Crusher Screen Sales and Hire (CSSH) is helping quarries turn waste into valuable sellable materials with equipment from IMS.
As demand for construction materials has risen in recent years, so too has the demand for recycled materials. Recycled materials can enable producers to reduce landfill costs, produce more materials and lower capital costs.
IMS and Crusher Screen Sales Hire have collaborated to deliver the IMS-BP1200-48TB blender, which provides producers with a versatile option for reusing their waste materials and turning them into sellable materials.
Crusher Screen Sales and Hire co-owner John Andersen said the IMS BP1200-48TB can transform waste into another revenue source.
“IMS and Crusher Screen Sales have been working together for some years designing plants for the Australian conditions and the changing requirements of blending quarry and construction products to meet the tighter specifications in the quarry industry with increased accuracy and reporting systems to support the sale of their products there for reducing prevention claims downstream,” Andersen said.
“It is not unusual when a construction site project has problems for all parties involved to try to distance themself from potential claims, so the more accurate the product is to specification with supporting documentation, the better. Construction companies will generally gravitate to product supplies with proven records reducing potential problems for them, and the blender does offer a lot more confidence than watching a quarry bucket mix.”
The IMS-BP1200-48TB blender features four feed hoppers, each five meters long and capable of holding 12m³. The centre wall can be removed to create two 24-meter-long hoppers. Each feed hopper has separate conveyor belts, all fitted with belt scales, variable speed controls, and adjustable flow gates at the front. The BP1200-48TB can also feed directly into the IMS modular electric pugmill, allowing for the addition of powders and liquids.
The blender operates using a Cat C7 generator, which can be connected to mains power and allows for production of up to 1000 tonnes per hour. This fully automated blender includes a PLC control and recording system that can connect to an iPad in a loader and link directly to an office through its own Wi-Fi system. The PLC control and recording system manages the entire plant; if one product does not meet the programmed percentage, the entire plant will stop.
Crusher Screen Sales and Hire is the official distributor of IMS equipment in Australia. The two companies have been long-time partners, with CSSH being a key part of IMS’s global network of dealers.
“IMS produces a range of mobile track and modular pugmills and blenders, both diesel-hydraulic and dual power and electric options,” Andersen said.
The IMS PM1200-20TB features two five-metre-long feed hoppers, each with a capacity of 10m3 and designed to accommodate vibrating hydraulic tipping grids. Each feed hopper is equipped with belt scales and variable speed controls. The pugmill blender can hold one or two cement hoppers, simultaneously blending two powders. This setup facilitates processing materials such as reinforced cement concrete with significant amounts of cement, where one cement hopper can dispense while the other refills. Alternatively, it provides the option to automate the dispensing of one or two liquids.
IMS also produces the IMS-BP1200-9TB track twin hopper blender with a flow-through mixer, twin hopper electric blenders on jacking legs that can be transported on a 2.5-metre-wide drop deck and operate with an electric modular pugmill that offers two or four feed hoppers fitted with belt scales and fully PLC automated.
Andersen said the IMS-PM1200-20TB was a versatile option for Australian producers of construction materials providers.
“The new IMS-PM1200-20TB Track Pugmill Blender is a game-changer in the industry,” he said.
“The mobility of the blender is ideal when operating at multiple sites, reducing the capital costs associated with having fixed plants at each location when they are not always in use.
“The future of blending waste products with virgin quarry material decreases reliance on landfills and quarry products, which benefits both the environment and the economy.”•
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