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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
MARCH
2014
Several months of experience
producing
consistently
high
volumes of quality product has
in fact proved quite the opposite.
The Rubble Master has significantly driven
down operating costs as it works free of the
complexities of a conventional crushing and
screening train.
“The product supplied was a conven-
tional RM80 GO! fitted with an MS80 GO!
screen as a factory fitted extra. The customer
can now use a single compact machine to
produce G4 and G5 material in quantities
that previously required three different
pieces of equipment; a jaw crusher, cone
crusher and screen,” explains Pilot Crushtec
International’s national sales manager
Nicolan Govender.
Govender says the economic implications
speak for themselves. “A single power plant
replicates the work previously done by three
separate units which garners substantial
savings in diesel consumption, maintenance
and labour costs. Wear to internal compo-
nents has also proved to be minimal.”
Flanders Quarry thought long and hard
before making a long term commitment with
the purchase of capital equipment. “Being
a fairly small company we decided to gain
experience by hiring a variety of machines
before taking the plunge ourselves. While it
took over two years to finally make our deci-
sion we have absolutely no regrets about the
outcome,” says managing director Karl Stott.
The Mount Edgcombe-based company
has been active for nearly two years but the
drive to seriously step up production came
with the awarding of two major contracts to
produce G4 G5 and G6 materials for bridge
and civil construction.
It was originally in the market for a
scalper, however Pilot Crushtec Internation-
al’s advice was that its potential customer
would be best served by a solution elimi-
nating the need for a multi/crusher screen
train. The state-of-the-art Rubble Master
RM80 GO! was an obvious choice as the
Austrian product, fitted with a screen,
contains all three capabilities packaged
within a single unit.
Following discussions with technical
staff at the supplier’s Jet Park facility and
a site visit to a local operator, the Pilot
Crushtec International sales team arranged
for truckloads of Flanders Quarry dolerite
material to be processed by a RM80 GO! to G4
and G5 spec at one of their customer’s sites
in Pietermaritzburg.
The quantity and quality of product
demonstrated the power and cost effec-
tiveness of modern day horizontal impact
crushers, resulting in the immediate
purchase of an RM80 GO!
“The machine is doing a great job
producing more than 150 tonnes per hour
on a 0-200mm decomposed dolerite,” says
Govender. He adds that the MS80 GO! screen
gives the ability to produce a range of prod-
ucts from G2 to G7 in accordance with COLTO
and TRH14 specifications and the opening of
the closed side setting on the screen saves
significant wear on the crusher’s hammers.
Stott is very positive about his new
supplier. “Pilot Crushtec International
is a well established and progressive
company with a strong service orientation.
This extended to flying out a technical expert
from the Rubble Master factory in Linz,
Austria, to assist with the product set-up.
He is also upbeat about business pros-
pects in the area. “We are in the right place
at the right time. There is an enormous
amount of local development and our order
book shows that we can look forward to
the next couple of years with a great deal of
enthusiasm. We believe the future business
climate will favour small to medium sized
companies like ourselves and the availability
of products like the Rubble Master RM80 GO!
allow us to be competitive in our field.”
EQUIPMENT
ALL SYSTEMS
When Kwazulu-Natal aggregate producer Flanders Quarry bought
a Rubble Master RM80 GO! to produce large amounts of G4 and
G5 material, it flew in the face of traditional opinion concerning
the supposedly high running costs of horizontal shaft impact
crushers (HSI).
GO!
Rubble Master RM80 GO! proves that dynamite comes in small packages.
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