Capital Equipment News December 2023

TROMMEL TECHNOLOGY

The MDS M515 in action.

MDS track trommels a success thanks to ELB Equipment

Mobile heavy-duty rock trommels have hit the local market for the first time and are about to change the mining and quarrying landscape wherever their efficient screening mechanisms are able to unlock mineral bounty faster and more efficiently.

D ue to its rotating barrel design, the miner als-bearing materials can be manipulated to process easier and in the case of coal and diamonds the action of the trommel can actually be used to liberate the minerals and reduce the need for further processing. The action also suits sticky materials and those prone to clogging gravity-fed inclines and other types of screens.

Why haven’t mobile trommels been used in the mining industry in southern Africa before? The answer is that the machines have simply not been available to date and the arrival of MDS Heavy duty HeaTrack Trommels on African shores now brings parity to the market. They will allow African mines to process minerals in the same efficient manner as their American, Asian and European counterparts in certain applications.

Terex-owned MDS recently concluded an exclusive distribution agreement with the country’s largest multi-franchise distributor, ELB Equipment, where it will be sold among the likes of its Powerscreen, Terex Minerals Processing and other mining OEM suppliers. Wakefield Harding, ELB Equipment divisional director for mining, says the addition of the MDS range of tracked trommels effectively closes the screening loop for its customers

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