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NEW EQUIPMENT
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Osborn equipment boosts Transkei operation
To meet the growing demand for aggregate
in the Eastern Cape, Transkei Quarries has
placed a R12-million order with Osborn, for
robust new machines to add to its equip-
ment arsenal. The company has ordered a
new Osborn 50 x 60 primary jaw crusher, new
Osborn vibrating grizzly feeder and a new BTI
rock breaker, also supplied by Osborn as the
agent for its USA-based Astec Industries sister
company BTI.
According to Osborn product sales man-
ager Shane Beattie, the forecasted boom in
demand for aggregate has prompted Transkei
Quarries to increase the capacity of its plants,
and this long-standing customer chose
Osborn machines for its expansion based on
the quality of the manufacturer’s machines
and the company’s industry experience. He
states that year-on-year growth of some
20% has been predicted for the construction
industry in the Eastern Cape.
A significant feature of this order is that
the Osborn 50 x 60 jaw crusher will be the
biggest primary crusher installed by the
company in the Eastern Cape, Beattie reveals.
“Transkei Quarries will establish an impressive
new jaw plant to feed three smaller plants
downstream – in order to supply the region’s
growing demand and save on blasting costs,”
he explains. “The company’s Mthatha plant is
also looking to crush the current overburden
built up over the past 20 years plus.”
Expanding on the features and benefits of
Osborn’s massive 50 x 60 jaw crusher, Beattie
says that it takes a maximum of 1 000 mm
rock at approximately 850 tph run of mine
feed. “This unit’s vast size means that it will
need to be split into four pieces and reassem-
bled on site, and will still be an abnormal load
for transport from Osborn’s Elandsfontein
manufacturing facility to the Eastern Cape. It
weighs 112 t, and is 4,75 m high, 3,42 m wide
and has a depth of 4,49 m.”
www.osborn.co.zaTesting of the 50 x 60 jaw crusher at
Osborn’s Elandsfontein factory.