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We've been crushing it for over 30 years

The Rocklabs Boyd crusher was the world's first double acting jaw crusher, and it revolutionised the sample preparation industry. The Boyd remains the crusher of choice for countless laboratories globally, renowned for its high performance, ease of maintenance and operational reliability.

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Boyd Elite
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Boyd Elite

The Rocklabs Boyd Elite is the world’s first double-acting fine jaw crusher, employing jaws that can hold up to 7kg of sample and can crush a 70mm sample to 2mm (95%) in a single pass. 

Featuring top and bottom moving jaws, the design of the Rocklabs Boyd Elite delivers the maximum amount of crushing, reducing samples by 35 times the original size. Characterised by ease of maintenance and cleaning and equipped with stringent safety mechanisms as standard, the Boyd Elite reduces the time and cost associated with the crushing process.

  • Input Size - up to 7kgs of sample
  • Low Maintenance
  • Minimal Down Time
  • Improved Dust & Chip Control
  • Health & Safety Improvements
  • Designed for use with a Rocklabs Rotating Sample Divider
  • High Chrome Iron wear plates resistant to abrasion
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Mid Boyd
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Mid Boyd

The Rocklabs Mid Boyd crusher accepts samples up to 100mm, reducing to 2mm in a single pass with the jaws able to hold up to a 7kg sample and accepts direct feed of full drill core, including PQ, HQ, NQ, and BQ sizes.

Operation is straightforward and safe with uncompromising features such as improved dust and chip control, full electrical and mechanical safety and improved ergonomics.

With easy maintenance and a streamlined process in mind, the Mid Boyd reduces the time and cost associated with the crushing process.

  • Top and bottom moving jaws
  • Designed for easy operation
  • Reduces sample by 50 times
  • Increased input size
  • Simplified maintenance
  • Stringent safety mechanisms
  • Increased warranty
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Boyd RSD Combo
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Boyd RSD Combo

The ROCKLABS BOYD Elite is the world’s first double-acting fine jaw crusher, employing jaws that can hold up to 5kg of sample and crush a 70mm sample to 2mm in a single pass.

Featuring top and bottom moving jaws, the design of the Rocklabs BOYD Elite delivers the maximum amount of crushing, reducing samples by 35 times the original size. Characterised by ease of maintenance and cleaning and equipped with stringent safety mechanisms as standard, the BOYD Elite reduces the time and cost associated with the crushing process.

  • Input Size - up to 5kgs of sample
  • Low Maintenance
  • Minimal Down Time
  • Improved Dust & Chip Control
  • Health & Safety Improvements
  • High Chrome Iron wear plates resistant to abrasion
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Boyd Lite
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Boyd Lite

Premium crushing performance at entry level pricing. 

The Rocklabs Boyd Lite utilizes our double acting fine jaw crushing design, with an input size of up to 70mm. 

Featuring top and bottom moving jaws, the Crusher delivers the maximum amount of crushing, reducing samples by 35 times the original size.

  • Designed for easy operation
  • Simplified maintenance
  • Stringent safety mechanisms
  • Top and bottom moving jaws
  • Improved ergonomics
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Smart Mid Boyd LSD
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Smart Mid Boyd LSD

The Rocklabs Smart Mid Boyd LSD achieves a higher degree of splitting accuracy and is able to split smaller samples with the same accuracy as larger samples. The operator can select two splits of different weights as well as a retained waste sample. 

The combo can be equipped with a barcode scanner, have pre-set splitting programs and retain data/sample logging details.

  • No manual split adjustment
  • Less operator input
  • Optional waste feeder
  • Sample can be discharged in specialised container (Chrysos, ABM etc.)
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Smart Mid Boyd RSD
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Smart Mid Boyd RSD

The Rocklabs Mid Boyd RSD is the world’s first double-acting fine jaw crusher, employing jaws that can hold up to 7kg of sample and crush a 100mm sample to 2mm in a single pass. 

