Capital Equipment News August 2019

TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP – VIBRATING SCREENS

unpacking TCO in vibrating screens

L arge vibrating screens play an important role in the processing of ore at mining operations. Traditionally, the focus has always been on the capital cost, but Kim Schoepflin, CEO of Kwatani, a leading South African vibrating screen manufacturer, reasons that like any other piece of capital equipment purchase, the cost of owning a vibrating screen should be the principal factor when it is procurement time. But what are the key factors that affect total cost of ownership of these crucial pieces of equipment? “For me, cost of ownership entails five key parameters: capital cost, maintenance costs, equipment uptime, life of equipment and operating efficiency,” explains Schoepflin. However, she reasons that the design and

Large vibrating screens are a critical part of processing plants at mines and quarries. If not correctly engineered, the operating costs can become extremely high – to the detriment of mining operations already operating under severe cost pressures. What are the key design and engineering factors that affect total cost of ownership of vibrating screens? By Munesu Shoko .

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