MechChem Africa July-August 2022

⎪ Minerals processing and materials handling ⎪

Left: Glenn Schoeman, Vice President, sub Saharan Africa at Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions. Middle: The Sandvik Reborn solution rebuilds a crusher system by exchanging a worn-out Sandvik crusher for a new one, and re-utilising the crusher auxiliaries and infrastructure. Right: Sandvik’s Automation and Connectivity System (ACS) continually monitors, analyses and optimises the crusher’s performance.

Schoeman says the prime advantages of these packages are fast delivery and instal lation – allowing the plant owner to get into production faster – and economy, as the need for expensive customisation is elimi nated. “Delivery will generally take about 12 weeks as opposed to two or three times this with a custom-designed plant,” he says. “The equipment is usually skid-based and comprises standard modular components – but there is no compromise on quality and performance.” Sandvik has just completed a FastPlant installation at the City of Tshwane’s Bon Accord quarry in Pretoria North, originally established more than a century ago to sup ply road building materials for Pretoria. The new upgraded facility was officially opened

the continent,” says Schoeman. Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions (SRP) is a new business area within Sandvik that became operational in January 2021. Schoeman and his team are based at Khomanani , Sandvik’s new premises in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, and have responsibility for sub-Saharan Africa. SRP offers a full line-up of static and mobi le crushing equipment , including cone, gyratory and jaw crushers, as well as Vertical Shaft Impact (VSI) and Horizontal Shaft Impact (HSI) crushers. Also offered is a comprehensive range of screens , which now – following Sandvik’s acquisi tion of Kwatani – includes large multi slope screens for the mining industry. www.sandvik.com

in early May this year and has a capacity of 270 t/h, a significant increase on the previ ous plant. “A full suite of Sandvik equipment in cluding jaw and cone crushers, screens and feeders make up the plant,” says Schoeman, adding that the facility is fully automated. He also notes that Sandvik collaborated with several long-standing partners on the project, mostly black empowered, who pro vided services such as civils, steel fabrica tion and erection, and electrical installation. Further north in Africa, Sandvik is also supplying a 300 t/h FastPlant to a quarry owner in Mal i . “We are certainly not limited to the South African market with our Reborn and FastPlants and we expect them to prove very popular throughout

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