Capital Equipment News January 2019

The technology, unique to CDE, is taking the wet processing industry by storm, breaking conventions to bring a fresh approach to sand washing.

CDE, having identified how the disconnect between the rising demand for sand and the correlated depletion of natural sand reserves was going to affect the materials industry down the line, the company acted to mitigate the impact of the sand crisis on mine and quarry operators. It is from this observation that the CDE-patented Combo™ all-in-one wet processing and water recycling solution was born, providing a solution to this important environmental issue. “The patented Combo all-in-one wet processing and water recycling plant offers a practical solution to the concerns of operators who need to juggle the delivery of high-quality construction sands versus stringent legislative requirements aimed at protecting the earth from further depletion of its natural sand reserves,” says Nicolan Govender, regional manager for sub-Saharan Africa at CDE. “Versatile and powerful, the Combo wet processing system can produce up to three in-spec products from natural sand or, crucially, from crushed rock, turning what is often considered as a waste by-product into a product that adds value to the business,” adds Govender. “In South Africa, where issues related to access to water and energy remain

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The world consumes up to 40-billion tonnes of building products per year, half of which is sand

As the global urban boom shows no sign of abating, natural sand resources no longer can match demand from the construction industry

The patented CDE Combo all-in-one wet processing and water recycling plant offers a practical solution to the concerns of operators who need to juggle the delivery of high-quality construction sands versus stringent legislative requirements

The Combo features patented technology that combines feeding, washing, grading, dewatering, water recycling and stockpiling onto one compact chassis

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