Rock does not care what the catalog says. The cylinder has to handle what actually comes through the plant.
Mining and aggregate operations move material by the ton, often through long shifts and sometimes around the clock during production season. Cylinders set crusher gaps, tip grizzlies, raise stackers, dump truck bodies, and steer loaded machines over haul roads that are never smooth. They do it in abrasive dust, flying rock, mud, and vibration that loosens anything not built to stay put.
Downtime is costly in this business. A failed crusher setting cylinder or a leaking hoist can idle a plant, a fleet, or both. Cylinders also have to be serviceable where the equipment works, which is often far from a shop.
For builders of mining and aggregate equipment, Aurelius Manufacturing engineers welded hydraulic cylinders shaped around the machine, the material it handles, and how it gets maintained in the field.
Building crushing, screening, or material handling equipment? Talk with Aurelius about the cylinders before the frame design is final.
Mining & Aggregate Applications
From the pit face to the stockpile, hydraulic cylinders handle setting, folding, lifting, dumping, and steering functions across a wide range of machines. Some move rarely but carry enormous loads. Others cycle constantly under heavy vibration.
Start with any of these applications, or bring us a function that is not listed.
Mining and aggregate machines use a range of cylinder types. The options below come up regularly; loads, circuit design, and service practices decide which one fits.
Multiple stages raise heavy truck bodies to a full dump angle, then nest down to fit beneath the body.
Two-way force for steering, folding conveyors, and adjusting screens and crusher settings.
Accumulators and cartridge valving developed alongside the cylinder for tramp release, holding, and shock control.
Slows heavy bodies, conveyors, and folding sections before they bottom out.
Mounts, pins, and port locations designed for vibration, rock strikes, and field service access.
Cylinder-mounted feedback for crusher settings, stacker height, and automated plant controls.
Design Considerations
Mining and aggregate equipment tests every part of a cylinder: rod surface, seals, welds, mounts, and fittings. Problems that would take years to show up elsewhere can appear within a season.
Review these factors with Aurelius early, while the frame and circuit can still change.
Losing production to a problem cylinder? Share the failure history, and we will help look for the cause.
Why Aurelius
Tell us how the machine runs and how it gets serviced. The cylinder design follows from there.
Catalog cylinders work on many mining and aggregate functions. Custom welded designs become valuable when a crusher, screen, or stacker needs mounts and ports that fit a specific frame, when a function keeps failing under shock or vibration, or when accumulators, valves, or sensing belong with the cylinder.
Aurelius engineers look at the full application, including the material, the duty, the setup and transport routine, and how field crews maintain the equipment. The aim is a cylinder that stands up to the work and stays practical to build and rebuild, without features that add cost and little else.
Material quality is verified before machining starts, and tubing or rod with surface flaws goes back to the supplier. Each cylinder passes through testing ahead of shipment, built by a shop team that values long careers and thorough training.
Aurelius has been delivering engineering solutions since 1926 and now supports equipment builders from early design through recurring production.
Aurelius designs custom welded cylinders for OEMs building crushing, screening, conveying, stacking, drilling, and mobile equipment, provided the requirements fit Aurelius's size and pressure capabilities. Share the application to start the review.
Have a mining or aggregate application to discuss? Use Build a Cylinder to get started, or ask for a quote directly.