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Archive for January, 2008

Universal 2M Rock Crusher
Posted by Russ from Byron, MN, US on January 4, 2008

Would like to have detail specifications and parts list if possible. We (Mechanical History Roundtable) have received one as a donation and are planning a restoration project.

I believe what you have there is a 10 x 24 Universal jaw crusher of the original plain-bearing design, although it’s still an overhead eccentric model. Universal Engineering began manufacturing these overhead models in 1906, and that principle is still in use today. The machine you’ve obtained is likely in excess of 60 years old.

We still have pattern equipment and tooling to provide the wear parts for this machine. The part numbers you’d be looking for are as follows:

Stationary jaw -- Columbia # 218470
Moving jaw -- Columbia # 218490
Moving jaw wedge -- Columbia # 218460
Key plates -- Columbia # 218200 and 218210
Heel plates -- Columbia # 218240 and 218250
Pitman toggle seat -- Columbia # 218500
Toggle plate -- Columbia # 218540

You can contact our customer service department for price and delivery information on those part numbers.

You’ll likely need some other internal components that may be more difficult to obtain. Regarding items such as bearings, push wedge, springs, specialty fasteners, etc. -- you may want to contact the original equipment manufacturer that is still in business under the name Universal Engineering, and located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They’d be of more help to you in obtaining detailed specification lists than we’d be able to provide. All we’d have is some old advertising literature!

If any of this is of interest, you can contact me at our foundry in Portland, Oregon (chuck_h@columbiasteel.com). It’d be best if the OEM could verify that “2M” model designation, since it’s taken from previous sales history information.

You may end up having to make some of the parts, or do a little scavenging in order to come up with something close to a “numbers match” restoration. Sounds like a good project -- good luck!


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