Modern Mining September 2015

CRUSHING/SCREENING

Dual power crushing/screening

Bell Equipment recently launched the first Finlay dual power crushing and screening ‘train’ in Africa at a two-day event in Johannesburg which included a trip to Afrimat’s Glen Douglas quarry in the Vaal area to see the machines in action. Over 100 customers and Bell staff attended the launch, with some of the customers coming from as far afield as the DRC, Zambia, Namibia and Mozambique. Bell has represented Finlay – based in Omagh, Northern Ireland – for the past two years, during which time it has recorded excellent sales of the Finlay range.

W hile the machines making up the ‘train’ – the J-1175 jaw crusher, the C-1540 cone crusher and the 694+ inclined screen – are estab- lished models within the Finlay range, the units on show at the launch were the new dual pow- ered versions, offering end-users the flexibility to operate a fully mobile crushing and screen- ing plant able to run either on a self-powered basis or from an external electric power source. The dual powered crushers are electrically driven allowing them to be powered from either an external electrical supply or from their on-board gensets. In applications where a full train is powered by the on-board genset configuration, the crushers generate sufficient energy to enable the operator to run the Finlay 694+ dual power inclined screen for ‘free’ when used in conjunction with the J-1175 dual power jaw crusher.

Terry Gillham (left), Bell Equipment’s Director, Sales & Mar- keting, and Paul Chappel, Finlay’s Regional Sales Manager, pictured at the launch. Talking to Modern Mining at the launch, Paul Chappel, Finlay’s Regional Sales manager, said that the dual power concept offered very signif- icant cost savings. “We estimate that in South Africa these savings could amount to up 30 % when the on-board gensets are used and up to 60 % if external power sources are available as compared to the running costs of conventional diesel/hydraulic machines,” he said He added that the machines were well suited to a range of applications in mining, construc- tion and quarrying and that phenomenal interest in the range had been shown by the customers attending the launch.

The entire dual power crush- ing and screening ‘train’ is seen in this photo.

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