Osborn’s locally-designed and manufactured modular plants are making their mark as far afield as China, where the Johannesburg-based equipment manufacturer has successfully completed the installation of a modular plant to process iron ore for Bayi Steel’s Dunde Plant, located near Ürümqi City in China’s Xinjiang Province.
The Osborn modular plant operating in testing conditions at the Dunde iron ore processing plant in China’s Xinjiang Province.
Marketing director Martin Botha reveals that this was Osborn’s second export order to China, and that it reflects this proudly South African modular plant’s ability to withstand the most testing operating conditions. “The Dunde iron ore processing plant is situated 3 500 m above sea level and the temperature goes down to -40. It only operates between May and October, due to severe weather conditions. Our machines’ power packs have been installed with heat packs and up rated electric motors to cope in high altitude.”
The Osborn modular plant – which Botha says has replaced a “locally-made kit” at the Chinese facility – comprises a primary Osborn jaw crusher, secondary cone crusher, screen and tertiary cone crusher. “With a capacity of 300 tph, the Osborn plant produces a nominal -12mm product. Osborn won this R20-million export order to China amid stiff competition from leading global players,” he states. The company partnered with a China-based operation that manufactured the plant’s conveyors.