Glass is one of the commonly used materials in people's production and daily life. It is widely used in construction, chemical, medical, automotive, engineering, instrumentation, and other industries.

Waste glass is on the rise due to the popularization of glass. Meanwhile, the recycling of glass waste reduces the discharge of garbage, achieves the goal of environmental protection, and brings good benefits for investment users.

2 popular ways to recycle glass: turning glass into sand and making new glass bottles.

Either way, glass crushing is required! Therefore, it is very important to understand the advantages and disadvantages, prices, and applicable materials of sand making machines, often referred to as glass crushers.

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VSI Sand Crusher
Applicable materials: VSI sand making machine is suitable for crushing high-hardness materials such as river pebbles, granite, basalt, iron ore, and low-hardness materials such as bluestone, weathered stone, limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is also well suited for processing materials with a high silica content, such as quartzite, glass.
Details you may concern
Capacity: 60-520 t/h
Maximum feed size: 50mm for soft material, 40mm for hard material
Output size: 2-20mm
Price range: $14,400/ Set (the lowest price)

HVI Sand Crusher
Applicable materials: Same as VSI sand making machine.
Details you may concern
If it is for sand making, the maximum feed size is 50mm and the capacity is 70-498 t/h.
If it is for sand shaping, the maximum feed size is 55mm and the capacity is 130-585 t/h.
Price range: $14,400/ Set (the lowest price)

Roll Crusher
Applicable materials: Roll crushers are for crushing rocks that are relatively soft or friable such as limestone, bauxite, coal gangue and shale. They are favored in mining, metallurgy, building materials, coal mines, and other fields. They are also suitable for crushing materials with high moisture content like coal and clay.
Details you may concern
Maximum feed size: 30mm
Capacity: 50-100 t/h
Price range: $3,500/ Set (the lowest price)

Hammer Crusher
Applicable materials: Hammer crushers are suitable for crushing medium-hard to soft materials like quicklime, dolomite, gypsum, brick, limestone, coal, compound fertilizer, and glass.
Details you may concern
Maximum feed size: 250mm
Capacity: 50-700 t/h
Price range: $976/ Set (the lowest price)

Compound Crusher
A glass compound crusher is very suitable for restaurants, communities and other occasions. It is an ideal crusher for breaking high moisture glass materials.
Applicable materials: The compound crusher is suitable for crushing sandstone, limestone, cement clinker, iron ore, aluminum ore, molybdenum ore, phosphate rock, and other materials with medium hardness.

The above 5 types of sand making machines are the most popular equipment in the glass sand production line. In the glass crushing line, you can use a type of sand making machine or a combination of equipment, depending on your production needs.