Mechanical Technology August 2015

⎪ Materials handling and minerals processing ⎪

Rapid set up of full-scale crushing and screening plant Metso, a leading company in the mining and aggregates industries and in the flow control business, has introduced the Metso NW Series crushing and screening plant solution to the global market. The solution enables plant setup in less than 12 hours without heavy cranes, allowing customers to make the most challenging crushing sites more profitable and to move to another site more easily.

The combination of the Metso NW106 pri- mary jaw crushing plant and the NW220GPD secondary cone crushing plant with a large dual-slope screen requires no foundations and has been designed to be “easy and safe” to operate and maintain on site. dual-slope screen. The screen enables higher screening performance, and the whole process can be precisely adjusted by Metso’s new process control system. The new Metso IC50C process control system is designed to form a seamless combination between the primary crush- ing stage and the secondary crushing and screening stage of the plant. The whole process can be started and stopped by the push of a single button, making daily operations easy and safe. “The IC50C system has been devel-

T he Metso NW Series is the first and only wheel-mounted crushing plant on the market that fits compactly into standard 40 ft (12 m) containers so that it can be shipped quickly and cost efficiently overseas or via a railway network. A complete plant in a single day The combination of Metso NW106 primary jaw crushing plant and the NW220GPD secondary cone crushing plant with a large dual-slope screen has been optimised to be relocated regularly. Hydraulically fine-adjustable support legs, hopper walls and screen lifting fa- cilitate fast installation and dismantling. The plant has also been designed to be “easy and safe to operate and maintain on site”, explains Eric Lavieville, global product manager, portable plants at Metso. “Setting up a conventional portable crushing and screening plant often re- quires preparations with foundations and other site conditions. The new Metso NW Series plant solution is designed to avoid all these challenges, and only mini-

mal preparations on site are required,” Lavieville continues. “Metso’s completely new plant con- veyor design with fewer support legs makes setup quick and simple. No heavy cranes or concrete foundations are needed. Service platforms on the conveyors make daily operations easier and safer,” he adds. Typical capacity of the Metso NW Series portable plant with very hard feed mate- rial and four calibrated end products is 20% higher when compared with any conventional solution now available in the same size class. The increased capacity is mainly achieved by the powerful Nor- dberg GP220 cone crusher and the new Increased production and full process control

A 20% higher capacity is being achieved, mainly because of the powerful Nordberg GP220 cone crusher and its new dual-slope screen. oped to meet customer expectations for consistent production, safety and easy control of the whole process. Feed and discharge conveyor control, wear com- pensation, auto setting adjustment and computer remote control are just a few of the many benefits the system offers. The innovative Metso IC50C system comes standard with the Metso NW Series crushing and screening plant,” concludes Lavieville. q

The Metso NW106 wheel-mounted portable jaw crusher is designed to fit into a standard 40 ft (12 m) container.

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Mechanical Technology — August 2015