Patent ID: 9700898
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B02C,G01B

Claim:
1. A system for determining a close-side setting or an open-side setting for a gyratory crusher, wherein the gyratory crusher comprises an eccentrically rotatable mantle lined with a mantle liner, a concave lined with a concave liner, the concave housing the mantle to provide a crusher chamber, the crusher chamber having a gap, the system comprising a laser emitter mounted to mark a first trace bisecting the mantle at a predetermined rotational position of the mantle at the gap, a camera mounted to capture an at least one image of the first trace and an outer edge of the concave liner at the predetermined rotational position of the mantle at the gap, and a computer in communication with the camera, the computer comprising a memory and a processor, the memory providing instructions to the processor to process the image to provide a gap width and to calculate at least one of the close-side setting and the open-side setting from the gap width.