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MODERN MINING
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CRUSHING, SCREENING
AND MILLING
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Below left:
Quality manu-
facture forms the backbone
of the FLSmidth Meshcape®
Screen Media product
brand.
Below centre:
A hybrid poly
wire modular panel.
Below:
Vibro Optimax™
wire has a higher tensile
strength than standard
screen wires with better
wear characteristics.
tensioning to enhance its longevity,” says Dott.
He says FLSmidth can provide on-site
technical assistance during screen media
product installation, maintenance or repairs
at the customer’s mine or quarry site. The
specialised services that are offered include
process optimisation, specialty product devel-
opment, screen surfaces audit, and screen
system and component installation.
“We also analyse product performance, and
identify abnormal wear patterns and recom-
mend corrective action to ensure that customers
get the most value from the products and drive
down their unit costs,” he says.
The 16 500 m
2
FLSmidth Meshcape
®
Screen
Product manufacturing facility in Edenvale
supplies local South African markets and
exports to Africa as well as the Indian Ocean
islands. The facility is quality accredited by
Bureau Veritas Certification with ISO 9001 for
all manufactured products.
The FLSmidth Meshcape
®
Screen Product
range includes heavy woven wire screens –
featuring 0,71 to 20 diameter wire – which
are generally made to order due to the various
operating requirements found in the mining
and aggregate industries. The brand is also
well-known for its popular GMS and AISI 304
screens, which are carried in stock.
Popular sizes of fine woven wire mesh,
which range in size from 6 to 500 mesh, are also
carried in stock, while the extensive produc-
tion capacity allows for special requirements to
be woven to customer specifications.
As the only South African manufacturer of
wire conveyor belts, FLSmidth makes these
Meshcape
®
Screen Media products to order for
numerous applications in different markets.
“We’ve even used our steel conveyor belts with
a thicker gauge wire to support hanging walls
in an underground diamond mine,” says Dott.
The FLSmidth Meshcape
®
Screen Media
polyurethane screens include the latest genera-
tion BPS modular pin-type screening system,
which is fully interchangeable with current
versions. “The BPS has been designed to maxi-
mise the open area, offer high panel integrity
and withstand operating at forces of up to
10 Gs,” Dott says.
The company is also a leading manufacturer
of wedge wire, with aperture sizes ranging from
500 micron to 10 mm with a range of different
materials to suit the different markets, profiles
and support bars. Applications for these items
include fully-welded centrifuge baskets, screen
baskets, flat panels, sieve bends, water intake
screens, water well screens, inter-tank screens
and trommel screens.
“FLSmidth Meshcape
®
Screen Media is
committed to supporting its existing customer
base in Africa as well as pursuing a long-term
growth strategy throughout the region. We are
also working with our agents in Zambia and
Namibia,” Dott says. “As part of FLSmidth,
we can also conduct product variation with
our Australian products, which have valuable
applications in our areas of jurisdiction.”
Apart from its involvement in mining and
aggregates, which includes segments like base
metals, coal, chrome, diamonds and gold, the
company also has an industrial sector that
serves sectors such as chemicals, food and
beverages, engineering, paper and pulp, and
agriculture.