Modern Mining December 2023

Sandvik Rock Processing drives manufacturing agility

To respond to rising demand and sustain subsequent record growth levels, vibrat ing screen and feeder OEM, Sandvik Rock Processing has placed agility at the centre of its local manufacturing activities in South Africa. Director Operations for the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) Region, Riaan Steinmann, says the goal of agile man ufacturing is to respond quickly to customer and market demands, while maintaining production output and quality. “We have recorded a solid growth in the past three years in our screen’s product range. As a result, Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions South Africa is now well positioned as one of the leading vibrating equipment suppli ers not only in South Africa, but in Africa at large,” he says. “We have also made strong inroads in other regions such as Europe and the Middle East.” To meet the rising demand for its equipment, which has seen Sandvik Rock Processing South Africa producing about 60 machines a month in recent times, the company is driving agility within its manu facturing environment.

Sandvik Rock Processing is focused on manufacturing agility to meet rising demand. “On the back of the significant growth of our screening offering in recent years, we have seen the need to continuously review and optimise our internal processes,” says Steinmann. “For example, our work shop layouts are based on job-shop lean

manufacturing processes to cater for any customised components. We make use of in-house designed precision engineered jigs and fixtures to increase our production efficiencies and secure quality of these components.” 

BJD Crushers supplies major order to African copper mine BJD Crushers, the UK-based manufacturer of crushing and size reduction equipment, recently supplied a major order of its market-leading crushing machinery to a new copper mine and smelting plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The order includes the manufacture of two BJD 24 x 30 Hammermills with 90 kW drives, both running at 40 TPH. The machines will be used for processing copper concentrate from Rotary Dryers. Used worldwide in the reduction of friable and fibrous materials, BJD’s Hammermill crushers can be sup plied with adjustable breaker plates, produce high reduction ratios and feature capacities of up to 500 TPH, depending on duty. The whole project at the plant is due for completion in 2024/25. 

BJD Crushers supplies major order to African copper mine.

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