Published Paper Details:

The tool life of the VSI rotor crusher undergoes lot of wear due to its work. This depreciation could be avoided by replacing existing material of the tool of the rotor with a new metal matrix composite. This could be done by finding the material composition of existing tool tip and replacing them with an enhanced metal composition which could serve the purpose better than the existing one because of increased wear resistance. It is found through various research papers that tungsten carbide cobalt matrix could provide better results as compares with present material. So, the cobalt binder ratio is altered to 8%, 10% and 12%. The sample of each is tested and the sample with better result could be made into a full tool and fitted into the machine and the depreciation rate is compared with existing one and improvement is recorded. With this tool tip the cost for new tool could be reduced and time wasted for changing the tool can be saved and thus the overall production could be improved.