Mawu akuti impact ndi omveka kuti mumtundu wamtundu uwu wa crusher wina amagwiritsa ntchito kuphwanya miyala.M'mitundu yodziwika bwino ya zopukutira zimapangidwira kuphwanya miyala.Koma, ma crushers amaphatikiza njira yokhudzira.Wosweka woyamba wa Vertical Shaft Impact Crusher anapangidwa ndi Francis E. Agnew mu 1920s.Amapangidwa kuti azigwiritsidwa ntchito mu sekondale, tertiary kapena quaternary stage crushing.Ophwanyidwawo ndi oyenerera ntchito zosiyanasiyana kuphatikizapo kupanga mchenga wopangidwa mwapamwamba kwambiri, magulu opangidwa bwino ndi mchere wa mafakitale.Ma Crushers amathanso kugwiritsidwa ntchito popanga kapena kuchotsa mwala wofewa pagulu.