June 2013
CONSTRUCTION WORLD
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crushing & screening
UMHLALI QUARRY HAS
over the past few
months replaced much of its mobile equip-
ment with products from the Jet Park-based
company’s modular crushing, screening and
materials handling range. The net result is a
modular facility with the equivalent output
of a traditional permanent static plant, but
with significant savings in terms of both
cost and time.
According to Pilot Crushtec International
national sales manager Nicolan Govender,
the process began in mid-2011 when it sup-
plied the north coast company with its first
cone crusher.
“As we have a permanent presence in
the region, it was easy for us to provide full
support to the customer through the design
process and beyond. Regular contact and
collaboration sparked the drive to increase
Umhlali Quarry’s output of road stone
aggregate, by giving it the capability of a
modular custombuilt plant. Crushers, screens
and conveyors from the Pilot Modular suite
Creating capacity through collaboration
“POWERSCREEN CONTINUES TO
strengthen its Global Distirbutor
Network with the signing of DUOAfrica in Ghana.The region has great
potential andwe are confident that DUOwill be an excellent distributor
to deliver growth and support for our customers’requirements. Power-
screen now has more than 120 distributors across the world to deliver
A leading quarry operator in KwaZulu-Natal has established a static
high output crushing plant, thanks to the close collaboration that
exists between itself and Pilot Crushtec International.
of products were selected,”says Govender.
The result is an operation that was sup-
plied and installed in the space of a few
months. The primary plant is currently pro-
ducing aggregate at a level of 250 tonnes
per hour (tph) which is deposited into a surge
stockpile, while the secondary plant has an
output in the region of 280 tph.
“What we have delivered to the customer
has, over a period of time, provided a modu-
lar solution to meet his needs. The modular
concept gives us the ability to build up
the plant’s capacity in stages, as and when
required. By following this route, Umhlali
Quarry has avoided the high capital outlay
and extended time frame associatedwith the
construction of a conventional permanent
plant,”Govender adds.
The company is owned by Kenyan busi-
nessman Kinyua Gachoki who has extensive
agricultural and quarrying interests in the
region.The business relationship, which now
sees him operating Pilot Crushtec’s largest
static plant in KwaZulu-Natal, has grown
directly as result of the service and technical
support he enjoys from his supplier.
“Right from its very first visit, Pilot Crush-
tec International has helpedus todevelopour
crushing knowledge and we know that any
solution to a technical problem is just a phone
call away. NicolanGovender has also given us
great assistance in identifying the markets
best suited to our equipment,”says Gachoki.
He adds that a particular incentive to do
business with Pilot Crushtec International
is that it has the ability to supply products
ex-stock without any prolonged waiting
periods. This belief was reinforced recently
when Umhlali Quarry took delivery of a new
Sandvik QJ241mobile jaw crusher in order to
boost its production.
The Umhlali Quarry stable of Pilot Crush-
tec equipment currently consists of a Pilot
Modular/TRIO MC130 cone crusher, a Pilot
Modular/TRIO MJ3042 jaw crusher, a Twister
AC210 vertical shaft impact crusher with a
200 kWmotor, a Pilot Modular TD6118 triple
deck screen, a Pilot Modular DD4815 double
deck screen and a Pilot Modular DD2412
double deck dry screen. Materials transfer is
handled by nine Pilot Modular conveyors.
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The modular custom built plant has now increased Umhlali Quarry’s output of road stone aggregate.
New distributor for Ghana
Powerscreen, one of the world’s leading providers of
mobile crushing and screening equipment, is delighted
to announce the signing of DUO Africa as their first
distributor in Ghana. DUO Africa will sell equipment
into Ghana and support Powerscreen products in the
Sub-Saharan region.
FROM LEFT:
Alex Moss – CEO; Rodney Kennedy – general manager; Luke
Talbot and Fintan McKeever – sales managers, all fromDUO Africa.
