In actual production, both of them have many differences, as follows:

1. Different hardness of the crushed materials

Cone crusher mainly crushes some big hardness materials, such as granite, basalt, tuff, river pebbles and so on; while impact crusher is used to crush the materials with small hardness, such as limestone, limerock, etc.

2. Different discharge sizes and applied materials

Generally, the discharge granularity of cone crusher is finer than that of impact crusher. In the actual production, cone crusher is used more in ore processing, and impact crusher is used more in building materials and construction industries.

3. Different grain shapes of finished products

The grain size of impact crusher is better, and the finished products has less edges and corners, more powder. There are many needle-like pieces in the finished products of cone crusher, and granule shape is not good.

4. Different investment cost

The price of cone crusher is higher than that of impact crusher, but the wearing parts has long lifespan, which avoids the trouble of constantly replacing components. In the long run, the cost performance of cone crusher is higher than the impact crusher. It can be understood that the pre-purchase cost of the impact crusher is low, and the post-maintenance cost is high; the pre-cost of the cone crusher is high, and the later input cost is low.

5.Different pollution degree

The noise dust pollution of impact crusher is big, while, cone crusher is relatively small.