comb structure open in the direction of the crushing chamber, and the honeycomb structure comprises one or more vertical
which structure is presented in connection with FIGS. 2-4. Supports intersecting with the cross-sectional Support/Sup
The second pitman 1" is thus a pitman open in one direction. ports, for dividing the space between the sidewalls of the
In the second pitman 1", the upper Supporting point 3 of the pitman vertically in parts.
upper part 2, the lower part 4, the honeycomb structure of the 4. The pitman according to claim 1, wherein the honey
lower part, the lower supporting point 5 and the hole 19 for the comb structure comprises a continuous back wall area to
intermediate rod are similar with the first pitman 1. The sec which the sidewalls, Vertical Supports and cross-sectional
ond pitman need not necessarily have the hole for the inter Supports are attached from their back part.
mediate rod. 5. The pitman according to claim 4, wherein the back wall
0051. In FIGS. 5 and 6, the upper part 2 of the pitman 1" area comprises a lower back wall area and an upperback wall
comprises a honeycomb structure like the honeycomb struc area, which join in the location of the cross-sectional Support
ture of the lower part 4, which structure is open on the front and the back wall areas are arranged parallel such that the
surface 8' of the upper part of the pitman. The honeycomb force directed in the pitman by the toggle plate in a crushing
structure vertically comprises the sidewalls 13 and vertical event is substantially parallel with the direction of the back
supports 14 of the pitman, which vertically divide the space wall areas.
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6. The pitman according to claim 1, wherein the front which structure comprises one or more cross-sectional Sup
surface of the lower part comprises front edges of the side ports reaching from the first sidewall of the pitman to the
walls, Vertical Supports and cross-sectional Supports, for second sidewall, for dividing the space between the sidewalls
receiving the wear part. horizontally in parts.
7. The pitman according to claim 3, wherein a centering 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the toggle
mechanism of the wear part is attached in the intersections of plate comprised by the jaw crusher is Supported in the lower
the vertical Supports and cross-sectional Supports in the front Supporting point-f of the pitman, which Supporting point is
surface of the lower part. arranged in the location of the cross-sectional Support of the
8. Ajaw crusher for crushing mineral material comprising honeycomb structure.
a pitman which comprises an upper art comprising an upper 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the toggle
Supporting point for Supporting the pitman in the body of the force directed at the pitman through the toggle plate is con
jaw crusher, and which pitman comprises a lower art com veyed into the crushing direction through the crossbeam.
prising a lower Supporting point for Supporting the pitman in 13. The pitman according to claim 2, wherein the sidewalls
the body of the jaw crusher through a toggle plate, wherein the of the pitman form the sidewalls of the honeycomb structure:
lower part of the pitman comprises sidewalls and a honey and the honeycomb structure comprises one or more vertical
comb structure open in the crushing direction, which struc Supports intersecting with the cross-sectional Support/Sup
ture comprises one or more cross-sectional Supports reaching ports, for dividing the space between the sidewalls of the
from the first sidewall of the pitman to the second sidewall. pitman vertically in parts.
9. A crushing plant comprising ajaw crusher with a pitman 14. The pitman according to claim 2, wherein the honey
which comprises an upper part comprising an upper Support comb structure comprises a continuous back wall area to
ing point for Supporting the pitman in the body of the jaw which the sidewalls, Vertical Supports and cross-sectional
crusher, and which pitman comprises a lower part comprising Supports are attached from their back part.
a lower Supporting point for Supporting the pitman in the body 15. The pitman according to claim 3, wherein the honey
of the jaw crusher through a toggle plate, wherein the lower comb structure comprises a continuous back wall area to
part of the pitman comprises sidewalls and a honeycomb which the sidewalls, Vertical Supports and cross-sectional
structure open in the crushing direction, which structure com Supports are attached from their back part.
prises one or more cross-sectional Supports reaching from the 16. The pitman according to claim 2, wherein the front
first sidewall of the pitman to the second sidewall. surface of the lower part comprises front edges of the side
10. A method for increasing capacity of crushing mineral walls, Vertical Supports and cross-sectional Supports, for
material in a jaw crusher or in a crushing plant, which jaw receiving the wear part.
crusher or crushing plant comprises a crushing chamber and 17. The pitman according to claim 3, wherein the front
a pitman arranged in the crushing chamber, which pitman surface of the lower part comprises front edges of the side
comprises an upper part comprising an upper Supporting walls, Vertical Supports and cross-sectional Supports, for
point for Supporting the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher, receiving the wear part.
and a lower part comprising a lower Supporting point for 18. The pitman according to claim 4, wherein the front
Supporting the pitman in the body of the jaw crusher through surface of the lower part comprises front edges of the side
a toggle plate, wherein in a crushing event, the pitman is walls, Vertical Supports and cross-sectional Supports, for
moved, the lower part of which pitman comprises sidewalls receiving the wear part.
and a honeycomb structure open in the crushing direction, k k k k k