Modern Quarrying April-May 2016

NEW EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Osborn equipment boosts Transkei operation To meet the growing demand for aggregate in the Eastern Cape, Transkei Quarries has placed a R12-million order with Osborn, for robust new machines to add to its equip- ment arsenal. The company has ordered a new Osborn 50 x 60 primary jaw crusher, new Osborn vibrating grizzly feeder and a new BTI rock breaker, also supplied by Osborn as the agent for its USA-based Astec Industries sister company BTI.

company in the Eastern Cape, Beattie reveals. “Transkei Quarries will establish an impressive new jaw plant to feed three smaller plants downstream – in order to supply the region’s growing demand and save on blasting costs,” he explains. “The company’s Mthatha plant is also looking to crush the current overburden built up over the past 20 years plus.” Expanding on the features and benefits of Osborn’s massive 50 x 60 jaw crusher, Beattie says that it takes a maximum of 1 000 mm rock at approximately 850 tph run of mine feed. “This unit’s vast size means that it will need to be split into four pieces and reassem- bled on site, and will still be an abnormal load for transport from Osborn’s Elandsfontein manufacturing facility to the Eastern Cape. It weighs 112 t, and is 4,75 m high, 3,42 m wide and has a depth of 4,49 m.” www.osborn.co.za

According to Osborn product sales man- ager Shane Beattie, the forecasted boom in demand for aggregate has prompted Transkei Quarries to increase the capacity of its plants, and this long-standing customer chose Osborn machines for its expansion based on the quality of the manufacturer’s machines and the company’s industry experience. He states that year-on-year growth of some 20% has been predicted for the construction industry in the Eastern Cape. A significant feature of this order is that the Osborn 50 x 60 jaw crusher will be the biggest primary crusher installed by the

Testing of the 50 x 60 jaw crusher at Osborn’s Elandsfontein factory.