Capital Equipment News September 2018

“Close cooperation between the supplier and the customer is an absolute necessity. The client understands their challenges far better than the supplier does, through their experience from working the site. The supplier’s main function is to make the client aware of the crushing technology available to meet the client’s production needs.”

Heath Dickson, national mining sales manager at ELB

“Customer requirements will specify the grading envelope that must be achieved, which is the ratio between the coarser and finer aggregates. For any operation, the intended throughput rate is another key consideration in the choice of crushers and their sizes.”

A Trio vertical shaft impact crusher installed at a quarry.

Dewald Janse van Rensburg, MD of B&E International

A Metso HP crusher can produce a cubicle product when utilised correctly.

Van Rensburg says close collaboration with the customer is always essential. “For a start, it allows the supplier to understand the application in detail and to design the right solution; but it is also important to ensure that the customer receives the support they need for smooth operations and lowest cost per ton,” he says. Pruewasser says only if the supplier and the customer are prepared to work togeth- er closely will it be possible to determine, in partnership, the most economical crushing system which is able to fulfil the quality demand. Ravenscroft says it’s imperative that the customer furnishes the supplier with all the necessary information on the ROM material and the desired end product requirements. “Once all this information

Customer requirements will specify the grading envelope that must be achieved.

significance. Dickson says it’s an absolute necessity, adding that the client understands their challenges far better than the supplier does, through their experience from working the site. “The supplier’s main function is to make the client aware of the crushing technology available to meet the client’s production needs,” he says. Singleton says as experts in crushing applications, flowsheet design and crush- er maintenance, Weir Minerals Africa understands that uptime and maximum production are the primary drivers for

an aggregate client’s profitability. “As a result, we believe that long-term partner- ships with continuous support, as well as spares and service agreements, are the only way to run a sustainable business,” says Singleton. “At Weir Minerals Africa, we under- stand that the more we help our custom- ers become profitable, the more relevant we are. We do this by maintaining our machines and collaborating with clients and continuously finding innovative ways to increase their production, using their existing infrastructure,” adds Singleton.

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