Featuring top and bottom moving jaws, the design of the Rocklabs Mid Boyd delivers the maximum amount of crushing, reducing samples by 50 times the original size. Characterised by ease of maintenance and cleaning and equipped with stringent safety mechanisms as standard, the Mid Boyd reduces the time and cost associated with the crushing process.

  • Input Size - up to 7kgs of sample
  • Low Maintenance
  • Minimal Down Time
  • Improved Dust & Chip Control
  • Health & Safety Improvements
  • High Chrome Iron wear plates resistant to abrasion
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Big Boyd
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Big Boyd

Process large samples  with the reliable Big Boyd, Rocklabs’ largest capacity crusher. 

The Big Boyd crusher accepts samples up to 150mm, reducing to 10mm or less in a single pass with the jaws able to hold up to a 20kg sample. The Big Boyd has quick jaw adjustment with horizontal steel rollers and is ideal for inclusion into an automated system.

Options are available to include a front loader, dump master lifter and a rotating sample divider.

  • Input Size - 150mm
  • Output - 10mm (or less)
  • Jaw Width - 400mm
  • Capacity - 20Kg
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Hydraulic Crusher
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Hydraulic Crusher

Designed & tested to be simple & safe to use the Hydraulic Crusher prepares trace metal samples prior to pulverising, breaks rocks up to 150mm and crushes rocks down to 5mm or less. A low contamination means of processing small samples.

The Rocklabs Hydraulic Crusher prepares trace metal samples prior to pulversing in a Rocklabs Ring Mill or similar piece of equipment. It is designed to be easy to use, simple to maintain and cost-efficient to operate. 

The Rocklabs Hydraulic Crusher provides a very efficient, low-contamination means of processing small samples, with few cleaning and maintenance requirements. Rock samples up to 50mm diameter can be crushed down to minus 5mm or less. It can also break rocks up to 150mm diameter, replacing a jaw crusher in the preparation of trace metal samples.

Designed and tested to ensure operator safety at all times the Hydraulic Crusher is encased in an industrial clear PVC curtain to minimise airborne sample debris leaving the enclosure. Servicing is simple and can be undertaken after training by laboratory sample staff or trained service technicians.

  • Accurate trimming/breaking
  • Crushing
  • Ease of use
  • Low maintenance
  • Ease of servicing
  • High safety standards
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Twin Crusher
Twin Crusher

What are the features and benefits of each Boyd crusher?

This chart breaks down the key features and differences of each Boyd crusher. If you would like help matching the right crusher for your needs, reach out to our specialist team

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How efficient and consistent are Rocklabs crushers?

Scott recently had the privilege of obtaining a comprehensive performance test report for our Boyd crusher and sample dividers. This test was conducted against one of our main Competing Crusher Machines (CCM) by Richard Minnitt, a globally recognised expert in sample preparation, at an SGS laboratory in Perth, Australia. We believe that the report has provided valuable insights into our equipment's capabilities.

Key results:

  • Mid Boyd exhibited a faster average crushing rate on all percentages passed compared to the CCM machine
  • For the Boyd-LSD, a paired two-sample t-test on 24 samples showed sample masses of 350.56g for LHS and 350.81g for RHS, with precision rates of 1.15% and 1.11% respectively.
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How the Boyd Elite rotary divider outperforms traditional splitting

We recently reviewed an experimental validation report conducted by Richard Minnitt, a globally recognized authority in the Theory of Sampling, which puts our Rocklabs Boyd Elite Rotary Sample Divider (RSD) to the test against the industry-standard riffle splitter. This study provides a data-driven look at how systematic mechanical splitting delivers the compositional representativeness required for high-stakes analytical work.

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Support that’s ready when and where you are

Our solutions are designed and built with greater durability and less complexity to mitigate downtime risk. But since not all mining laboratories are easily accessible, we make sure that our parts, components and service teams are, so you have peace of mind that if you need help, our global support network is standing ready. 

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