Capital Equipment News June 2019

BAUMA REVIEW – CRUSHING & SCREENING

The heart of Terex Finlay’s new 883+ heavy duty screener is the new triple shaft screenbox, featuring two “true” full size 16’ x 5’ screening decks.

introducing New crushing and screening innovations

At this year’s bauma 2019, crushing and screening OEMs rolled out a range of new crushing and screening solutions that speak directly to the needs of today’s mines and quarries, writes Munesu Shoko .

A t bauma 2019, several crushing and screening OEMs showcased new crushing and screening solutions aimed at ensuring that mining and quarrying operations – and their profits – stay up and running, uninterrupted. The new solutions address parameters of importance such as productivity, uptime, efficiency and total cost of ownership. Terex Finlay had one of its largest ever machine line ups at bauma 2019, with four machines from its crushing and screening line up – the J-1160 jaw crusher; 883+ triple shaft screener; TF-75L low level feeder; and the TC-80 tracked conveyor. In addition to the machine line up, Terex Finlay also introduced its T-Link telematics system, as well as its new OMNI system. OMNI is an exciting new tablet-based technology that puts operators in control of their equipment from the safety of the cab of their excavator or shovel. MCCloskey demonstrated its continued growth with an exciting roster of new products. A key talking point was

the unveiling of the S250 Screener, said to be one of the world’s largest tracked mobile screeners. Additionally, McCloskey used the grand platform to unveil its I Series impact crusher line up, the I54Rv3 and I34R. Metso launched a couple of new products. Of interest to Capital Equipment News was the new, compact mobile screen for entry-level businesses, the Lokotrack ST2.3 mobile multi-use screen. This was also joined by the latest addition to the versatile MX(TM) Multi-Action cone crusher series, the MX3, which enables improved crusher productivity and lower operating costs with a design optimised especially for mid-sized quarrying. Metso also announced the expansion of its community- friendly Lokotrack Urban(TM) series mobile crushing and screening plant range. Keestrack displayed a total of nine processing plants. The theme of its exhibit was the cost-effective hybrid and plug-in electrification of plant drives, which the company not only implements in new model generations and spectacular innovations, but consistently in all

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