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Rollerjaw Rock CrusherThe rollerjaw rock crusher melds the concepts of jaw crushing and roll crushing long employed in the mining and rock-crushing industries. Rollerjaw rock crushers have been proposed for inclusion in geological exploration missions on Mars, where they would be used to pulverize rock samples into powders in the tens of micrometer particle size range required for analysis by scientific instruments.
Document ID
20090040067
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
External Source(s)
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/5898
Authors
Peters, Gregory (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brown, Kyle (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Fuerstenau, Stephen (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 2009
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs, November 2009
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Report/Patent Number
NPO-44767
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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