Modern Mining January 2024

MDS introduces mobile heavy-duty rock trommels to SA

M obile heavy-duty rock trommels have hit the local market and are about to change the mining and quarrying landscape where their screening mechanisms will unlock mineral bounty faster and more efficiently. As a result of its rotating barrel design, the miner als bearing materials can be manipulated to process easier and, in the case of coal and diamonds, the action of the trommel can be used to liberate the minerals and reduce the need for further process ing. The action also suits sticky materials and those prone to clogging gravity fed incline and other types of screens. Terex-owned MDS recently concluded an exclu sive distribution agreement with the country’s largest multi-franchise distributor, ELB Equipment, where it will be sold among the likes of Powerscreen, Terex Minerals Processing and other mining OEM suppli ers. Wakefield Harding, ELB Equipment divisional director for mining, says the addition of the MDS range of tracked trommels effectively closes the screening loop for its customers with a full range of equipment for any application. Although static trommels are used in the indus try, the MDS tracked trommels provide flexibility to move the machine to suit the changing landscape of a mine and reduce handling. With aperture sizes up to 450mm the trommels can be fed large rock sizes and screened to three different streams if needed. Although the trommels are application specific, they are suitable for the coal, diamond, quarrying and bor row pits, and recycling industries. The MDS trommels are also efficient in run-of-the mill work wherever speed and efficiency is required.

Customers and staff gather as the covers are drawn off ELB Equipment’s latest screening solution.

The agreement with ELB Equipment ensures prod uct availability in southern Africa with clients able to enjoy the full service and support of the company’s large branch and dealer network. 

The MDS M515 in action.

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