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december 2014
international
construction
Efficiency drive
CRUSHING&SCREENING
when used with an accompanying software package to further
improve efficiency levels through greater automation.
The company has also developedwear-protection lining for its
products, which it has said can extend the lifetime of equipment
by up to 25%.
Working environments are also improved through Sandvik’s
focus on dust encapsulation features built into its crushing and
screening products.
Mr Delbrant said, “We have seen an increased global focus
on environmental health and safety. Together with the feedback
we receive from our customers, we have developed several new
products (including the CH500 series of cone crushers) and
made improvements to our existing products in order to reduce
our environmental footprint, improve safety and ergonomics for
the users, better performance and quality of the end product,
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chieving greater levels of efficiency and operating
reliability remain among the key drivers in the crushing
and screening equipment sector.
Keeping pace with new developments in technology including
enginedesign thathas seen stricterStage IV/Tier4final emissions
limits introduced this year in theUS andEurope has also posed
its own set of challenges.
So too has the on-going industry need to develop ranges of
mobile equipment that are capable of operating in some of the
world’smost inaccessible locations.
As Mikael Delbrant, vice president of Sandvik’s crushing and
screening division explained, another core factor has been in
devising products that respond to expanding health and safety
regulations.
This has included environmental impact analysis of Sandvik’s
overall business practices, including developing emissions-
conscious equipment and improving its recycling policy.
Among its technology advances, this year has seen the
introductionof anASR (automatic setting regulation) automated
control system for its cone crushers.
This core development protects the equipment from overload
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Efficiency drive
A QH331 Sandvik Construction trackedmobile cone
crusher ismaking light work of volcanic rock in
South Africa, for a road construction project in
Eastern Capewith distributor Pilot Crushtec.
Sandvik’s Q1441
mobile tracked
crusher was on
show at Bauma
China.
