The present paper deals with estimation of the elasto-damping parameters of a cone inertial crusher mounting. The numerical values of these parameters are crucial for accurate reproduction of the machine vibrational behavior and dynamical model adequacy. Due to the significant difficulties arising during the purely theoretical determination of the stiffness and damping parameters of the rubber vibroisolators it is well-suited to use a theoretical-experimental approach. The developed approach is

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... based on the theoretical determination of the mounting stiffness parameters as a function of two experimentally measured natural frequencies of the mechanical system. The crusher is represented as a six degrees of freedom system with two planes of symmetry. By using the system characteristic polynomial, the theoretical derivation of mathematical relationships for the mechanical system natural frequencies as a function of stiffness, inertial and geometrical parameters is performed. A good agreement is shown when comparing the experimental and the theoretical results for the system kinematical characteristics.