Modern Mining May 2018

CRUSHING, SCREENING AND MILLING

when compared to some of the global players, is that we can get those ideas back into the field in a much shorter time frame. “In addition to the continuous improvement of our product offering, we also have a view on how mining will look 10 to 15 years from now and how our products will fit into the Internet of Things (IoT). Again, through collaboration with key customers, we have engaged local companies to partner with us in our drive to introduce features into our products that will

competition is currently not able to supply.” Creating a safe working environment in and around its machines has become a key consid- eration in Osborn’s design philosophy. In line with this goal, Osborn has just announced an enhancement to its jaw crushers which makes jaw crusher liner lifting safer, faster and more efficient. The crushers now incorporate liner lifting points. This obviates the need to weld lifting lugs onto the manganese liners and elim- inates the requirement for special lifting tools as standard lifting equipment can now be used. “This is a case where we collaborated with our customers, who asked us to look at a safer, more efficient way of lifting jaw crusher liners in and out of our machines,” notes Goosen. “We invested time and effort in devising a solution that has now been thoroughly evaluated out in the field and has proved highly successful.” Goosen adds that Osborn – which last year created a research and development division focusing on product improvement – is now working on an equipment upgrade and mod- ernisation programme. “Our R&D team is out in the field, talking to our customers, taking notes and bringing back good, practical and innovative ideas from the people that use our equipment daily,” he says. “What is exciting about being so agile from an R&D perspective,

An Osborn modular 3648 jaw plant at a site in Namibia.

Osborn’s jaw crushers now incorporate liner lifting points.

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