Modern Quarrying Q1 2025

The 350 tonnes per hour (tph)

production plant is the largest ever Pilot Modular aggregate production plant installation to date.

The Pilot Modular Feed Hopper MFH25 is used to control the feed to the cone crusher and an MPM910 magnet is used to remove tramp metal before the cone crusher.

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This particular plant was delivered within about four-and-a half months of its order, while the erection, assembly and commissioning took a further three months, highlighting the short lead times for which the Pilot Modular concept is renowned.

Transporting the plant to site came with its fair share of challenges, especially the border-related delays.

Making use of Metso HP cone crushers and correct reduction ratios ensures that the end product has the best possible shape without having to deploy a vertical shaft impact (VSI) crusher.

within a short space of time. “To provide context, this particular plant was delivered within about four-and-a-half months of its order, while the erection, assembly and commissioning took a further three months, highlighting the short lead times for which the Pilot Modular concept is renowned,” says Warren. For this plant, says Warren, Pilot Crushtec did not ‘reinvent the wheel’; the company largely used standard proven off-the-shelf products from its Pilot Modular range. The primary crusher is a Metso C120 jaw crusher, which takes a maximum feed size of

In environments where logistics can be a nightmare, the customer keeps a sizeable inventory of most critical wear and spare parts on site to avoid possible production disruptions.

especially considering that the environment is notorious for having a lot of fine material in the feed. Oversize material (plus 90 mm) from the TKG 16 modular scalping screen is sent directly to the secondary cone crusher, a Metso

700 mm. From the jaw, material goes into the TKG 16 modular scalping screen. Incorporating the TKG 16 modular scalping screen allows for maximising the efficiency of the secondary crusher’s capacity by taking out fines just after the jaw crusher,

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MODERN QUARRYING QUARTER 1 | 2025