Crushing Static & Mobile

Replacement of screening equipment at Fercav's quarry has helped to safeguard the future of fine Italian ceramics Like construction materials, demand for ceramics is also high and driving quarries that extract clays used by this industry to invest in new production equipment. Italy's Modena-based clay extraction specialist Fercav is no exception - the company has just invested in a new Extec screen to boost production. The company, which was founded in 1964 by the father and uncle of present owners, Corrado

Metso Minerals has unveiled the Lokotrack LT106 as the successor to its LT105 mobile tracked jaw crusher. The primary crushing plant was launched to the global market at ConExpo in Las Vegas, US in March and is already commercially available. The unit is built around the new Norberg C106 jaw crushing unit, which has an innovative cavity design, longer stroke and system to optimise the revolution speed. According to Metso, the new jaw unit adds 10% more crushing efficiency to the LT106 compared to the previo

Production improvements of around 30% are possible using Sandvik's new Hurricane VSI rotor, which can be retrofitted on any VSI crusher, said the company. It claims the autogenous design is a major breakthrough in VSI design, with patents pending on four rotor and wear parts. "One of the main advantages of the new design is the reduced vibration levels within the crusher," said Sandvik Mining and Construction market and offering manager Gareth Orritt. The weight of the unit is also 25% lower than other avai

Crushing specialist Hazemag & EPR's SB1350 impact roller crusher is transferring technology established in the mining industry to the aggregates market. Hazemag & EPR general manager Martin Wetter said, "The technology has been used for some time by the coal industry but is now becoming accepted in the quarrying market. We have 19 machines working in the US and we are expecting demand to grow." The chain-driven conveyor has been designed to have regular flight bars and wings to ensure all the material passe

US-based Western Retek is offering a new mobile impact crushing plant to the European, North American and Russian markets. The machine is now available on the market following two years of testing and is the first unit from this firm, with more models due. One of the firm's representatives said, "A jaw crusher is in development at the moment." Interestingly, the firm intends to offer these 36tonne mobile crushers with a modular design. The representative said, "We are working on a flexible system that means

Italian company Baioni is looking to export more of its Unicompact crushing and screening plants, particularly in Russia, where a number are already working. The Unicompact is a complete mobile unit and has just one supporting frame, said Dr Angelo Reina, general manager Far East. The unit's hopper discharges the material to a carriage feeder which feeds material to the primary jaw crusher (a BP 600-BP 700/500). Crushed material is then sent to a vibrating screen to be sorted into various sizes, and any ove