Capital Equipment News December 2023

Customers and staff gather as the covers are drawn off ELB Equipment’s latest screening solution.

into southern Africa. The machine is set to provide mobility and vigorous screening ability of all types of mediums with the ability to accept rocks up to 800mm. It is a versatile machine suitable for overburden, clay, riprap/armour rock, steel slag, limestone, primary screening, demolition and blasted rock. It comes complete with a fold-out stockpiling conveyor, mid-product and fines conveyors. The MDS M515 Track Trommel weighs 48 tons and has a drum diameter of 1.5m. This is complemented by a drum length of 5.5m. A flexible option Although static trommels are used in the industry, the arrival of the MDS-tracked trommels provides flexibility to move the machine to suit the changing landscape of a mine and reduce handling. With aperture sizes up to 450mm, the trommels can be fed large rock sizes and screened to three different streams if needed. Although the trommels are application specific potential users would be required to speak to an ELB Equipment mining expert. Regional distributors While these are some of the new applications that can be unlocked by MDS trommels the machines are also efficient in run-of-the-mill work wherever speed and efficiency are required. The agreement with ELB Equipment ensures the availability wherever they are needed in southern Africa and enjoying the full service and support of the company’s large branch and dealer network. b

“The addition of MDS static and tracked trommels supports our growth strategy to expand our offering into new crushing, screening, and environmental industries, with products that complement our existing portfolio.”

Wakefield Harding, ELB Equipment divisional director for mining

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with a full range of equipment for any application. “The addition of MDS static and tracked trommels supports our growth strategy to expand our offering into new crushing, screening, and environmental industries, with products that complement our existing portfolio. This range is unmatched in the local market and is simply not available as standard-produced

machines elsewhere. It will introduce a totally new way of doing things in the local market and is bound to turn up production volumes while increasing profitability on many new and existing plants in South Africa,” says Harding MDS M515 Track Trommel ELB Equipment recently received its first MDS M515 Track Trommel for distribution

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