Improvement of the effectiveness of greywacke crushing process by applying an impact crusher in quarry for the production of railway ballast

The production of aggregates in rock mining requires an optimal system of crushers, separators and conveyors. Proper machine selection allows aggregates with appropriate technical parameters to be obtained and increases the output of the required fractions with a given unit cost. The usage of rock raw materials for the production of railway ballasts used in a railway track superstructure is connected with the necessity of meeting strictly defined quality requirements. This paper presents an example of the use of an impact crusher in a selected quarry for the purpose of obtaining the correct parameters of railway ballast and a suitable grain curve. The evaluation was carried out based on the results of technological tests which were compared with the technologies used to date, thus ensuring the effectiveness of the solution in the practice of quarries.