Modern Mining May 2019

CRUSHING, SCREENING AND MILLING

Screen and panel solutions from FLSmidth’s Supercenter

ISO 14001:2015 accreditations underpinning its focus on quality, safety and environmental sustainability. The well-equipped facility includes CNC machining capabilities and a dedicated vibration-damped test bed that facilitates com- prehensive factory acceptance testing of up to 50-tonne machines for the highest level of qual- ity assurance. “This state-of-the-art facility in South Africa shows the commitment of FLSmidth to the South African market as well as the continent as a whole,” Walker says. “With our solid pro- duction engineering capability, our levels of excellence and the requisite certification, this manufacturing operation is ideally placed to supply the global market with large machinery.” As large vibrating screens require very specialised manufacturing processes and capa- bilities, Walker emphasises the specialised welding skill sets and procedures in place. Screens in operation are subjected to gigacycle fatigue, so the stringent and globally accepted welding procedure AS/NSZ 1554 Part 5 is applied to ensure the quality, profile and integ- rity of each weld. “Our skilled coded welders, monitored by our in-house quality control inspectors, ensure that all quality procedures are adhered to dur- ing manufacturing,” he says. For vibration analysis, a resident FLSmidth service engineer conducts the factory accep- tance test (FAT). This data is then analysed and verified by the engineering team at the FLSmidth Technology Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, Australia. This centre is responsible for the design and engineering of FLSmidth vibrating screens. “Close communication between the Australia-based engineers and the South African facility ensures that screens are engi- neered specifically for each given application and meet all the operating parameters,” says Chris Gordon, FLSmidth’s Chief Engineer of Vibrating Screens in Brisbane. His team develops the appropriate screen- ing solution usually after FLSmidth engineers visit the customer’s site to assess the specific requirements. He notes that the Brisbane opera- tion has all the necessary in‑house procedures,

Recently expanded and upgraded with a significant investment, the FLSmidth Supercenter at Delmas in Mpumalanga Province is now one of the few facilities that manufactures both large vibrating screens and screen media panels at the same plant.

T his offers substantial advantages for customers, according to War- ren Walker, Operations Manager at the FLSmidth Delmas Super- center, including a seamless solu- tion that drives down the cost of ownership of screening installations. “With our high levels of experience and expertise, we are able to view each screen installation holistically, engineering not just the best screen option for a particular applica- tion but also the most appropriate screen media panel solution,” says Walker. “This allows not only the large vibrating screens to be produced at our facility but also the screen media panels.” He highlights that this single source supply is locally manufactured to the highest levels of quality, delivering cost effective solutions to local and global markets. The FLSmidth Delmas Supercenter is a regional Product Centre of Excellence for the FLSmidth group, with ISO 9001:2015, OSHAS 18001:2007 and

FLSmidth vibrating equipment team – Chris Gordon, Chief Design Engineer, Warren Walker, Operations Manager at FLSmidth Delmas Supercenter, and Tracy Bawden, Production Engineer.

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