Capital Equipment News March 2019

CRUSHER BUCKETS

Xcentric Ripper South Africa has seven crusher bucket models available for the local market.

Offering new possibilities

As equipment owners constantly investigate ways to reduce their operational costs by expanding the application range for their hydraulic excavators, backhoes, skid steers and wheel loaders, crushing buckets offer new possibilities for processing soft and brittle materials, writes Munesu Shoko .

A s the attachment revolution continues apace, the crusher bucket is one of the tools that has established itself in the equipment industry in recent years. The attachment uses hydraulic power from the loader or excavator to which it is attached, making it easy to gather rock, crush and load into trucks or use in situ – adding value to operations and existing tools at the job site. Some of the leading names that come to mind as far as crusher buckets are concerned include MB Crusher, ALLU, Epiroc, Xcentric Ripper International and Simex, among others. Amanda Roets, area sales manager at Epiroc South Africa Hydraulic Attachments Tools (HAT), says recycling has become a huge trend in South Africa, especially on building sites where demolished material is being crushed, recycled and used again. The crusher bucket has since become a tool of choice in this application. Speaking about the uptake of the crusher bucket in the local market, Marjut Lindroos, global marketing manager at ALLU, says South Africa and Africa at large have a role in the future growth strategy of ALLU. ALLU buckets have been sold directly from the factory to various applications over the years, but in 2019 the focus is on the expansion of the company’s dealership network to also cover the southern part of Africa. MB Crusher sells its jaw crusher buckets across the whole of Africa. Its solutions have recently been used in some of the continent’s famous projects. A recent case in point is the Djibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority’s construction of a US$3,5-billion free trade zone, which extends over 4 800 hectares. The MB BF120.4 crusher bucket, mounted on

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