Sanwest shares how its versatile range has been solving material handling headaches for decades.
Sanwest has sold Sancon Conveyors since the 1980s, and there is something to be said for a range that has satisfied customers for nearly 40 years. Sancon Conveyors has been one of the four products that Sanwest has supplied since its establishment.
When asked by Quarry why Sancon Conveyors have stood the test of time, the company’s managing director Stuart Page distils it into two key reasons.
“There aren’t many people that cater for a quick delivery, low-cost conveyor. Mainly, what is on offer is a high-end, high-cost, complicated conveyor,” he said.
“We fill that need for people who want a simple, trouble-free installation.”
The centrepiece of the Sancon Conveyor solution is its fully modular design, which means customers can alter the conveyor to suit their current and future plans. The company can work with the information provided by the customer to tailor the conveyor sizes and lengths to suit their specific application.
According to Sanwest, the entire assembly process can take under one hour on site, making it relatively quick and easy.
The intermediate sections of the Sancon Conveyors range between one metre to three metres in length. If a business needs to adjust its conveyor setup, these sections can be easily removed to suit the customer’s requirements.
“It just bolts together like a Meccano set,” Page said.
“The lengths can be changed within hours because the components are all matching. If someone wants to add three metres, it is just a matter of us sending them a new three-metre section and they can add it.
“Most people would have to re-engineer and re-manufacture it from scratch if they wanted to change it. Our components are sitting on the shelf, so it is just a matter of supplying a new intermediate section which can be done in hours.”
Sancon conveyor solutions can be designed for any application involving the handling of raw materials at a rate of up to 100 tonnes per hour (tph).
Many have been designed as temporary solutions and have withstood the test of time to become permanent fixtures in numerous Australian operations. In fact, there are few material handling applications that have gone unencountered. Sanwest has deployed Sancon Conveyors across construction material applications, ranging from mineral sands and cement to mining and agricultural environments, including iron ore and fertiliser.
In a specific quarrying context, Sanwest has supplied Sancon conveyor solutions to concrete batching plants, as well as subsidiary conveyors in quarry operations.
“Quarrying, mining, and mineral processing is the other large one. For anyone handling raw materials with a throughput of under 100tph, our conveyors are perfect. Our conveyors are probably half the price of a manufactured, engineered unit,” Page said.
“Being a proprietary, off-the-shelf conveyor means the delivery can be five days, whereas if someone manufactures and engineers their own conveyor, it normally takes five days just for the drawing.
“The delivery is very quick, the cost is about half the price, and all the components and parts are off-the-shelf as well, so it is basically an instant conveyor.”
Customers can choose from three belt widths ranging from 350mmm, 450mm and 600mm wide with lengths spanning from four metres to 50 metres. Over the years, Sanwest has developed a series of extra options to enhance its customers’ conveyor systems.
The extensive list of customisation options includes dust covers, low-profile and high-profile skirting, upgraded head scraper, pull-wire safety switches, heavy-duty rollers, guarding for the tail and return idler, support brackets, and heavy-duty drives.
“A lot of the options came about from supplying conveyors to the iron ore sampling stations. They wanted a more heavy-duty option than our standard equipment, but those options have been around for 25 years now,” Page said.
“Those options allow us to cater our conveyors, usually for the mining industry, to make them suitable for that industry.
“The gearbox drive arrangements enable us to increase the power of the conveyors and also the belt speeds of the conveyors. This means we can handle high tonnages with a pretty significant safety factor built into the conveyors we supply.”
Page said Sancon Conveyors could provide a cost-effective solution for Australian quarrying operations.
“I think in the raw materials industries, whether its quarrying or mining, these conveyors will always have a niche,” Page said.
“A low-cost, under 100-tonne conveyor will always be popular, especially if someone needs one urgently, because we can get one out of here quickly.
“Our product suits the industry, and I think that will continue into the future.” •
For more information, visit sanwest.com.au
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