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EQUIPMENT
The customer was looking to increase
production to meet demand from
the local construction industry
and contacted South African crushing and
screening specialist Pilot Crushtec International
for advice.
“The existing plant was capable of producing
20 tonnes per hour when in actual fact
double that amount was needed to meet
customer needs. What the client was looking
for was a simple, cost-effective and produc-
tive solution that could be implemented with
a minimum of delay,” says national sales
manager Nicolan Govender.
Govender, together with representatives
from Innovexx, promptly visited the site
to determine operating conditions before
making recommendations.
“We collected samples of raw sand and
washed material produced to correct size
and specification that were flown to Johan-
nesburg for analysis by our technical team. A
‘before and after’ examination of the specimens
enabled us to make an informed decision
concerning the correct equipment to meet the
customer’s needs.”
The selection has proven to be very much
to the customer’s advantage. Not only can the
plant produce the original 0-2 mm product
in substantially increased volumes, it has the
ability to produce two additional products,
2 mm-6 mm and 6-10 mm.
One of the pillars of the Pilot Modular
concept is immediacy of supply, something
WESTERN CAPE OPERATION TRANSFORMED
A Western Cape province building materials supplier has more
than doubled its output following the purchase of a complete
Pilot Modular sand washing plant, sold through Pilot Crushtec
International’s distributor, Innovexx.
which enabled Innovexx to oversee the arrival,
installation and commissioning of the equip-
ment within a couple of weeks.
“The plant was fully up and running within
seven days of arrival and has already exceeded
expectations with output approaching 60
tonnes per hour of a very saleable product,”
says Innovexx director Alessandro Scherf.
He adds that a further efficiency is already
under discussion – the addition of a skid
mounted impact crusher to process oversize
fines which will then be reintroduced to the
material washer. This would position the
customer as the sole operation in the Western
Cape with ownership of a full sand washing
plant and sand crusher operating in a single
product train.
Pilot Crushtec International’s Pilot Modular plant which has more than doubled productivity and
expanded the range of saleable products.
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