Glossary
Crushing Machine Operator Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential crushing machine operator terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key crushing machine operator vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in crushing machine operator training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Aggregate
- Crushed stone or gravel.
- Ball mill
- Grinding mill with balls.
- Bridging
- Material jamming.
- Choke feed
- Full crusher chamber.
- Cone crusher
- Secondary crusher.
- Feed rate
- Material input speed.
- First article
- First part checked before a run.
- Gradation
- Particle size mix.
- Jaw crusher
- Primary crusher.
- Liner
- Wear surface.
- Lockout/tagout
- Energy isolation before servicing.
- MSHA
- Mine Safety and Health Administration.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment.
- Screen deck
- Sorting screen.
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Crushing Machine Operator practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Crushing Machine Operator training.
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