Modern Quarrying Q3 2024

The Twister VS350 is the largest static VSI in the range and is designed to crush a wide range of rocks and minerals.

CRUSHING, SCREENING AND WASHING

As quarries seek to meet growing demand for manufactured sand, vertical shaft impact (VSI) crushers are proving to be the ultimate solution due to their ability to produce high quality manufactured sand. With a rich heritage in the design and manufacture of VSIs, Pilot Crushtec can cater for production requirements by using various size VSIs with an installed power from 45 kW up to 315 kW OPTIMISING SAND PRODUCTION WITH A VSI

T raditionally, cone Wayne Warren, Africa Sales Manager at Pilot Crushtec. However, the downside is that for a cone crusher to produce sand, it needs to be set on a very tight closed side setting (CSS), which renders it uneconomical due to the resultant excessive wear. “A very tight CSS means that the crusher works on crushers have always been the preferred crushing solution in sand making, says

A very tight CSS means that the crusher works on a liner-on material crushing concept, which is not ideal because the wear rate increases dramatically, and the shape is generally poor.

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