Modern Mining July 2016

PRODUCT News

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MODERN MINING

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July 2016

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Winder Controls

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Weir Minerals has announced the global

release of its Trio® Top Performance (TP)

cone crusher range to the mining and con-

struction aggregate market. Combining

aggressive crushing action, high crush-

ing force and high power, this new

generationoftopperformingconecrushers,

Booyco PDS represents latest generation technology

Legislation mandating the use of pedes-

trian detection systems (PDS) came into

being in South Africa in 2015, driving the

deployment of Booyco Electronics’ locally

manufactured systems on local mines.

Booyco’s fully integrated PDS represents

the latest generation of this technology and

offers a supply of information, which allows

the safety intervention capability coupled

with a data hub that enables integration

with trackless mobile machinery (TMM)

and other OEM underground vehicles and

equipment. Each PDS is deployed based on

application specific risk assessments ensur-

ing that it is fit-for-purpose.

Anton Lourens, MD of Booyco Electro

nics, says the company’s PDS incorporates

very low frequency technology for pedes-

trian detection either on surface or

underground together with GPS technol-

ogy for vehicle detection on surface. It

delivers specific warning, controlled slow-

down and stopping zone alerts around

a vehicle when detecting pedestrians or

other vehicles. This is unique in that it is

able to achieve zone shaping and create

narrow band zones in close proximity on

the side of vehicles.

It features full self-diagnostics, and has

visual and voice display activated in the

case of a PDS warning or a system failure.

The technology incorporates various down-

loading options for recorded data including

wireless when at an access point. It is sup-

plied complete with testing equipment for

both the surface and underground areas to

ensure maximum functionality.

Lourens says the company has also devel-

oped a high processing power controller. It

acts as a processing gateway and all sens-

ing technologies and informational data are

channelled through this. “This enables the

user to create the requisite artificial intel-

ligence which is fed to the control systems

of the trackless mobile machinery on a site.”

Importantly, it facilitates the enormous

inflowof information, the processing thereof

and then the presentation of it in a simple,

easy-to-understand manner.

Booyco Electronics, tel 0861 BOOYCO (266926)

Weir Minerals adds cone crusher range to its line-up

saysWeir, takes the user to the next level of

cone crushing.

“Throughout Weir Minerals, we strive to

provide customers with the best possible

equipment to meet their crushing needs,

which is why we developed the Trio® TP

cone crusher range,” says Kurt O’Bryan,

Global Product Manager for Crushing and

ScreeningatWeirMinerals.“ThenewTP cone

crushers operate at a higher speed than their

predecessors which provides higher reduc-

tion with better shaped material.”

These compact, robust crushers are

built with advanced cone crusher automa-

tion technology to ensure continuous high

performance and application versatility.

All Trio® TP cone crushers feature a steep

crushing chamber angle, a large crushing

stroke and optimum speed to deliver a

finer product through increased interpar-

ticle comminution.

“Safety has always been the number

one priority for Weir Minerals, which is

why our Trio TP cone crusher range is

The entire

Trio® TP cone

crusher range is

backed by the Weir Minerals Services network,

operating in over 70 countries across the globe,

and is available locally fromWeir Minerals Africa.

designed with self-protecting features to

help achieve high levels of mechanical reli-

ability under severe operating conditions

whilst ensuring the safety of both operator

and equipment.

“Typically, cone crushers are operated

with high tension belt drives that are

inefficient, require frequent maintenance

and also become OH&S entanglement

risk zones. Our engineers at Weir Minerals

recognise the importance of energy effi-

ciencies and reducing operating costs.

With this in mind, they designed a reli-

able direct drive option for cone crushers.

The direct drive system can be combined

with a Variable Frequency Drive to further

optimise crusher performance, resulting in

significant energy savings.”

All Trio TP cone crushers are fully instru-

mented with advanced lubrication and

hydraulic systems, allowing customers to

monitor vibration, motion, temperature,

flow and pressure.

Rene Calitz, Weir Minerals Africa, tel (+27 11) 929-2622