Capital Equipment News May 2018

MINING NEWS

Kwatani’s huge screen order

In the single largest order for vibrating screens secured from any mine in the past two years, Kwatani has shown its mettle by supplying some of the largest vibrating screens in Africa to the world’s leading opencast coal complex. According to Kwatani CEO Kim Scho- epflin, the contract comprised 44 large screens boasting widths of up to 4,3 m. “Our equipment may be large and heavy, but each individual unit has been customised for its specific application, to efficiently handle the ore required,” says Schoepflin. “Moreover, the vibrating unit must be engineered to seamlessly fit into a new or existing building, and must operate in harmony with the rest of the processing plant.” Among the larger units in the order were two double-deck, run-of-mine screens measuring 3 m wide by 9 m long, as well as three 2,4 m by 6 m degradation screens which will be installed in the mine’s drum plant. Also being supplied are twenty three screens

The 4,3 m wide screen leaving Kwatani en route to the customer.

and three vibrating pan feeders for the cyclone plant. There are sixteen drain and rinse screens in the contract, four of which are generously sized at 4,3 m by 7 m, driven by two large gearboxes which deliver a centrifugal force of over 460 kN each.

“The successful handling of this magnitude of contract is a testament to Kwatani’s technical capability, as we can handle these larger contracts while continuing to service all our other customers,” concludes Schoepflin. b

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